Demetric Evans ....start me or lose me

[Paintrain]

Anyone else get the sense that we are planning for the 2010 offseason now? Taylor, Springs and Griffin will all be off the books with no or minimal cap hits. Fletcher, Smoot, Jansen, Collins, Rock and Rabach are also candidates to be let go. (http://www.thewarpath.net/WarpathRedskinsCap.htm)

With that being the case, why sign Evans who is 29, a reserve who is a fill in starter but let's not fool ourselves into thinking that he is anything more than what he is. If he gets out there and doesn't find what he's looking for in terms of money and opportunity then certainly try to bring him back at a reasonable rate but let's not set the market for him with a starter level offer.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Anyone else get the sense that we are planning for the 2010 offseason now? Taylor, Springs and Griffin will all be off the books with no or minimal cap hits. Fletcher, Smoot, Jansen, Collins, Rock and Rabach are also candidates to be let go. (http://www.thewarpath.net/WarpathRedskinsCap.htm)

With that being the case, why sign Evans who is 29, a reserve who is a fill in starter but let's not fool ourselves into thinking that he is anything more than what he is. If he gets out there and doesn't find what he's looking for in terms of money and opportunity then certainly try to bring him back at a reasonable rate but let's not set the market for him with a starter level offer.

Funny that you mention this, because I was thinking the same thing. Someone here once said that the Redskins FO only thinks about the upcoming season and doesn't think about the future. Well I think you are right, I think they are thinking about the 2010 season and getting all of these big contracts out of the way. Even if there is no cap, we'll part ways with these old players and rejuvenate the team.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Funny that you mention this, because I was thinking the same thing. Someone here once said that the Redskins FO only thinks about the upcoming season and doesn't think about the future. Well I think you are right, I think they are thinking about the 2010 season and getting all of these big contracts out of the way. Even if there is no cap, we'll part ways with these old players and rejuvenate the team.

if that's the case, they better start working on this OL and getting some more draft picks.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Funny that you mention this, because I was thinking the same thing. Someone here once said that the Redskins FO only thinks about the upcoming season and doesn't think about the future. Well I think you are right, I think they are thinking about the 2010 season and getting all of these big contracts out of the way. Even if there is no cap, we'll part ways with these old players and rejuvenate the team.

your theory makes sense... until the skins start signing other teams aging vets to deals equal or greater than what it would have cost to keep Evans. We have to remember who we are dealing with here. Nothing Danny or Vinny have done since Danny bought the team has shown signs that they were ever really thinking beyond the upcoming season.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

your theory makes sense... until the skins start signing other teams aging vets to deals equal or greater than what it would have cost to keep Evans. We have to remember who we are dealing with here. Nothing Danny or Vinny have done since Danny bought the team has shown signs that they were ever really thinking beyond the upcoming season.

Not that I am really for the Haynesworth signing (for the record, I am against it) but we can't put Haynesworth and Evans in the same sentence. The only things they have in common are they play in the NFL and they are in their late 20's but other than that we're comparing grapes and grapefruits.

If we sign Big Al and don't bring back Evans it's not that we chose one equal player over the other for a ton more money, it's that one is on a completely different plane than the other.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Not that I am really for the Haynesworth signing (for the record, I am against it) but we can't put Haynesworth and Evans in the same sentence. The only things they have in common are they play in the NFL and they are in their late 20's but other than that we're comparing grapes and grapefruits.

If we sign Big Al and don't bring back Evans it's not that we chose one equal player over the other for a ton more money, it's that one is on a completely different plane than the other.

Yes, they are on a completely different plane - One is a cheap player who was surpassed a future first ballot hall of famer on the depth chart last year and ended the season as our best defensive lineman. He's not asking for alot of money, but he would like to start.

The other is 10X more expensive, only plays about half of his units snaps, has a history of on- and off- field character-related problems, lacks motivation, and will likely stop playing once he gets that big contract.

the two should not be in the same sentence. One fits the description of a core redskin. The other fits the description of a bad team mate and piss poor example of a human being.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Yes, they are on a completely different plane - One is a cheap player who was surpassed a future first ballot hall of famer on the depth chart last year and ended the season as our best defensive lineman. He's not asking for alot of money, but he would like to start.

The other is 10X more expensive, only plays about half of his units snaps, has a history of on- and off- field character-related problems, lacks motivation, and will likely stop playing once he gets that big contract.

the two should not be in the same sentence. One fits the description of a core redskin. The other fits the description of a bad team mate and piss poor example of a human being.

Wow. Factually inaccurate but wow.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Wow. Factually inaccurate but wow.

Nothing in the statement is factually inaccurate. Theres some "spin," but nothing inaccurate. Also, the last sentence is a strongly worded opinion on Haynesworth character, but that doesnt make the preceding statements about the accomplishments of Evans and Haynesworth inaccurate.