Redskins Pre-Draft Visits and Private Workouts: 2010 Version

[BigHairedAristocrat]

If the past two years meant anything, then:

1) We're going to spend our first pick on someone we bring in for a private workout.
2) we're probably going to draft someone from the positions we look at most.

However, we know Shanahan never even contacted Cutler before drafting him. Given that, thus far our energies have been mostly spent on QBs, I think its possible Shanahan is using misdirection and has no intention of drafting a QB in the first two rounds of the draft. Considering he also has heaped praise on top of several of our linemen, its also likely that he's trying to make other teams think we'll go with a QB with one of our 1st two picks, thereby forcing them to trade up if they want a particular QB.

I have a gut feeling that the interest in mccluster is genuine, though, and we'll be trading down (or up) to get him.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

If the past two years meant anything, then:

1) We're going to spend our first pick on someone we draft.
2) we're probably going to draft someone from the positions we look at most.

However, we know Shanahan never even contacted Cutler before drafting him. Given that, thus far our energies have been mostly spent on QBs, I think its possible Shanahan is using misdirection and has no intention of drafting a QB in the first two rounds of the draft. Considering he also has heaped praise on top of several of our linemen, its also likely that he's trying to make other teams think we'll go with a QB with one of our 1st two picks, thereby forcing them to trade up if they want a particular QB.

Good points. The thing is though about the Cutler situation and why Shanahan kept it secret was most likely because he knew he would have to trade up but at the same time no was expecting him to take a QB with the recent success of Jake Plummer.

This time around everyone knows that Redskins want a Quarterback so now the strategy is to visit everyone and make everyone wonder who they really want.

There most likely is a misdirection game going on somewhere in all of this but the question is where is it leading.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

If the past two years meant anything, then:

1) We're going to spend our first pick on someone we draft.
2) we're probably going to draft someone from the positions we look at most.

However, we know Shanahan never even contacted Cutler before drafting him. Given that, thus far our energies have been mostly spent on QBs, I think its possible Shanahan is using misdirection and has no intention of drafting a QB in the first two rounds of the draft. Considering he also has heaped praise on top of several of our linemen, its also likely that he's trying to make other teams think we'll go with a QB with one of our 1st two picks, thereby forcing them to trade up if they want a particular QB.

I have a gut feeling that the interest in mccluster is genuine, though, and we'll be trading down (or up) to get him.

That just blew my mind

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

That just blew my mind

You mean your mind just got blowed out?

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

You mean your mind just got blowed out?

I evidently had an emmit moment. i corrected my post.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

I evidently had an emmit moment. i corrected my post.

If you did, I didn't catch it. I just responded to Smoots mind being blow'd out.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

If you did, I didn't catch it. I just responded to Smoots mind being blow'd out.

You didn't see anything odd with this statement?

"We're going to spend our first pick on someone we draft."

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You didn't see anything odd with this statement?

"We're going to spend our first pick on someone we draft."

I try to adhere to proper English but it's not uncommon for stuff like that to get past me the first time around. It's much easier for me to find mistakes when people TYpE lIKe dIS or talk like Dez Bryant.

@BHA - Technically thats a Yogi Berra type moment. Emmit would be more of a statement along the lines of "We will undutabably send our first pick on a rookie."

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You didn't see anything odd with this statement?

"We're going to spend our first pick on someone we draft."

Actually I thought he was implying that we were not going to trade with the Rams AFTER they picked Bradford, thus spending our first pick on someone who we did not draft.

Yeah that's it that's the ticket!

And I assumed he was speaking metaphorically.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You didn't see anything odd with this statement?

"We're going to spend our first pick on someone we draft."

yeah lol

at first I was like okay that means we won't trade it away.. then I was like wait.. first pick, not first round pick

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

If you did, I didn't catch it. I just responded to Smoots mind being blow'd out.

I did. I just wanted to mention emmit by name.

[Lotus]

Jahvid Best is coming for a visit

Source: Jahvid Best to visit Chargers, Redskins, two others - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

I evidently had an emmit moment. i corrected my post.

I got a good laugh out of it