2010 Free Agents

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Do you mean Seymour? LOL. In the short term, I think New England lost a lot by getting rid of Seymour. The lost their pass rush and one of the defensive leaders on the team. With Seymour, they could have found themselves in a better place this season and would probably still be alive in the playoffs.

On a related note, I think ppl need to chill the F out with the "no free agency". A good team is built through both the draft and free agency. Just because our incompetent front office has made terrible deals for free agents, doesn't mean that we shouldn't get any free agents now that we have what appears to be a competent FO.

Excellent point. Use the draft to put the nucleus of the team together. Use free agency sparingly to intelligently fill in remaining holes. This is what good teams seem to do.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Excellent point. Use the draft to put the nucleus of the team together. Use free agency sparingly to intelligently fill in remaining holes. This is what good teams seem to do.

Bruce Allen uses free agency to build the nucleus of the team, at least he did in Tampa Bay.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Do you mean Seymour? LOL. In the short term, I think New England lost a lot by getting rid of Seymour. The lost their pass rush and one of the defensive leaders on the team. With Seymour, they could have found themselves in a better place this season and would probably still be alive in the playoffs.

On a related note, I think ppl need to chill the F out with the "no free agency". A good team is built through both the draft and free agency. Just because our incompetent front office has made terrible deals for free agents, doesn't mean that we shouldn't get any free agents now that we have what appears to be a competent FO.

I should know to check the names. Yeah Seymour that's it, that's the ticket!

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

Why are we looking at a free agent list? I thought the Redskins had changed their ways. Going after high priced free agents is not the way to go. Develop from within, build through the draft. That should be the new mantra!

ummmmm... you can't fill every need with draft picks

nobody said that we're never going to sign a free agent again.. all of the top teams do it

[Chico23231]

Found this about what the Redskins needs are this offseason...pretty good short summary of the team and I really agree about what they say about the offense

Washington Redskins: OT, QB, SLB, RB, OG, C

Considering the direction the team was headed a few years ago, moving in an offensive direction with a 1st round quarterback and expensive free agent acquisitions, the defense is the unit ready to compete on a weekly basis. The Skins have done a nice job acquiring defensive talent – through free agency and the draft – and have put together above average unit that plays the run and pass fairly well. They have some concerns at safety and at strongside linebacker, but those are the only real areas of weakness. Brian Orakpo did a nice job playing the latter before moving to defensive end later in the year, his natural position. On offense, the Redskins must first improve the offensive line before they can even begin to address the quarterback situation. Campbell is an average quarterback, but not a terrific leader and not capable of making plays behind such a porous offensive line. Both tackle positions needs to be addressed. Chris Samuels will decide his future in February after suffering a serious neck injury that forced him to the Injured Reserve. Even with Samuels, they need a future to look forward to at left tackle. At right tackle, Stephon Heyer ranks near the bottom of the league as a starter. At right guard, Mike Williams has played better than expected, but is not a great pass blocker. Center Casey Rabach is also having a bad year. To make matters worse, the many miles on Clinton Portis may finally be catching up to him as he approaches the frightening age of 30, leaving running back as another position of necessity. He’s scheduled to make an average of over $8 million per year over the next four, which would mean he’s going to need to produce, restructure, or face the axe in the upcoming years.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

I didnt Richard Seymore will be an unrestricted free agent. If we switch to a 3-4 defense, he'd be worth picking up.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

I didnt Richard Seymore will be an unrestricted free agent. If we switch to a 3-4 defense, he'd be worth picking up.

You'd have to think that they'll re-sign him.. he wasn't too happy about going there to begin with though, so we'll see.

[Redskin Warrior]

Question is Larry Johnson a free agent?

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

If we do in fact switch to a base 3-4 defense, I think we have to hope to nab a guy like UFA NT Casey Hampton to anchor the defense. I just don't trust Haynesworth to play NT, especially since he missed 25% of the season due to injury and 20% of the snaps in the games in which he appeared. Besides, he's likely be more effective at DE than NT in a 3-4 scheme.

I also think we'll need another MLB. I don't see too many viable 3-4 MLBs available in free agency, but perhaps Brandon Spikes will fall to the top of the second.

So, my dream offseason would look something like this....

Trading the 4th pick for Denver's 1st (11th overall) and first 2nd rounder (45th overall).
Drafting OT Bruce Campbell with the 11th pick
Drafting ILB Brandon Spikes with the 37th pick
Drafting OT Jason Fox with the 45th pick
Acquiring UFA OG/C Ben Hamilton to compete with Casey Rabach and Randy Thomas
Acquiring UFA NT Casey Hampton to anchor the 3-4 defense

[T.O.Killa]

Looks like we signed a former Bronco Center. He is young and I guess Shanahan likes him. Kory Lichtensteiger

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

Looks like we signed a former Bronco Center. He is young and I guess Shanahan likes him. Kory Lichtensteiger

Definetely a good fit. Personally he was one of the guys I was hoping we would draft back in 2008. Hopefully Peyton Hillis is not to far away from coming here as well. Can't imagine that the Bronco's would keep him with Moreno and Buckhalter getting the majority of carries for Denver.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

Looks like we signed a former Bronco Center. He is young and I guess Shanahan likes him. Kory Lichtensteiger

Hopefully the first of many o-line signings.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

Looks like we signed a former Bronco Center. He is young and I guess Shanahan likes him. Kory Lichtensteiger

Good player. Probably instantly becomes the best center on our roster. Can't imagine we wouldn't aim higher though.

[T.O.Killa]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Good player. Probably instantly becomes the best center on our roster. Can't imagine we wouldn't aim higher though.

Well the Broncos cut him, and the Vickings picked him up immediatly. Then they cut him after three weeks, makes me think that he aint that great. Shanahan picked him in the forth, so i gues he wants another look to make sure that he is not NFL material.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

Well the Broncos cut him, and the Vickings picked him up immediatly. Then they cut him after three weeks, makes me think that he aint that great. Shanahan picked him in the forth, so i gues he wants another look to make sure that he is not NFL material.

Well, Broncos cut him because McDaniels wanted his own players. The Vikings have a very solid line, and probably picked him up as a stop gap (though I don't know that). What's more worrisome is that after the Vikings cut him no one else took him in, but if he is a zone block guy he may not have worked for a lot of teams. Not sure how he'll do against NFCE NT's and DT's