Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Preseason Week 3)

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Thank you. Somehow, Randle El acquired the 'I-Don't-Have-To-Produce-Jack-Sh*t-And-The-Fans-Will-Always-Love-Me' card. Not many players in the history of the league can get that kind of pass.

We signed Randle El the same year we signed Arch and Andre Carter. I think the media was more focused on the defensive side of the ball with those two additions. You also had Jason Campbell trying to assert himself as the future of the franschise and could Joe Gibbs return the team to the glory days. So I think in part, Randle El's contract and his lack of production sort of got lossed in the weeds with some of the other bigger stories surrounding the franchise.

Now that Arch and Gibbs are gone and Andre Carter has been solid for the most part, Randle El is, in my mind, the only the guy that hasn't really followed through. Yeah, he's a nice guy and all but I think he's definitely gotten a pass since being here.

edit: I totally forgot about Brandon Lloyd.