Doug Farrar on Brian Orakpo

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Orakpo will be his own man. He will most likely be compared to a D. Ware simply because of the connection with the NFC east and the Redskins / Cowboys rivalry. The fact that the FO never gets credit is because of all the stuff that goes along with our draft and FA moves. We are always present whenever any of the experts are talking about a prize free agent, a prized offensive weapon in the draft, or a player to be traded. Think of how many times the Mike Vick thing came up. Last year it was Jason Taylor. Before that we were going to make a move for Calvin Johnson. And you could go on and on about this guy or that guy that was going to be picked up or drafted by the Skin. Even before FA started AH was already being penciled in as a Redskin by alot of the guys in the media. We will never get any credit for making good moves until we have a solid playoff perrennial football team.

All that aside. Rak will be a good one. The FO won't get credit until we win. Then if we did alot of guys would flip flop and you'd hear guys who always bash singing our praises and talking about how smart some of the moves were. This they would preface by stating that they really didn't know what our FO was doing and they ( they being the media anlaysts ) some would come up with the idea that it was all smoke and mirrors.

Sorry to get off on a rant, but I get fed up with the media at times when the Redskins and our FO are trying to build a Great football team for us the fans, players, coaches, and FO people to be proud of. The guys up stairs really do try to give us what we want guys: a great football team. Nobody has ever accused Danny boy of not trying to build a winner.

[Jay Schroeder]

Skins know what they are doing when they draft defensively in the first round in this decade alone: bailey, landry, taylor, arrington (kind of a bust), rogers, orakpo, offensively not so much, save Chris Samuels. Even when Cooke was here. Our first round offensive picks have pretty much sucked since Art Monk, all the bum qbs and wideouts.