The Real Problem of the Redskins ...

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

First, I agree we need to rebuild the OL & DL. But I would argue the OL was addressed, through Free Agency and by in-house high round picks. Unfortunately, father time caught up with us about 12 weeks too early.

Samuels - 1st Rounder
Jansen - early 2nd rounder
Rabach - 3rd rounder, FA pick-up
Thomas - 2nd rounder, FA pick-up
Kendall - 1st rounder, FA pick-up

Also to dispell any misconceptions, the Hogs were built by Bethard/Gibbs/Bugel through the later rounds and from Bugel's great coaching, not high draft picks. Lachey and May were the exceptions:

Lachey - 1st
May - 1st
Jacoby - Undrafted
Grimm - 3rd
McKenzie - 11th
Schlereth - 10th
Simmons - 6th
Bostic - Undrafted
Starke - 11th

Nice insight.

The Skins have selected some lineman in the last ten years, that is a given, but like I said before, we can't look at Super Bowl years and recapture it by mimicking those individual transactions. Major changes to the game, like Free Agency and having a higher class of athletes, make those strategies archaic. We obviously can't use low draft picks like they did in the past, that is obsolete in this environment.

What we can do is see that our past teams had strong and deep lines that dominated the competitive games they played. Let's take that and implement that foundational idea to the modern era, as opposed to finding a replicate Monk or Gibbs.