Trade for Boldin?

[baxter81]

If we had the same team and same coaching staff as we did in 07 I would agree with you that adding a stud WR could give us what we need to make a run for the SB. But we don't. Its going to take time for the skins to adjust to Zorn's new system. There are always growing pains with a new coach and a new system. Realistically you can't expect to make a run for the SB this year.

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by baxter81

If we had the same team and same coaching staff as we did in 07 I would agree with you that adding a stud WR could give us what we need to make a run for the SB. But we don't. Its going to take time for the skins to adjust to Zorn's new system. There are always growing pains with a new coach and a new system. Realistically you can't expect to make a run for the SB this year.

Ok I agree on this....but...Zorn was not brought in to rebuild a team. He was brought in to keep the Defense the same and keep the Offense the same. We did not even have a major turn over in coach's. The only reason Zorn was brought in was to establish a West Coast offense and make our passing attack better. Now having said that you can quote coach as saying he wants to keep the running game the same. Which means he is only changing the passing. If everything other then the head coach is the same then there's no reason to believe we will not make the play offs again. If he can make our passing 25% better then last yr which I'll be honest I bet it will be more like 75% then theres no reason to think playoffs. So a proven WR like CJ, Williams, Bolden could take us over the hump. More points was all we needed last yr. The Defense did it's job.

Yes there are injuries, but the Skins are not worried about them so it's amazing how the fans are freakin out about the injuries.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Ok I agree on this....but...Zorn was not brought in to rebuild a team. He was brought in to keep the Defense the same and keep the Offense the same. We did not even have a major turn over in coach's. The only reason Zorn was brought in was to establish a West Coast offense and make our passing attack better. Now having said that you can quote coach as saying he wants to keep the running game the same. Which means he is only changing the passing. If everything other then the head coach is the same then there's no reason to believe we will not make the play offs again. If he can make our passing 25% better then last yr which I'll be honest I bet it will be more like 75% then theres no reason to think playoffs. So a proven WR like CJ, Williams, Bolden could take us over the hump. More points was all we needed last yr. The Defense did it's job.

Yes there are injuries, but the Skins are not worried about them so it's amazing how the fans are freakin out about the injuries.

You contradict yourself there when you say Zorn was brought in to keep the defense and the offense the same. We're not looking at a minor change to Gibbs/Saunders scheme, we're switching to an entirely different kind of offense. And your whole "the running game is going to be the same" argument is flawed, because Portis isn't gonna be running between the tackles anymore and they are going to try and use him more in the passing game. WCO is basically about short passes and trying to get more yards after the catch, whereas Saunders offense is using the run to set up the deep ball.

And saying that because the Redskins aren't anticipating injuries so we shouldn't be is not smart. Nobody anticipates injuries in the offseason, but you can damn sure bet that at some point in the season you're going to lose guys, especially when you have quite a few players that have had multiple injuries in the past few seasons. That's why it's important to have good depth.

You're right when you say Zorn wasn't brought in to rebuild the team, because he wants to pretty much keep the talent we have in place, but at the same time, we're not going to be the same team we were last year. We're going to be playing a different style of offense, and yes the defense will be the same but that's not the argument at hand here. If our offense has trouble switching to a WCO then you can probably bet that we won't be doing much this year. It might happen but if it doesn't then we should be able to be as good as, if not better, then last year.