WP: Redskins Targeting London Fletcher, Nate Clements

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Originally Posted by Skins_4_Lyfe

Clements is great but for some reason I've got that funny feeling I had when we drafted Carlos Rogers instead of Merriman, and when we picked McIntosh over Thomas Howard (which remains to be seen who's the better of the two).

I would have prefered Asante Samuel.

The Pats may hold onto Samuel (via contract or franchise tag).

I think that both moves make sense. If they keep Springs (big if), the secondary has a ridiculous amount of talent.

If they sign Fletcher-Baker the linebacking corps seems to go from a weakness to a deep unit (assuming that Washington is fine, they would start the season with plenty of depth in the middle and outside).

The learning curve will be short for both.

I think the D-line is still iffy but my guess is that the draft will take care of that. I hope they take Branch but I would not be upset if they take Adams as an alternative.

As always, these FA moves would look great on paper.

I still have faith in Williams. He turned it around in '04 and it would seem to make sense that "his guys" could help him repeat the act in '07.