Redskins release WR Andre Roberts

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by MTK

Bold prediction time, next year we re-sign Garçon and let Jackson walk. Doctson will be the playmaker with his leaping ability and crazy catch radius.

That is bold. I'd be fine with re-signing him at a much lower number. Doctson is definitely that explosive element we're looking for to replace Djax. Unlike Djax, Doctson is going to be able to leap over DBs for those big plays. Djax relies on his speed alone, which isn't enough at times.

[calia]

It's interesting to me that as between our 3 leading receivers and now Doctson, we really have the 4 paradigmatic receiving types covered:

1. speedster -- DJax
2. physical, possession receiver -- Garcon
3. shifty slot guy -- Crowder
4. tall target w/ big catch radius -- Doctson

That pretty much covers it (and I am not even mentioning our TEs here which obviously are important). We know the first 3 WRs above can excel in those roles as they've proved it already; Doctson certainly looks like he has great potential. Hard to think of any team with WRs that can be all of these things.

Folks raised the good question re: how long we'll be able to keep them together because of cap concerns -- and it may be just this year in the absence of some serious re-structuring/reductions. But it sure would be great to have this WR corps together for a while and see what they can do -- it will be a nightmare for opposing DBs as long as Cousins has a little time to throw. If we do this 4 WR set, how do you really cover this?