Youth Movement Underway?

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Originally Posted by 12thMan

I thought someone would have mentioned this by now. But as I was watching the last brutal moments of the Jaguars game, I couldn't help but notice Jason Cambell, Sean Taylor, Carlos Rogers, and Laron Landry all congregating together on the sidelines chatting amongst themselves.

That scene along with the recent release of three core vets: Renaldo Wynn, LeMar Marshall and Joe Salave'a, and not so important Omar Stoutmire. Guys like Golston, Montgomery, Heyer, and Blades are making their presence known on the roster. All this has led me to believe the Skins are slowly undergoing a gradual makeover. After the 2008 draft is over, we'll be deeper and younger than we've been in years.

From everything I've read and heard most people are split on what to expect from the Redskins this year. One half is saying, no way a team like this can improve more than three games this year. Others are predicting a break out season. I think both perspectives are valid, to be honest.

Regardless of what people are predicting, we'll lineup a younger team. A good portion from the past two drafts are still on the squad which is promising.

Great points as usual 12th.

There definately has been a decision to make a decisive youth movement in the last two weeks. And it makes a lot of sense. You have a 3rd year guy at QB, lots of youth all over the secondary, a WLB who is in his first year as a starter, and an impending cap hurdle in the near future. Why not put the team in the hands of the future right now?

It's not going to hurt us in the long run. We did not get rid of any key cogs in our team from last year. Portis, Springs, Washington, Betts, Moss, and Griffin are all back despite sizable cap numbers next season. In anticipation that one or more of those players may not be back next year, it seems like a good idea to make Campbell/ST/Rogers/Rocky Mac the unofficial team motivators. Meaning as you replace those guys with youth, you don't have to worry about losing leadership as the transition to the youngsters leading the locker room already happened this year.

I would still set our over under this year at 8.5 wins, but if we could overachieve that, this could be the start of a great few years here.