Jay Gruden you are our only hope

[Bangee7]

I'm not sure Bruce Allen is the real problem with talent evaluation. I seriously doubt Bruce sits in the war room and says "OK boys, here's who we're drafting next" or "here's the Free Agent list we're going after".

How many of our Scouts and Free Agent evaluators have been here during the Snyder years? I think we need to hold those folks accountable for the many years of failure as well.

[REDSKINS4ever]

Originally Posted by Bangee7

I'm not sure Bruce Allen is the real problem with talent evaluation. I seriously doubt Bruce sits in the war room and says "OK boys, here's who we're drafting next" or "here's the Free Agent list we're going after".

How many of our Scouts and Free Agent evaluators have been here during the Snyder years? I think we need to hold those folks accountable for the many years of failure as well.

Every franchise has hits and misses......every player you draft or every free agent you sign will not work out. For every Ryan Kerrigan and Trent Williams, there's a Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly.

[Bangee7]

Originally Posted by REDSKINS4ever

Every franchise has hits and misses......every player you draft or every free agent you sign will not work out. For every Ryan Kerrigan and Trent Williams, there's a Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly.

True, but you have to admit we have more "misses" than say the Packers or Steelers....and that started way before Bruce....just saying.


I think BA has brought much more professionalism to the organization since he arrived.

But hey, we got the pitch forks out, so let's light the torches!

[BaltimoreSkins]

Originally Posted by Bangee7

True, but you have to admit we have more "misses" than say the Packers or Steelers....and that started way before Bruce....just saying.


I think BA has brought much more professionalism to the organization since he arrived.

But hey, we got the pitch forks out, so let's light the torches!

Not really No Team Can Beat the Draft | FiveThirtyEight
I think it just seems that way since we are so vested in this team. It may also be because we have a tradition of trading away draft picks and not collecting them, which appears to be the most effective way to succeed at the draft.

[Hijinx]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins

Not really No Team Can Beat the Draft | FiveThirtyEight
I think it just seems that way since we are so vested in this team. It may also be because we have a tradition of trading away draft picks and not collecting them, which appears to be the most effective way to succeed at the draft.

Of note in that article:

"Research by TheBigLead’s Jason Lisk (then writing for Pro-Football-Reference) shows that teams with top-five picks in the draft correctly identify the player who goes on to have the best career only 10.3 percent of the time, a success rate that only gets worse as things progress deeper into the draft. So a team that believes it could somehow beat the market if only it controlled its own fate can end up doing more harm than good if it trades away lower picks to move up in the draft. "

Sound like any team you know?