Redskins Draft Analysis Thread

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

All in all I loved the draft philosophy this year. Never thought I could enjoy trading down so much. The draft strategy gets an A in my books.

However I hate drafting skill positions when we have holes in the trenches and all over the team. I can live with Hankerson in the 3rd... fine. But I don't love that 5 of our next 6 picks after round 2 were WRs or RBs.

Who exactly is gonna throw to these receivers? Rexy from his back? And who will open holes for our RBs? I can look past the RBs since Shanny has had success in this area in the past and I don't mind getting him the guys he needs to work his system. But so many WRs?

And of course the elephant in the room is still our QB situation. I now suspect we will target a QB in free agency. I find it hard to believe we'll go thru all of 2011 with just Beck and Rexy. And if we're waiting to draft our QB next year that's fine, but the whole world will know it. There will be no hiding our intentions whatsoever.

Anyways all being said I give them a B on the 2011 draft.

When you're in the 5th or lower rounds, you're just looking for that "1986 Microsoft stock" OR quality depth. Rather than just being satisfied with our inadequate players at both RB and WR from last season, we have given ourselves MORE OPTIONS to see who really is worth keeping and who isn't. Except for Armstrong and Moss, NONE of the WRs we have are so immaculate that they are untouchable. The same applies to our RBs. Hell, Moss might not even be back if he wants to go to a contender to snatch that elusive ring.

No position is actually "addressed" until the coaches observe that the players can play the way the coaches want them to play in.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

All in all I loved the draft philosophy this year. Never thought I could enjoy trading down so much. The draft strategy gets an A in my books.

However I hate drafting skill positions when we have holes in the trenches and all over the team. I can live with Hankerson in the 3rd... fine. But I don't love that 5 of our next 6 picks after round 2 were WRs or RBs.

Who exactly is gonna throw to these receivers? Rexy from his back? And who will open holes for our RBs? I can look past the RBs since Shanny has had success in this area in the past and I don't mind getting him the guys he needs to work his system. But so many WRs?

And of course the elephant in the room is still our QB situation. I now suspect we will target a QB in free agency. I find it hard to believe we'll go thru all of 2011 with just Beck and Rexy. And if we're waiting to draft our QB next year that's fine, but the whole world will know it. There will be no hiding our intentions whatsoever.

Anyways all being said I give them a B on the 2011 draft.

I hear what you're saying, and it's a fair critique. But let me offer an opposing viewpoint...

I figure Shanahan and Allen weighed the odds in the later rounds of the draft, and liked their chances better of catching lightning in a bottle with something this team has sorely lacked -- a weapon; an elusive playmaker with speed who can beat defenders to the endzone.

Perhaps they had more confidence in the offensive line that they've currently got, but less confident in the skill positions that they have. Maybe they didn't like what they saw "in the trenches" in the 5th round and beyond.

Just a thought anyway...

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I haven't sifted through all of this thread yet but here is my initial analysis:

Good to see the front office acknowledge that this team is more than just a player or two away. Moving back multiple times to pick up extra picks was absolutely the way to go in this draft. We need players at pretty much every position so to add 12 rookies to the mix is great to see.

I love that in the scouting profiles I'm reading about these guys some common traits keep jumping off the page. Things like hard worker, passion for the game, leader, high character, etc. So not only are we restocking the team with much needed youth and adding competition at key spots, we've placed an emphasis on character and guys that are going to work their tails off whether it's on the field or off. More than anything that's what I really loved about our draft. Hopefully in a few years we can look back on this draft and see it as a crucial turning point in the building of a winner.

Sweet!! No words could express it any better than that.

[CRedskinsRule]

Without searching the thread, I may have given it a B early on, but I changed my mind and gave it an A, based on potential alone. It may end up being less than that, but if you had told me on Wednesday, that we add 3 strong possible starters, and several class characters/hard workers I think I would have been very happy.

[Son Of Man]

I give the overall draft strategy a solid B. I would have given it an A if it had netted us Jake Locker...but oh well.

[celts32]

I give this draft a B...I like the trade downs for extra picks to hopefully improve the overall depth of the roster.

However, this grade becomes an F if Gabbert develops into a franchise QB. You can not pass on a franchise QB when you don't have one. They obviously feel Gabbert is not one...and I hope to god they were right.

[Son Of Man]

Originally Posted by celts32

I give this draft a B...I like the trade downs for extra picks to hopefully improve the overall depth of the roster.

However, this grade becomes an F if Gabbert develops into a franchise QB. You can not pass on a franchise QB when you don't have one. They obviously feel Gabbert is not one...and I hope to god they were right.

Passing for 16 touchdowns in a pass happy spread offense....I'll pass.

[celts32]

Originally Posted by Son Of Man

Passing for 16 touchdowns in a pass happy spread offense....I'll pass.

Okay...I agree...I didn't love him either. All I am saying is I hope they were right.

The only thing that bothers me about this draft is that Locker was not there at #10. I am not even saying they needed to do anything different. It's just that after a year and a half of rumors about how much Shanny loved Locker I would have liked to see what they would have done if he were on the board. If he still trades down then i know the rumors were not true...if he drafts him then obviously it was true. I just want to know.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Son Of Man

Passing for 16 touchdowns in a pass happy spread offense....I'll pass.

Same, and I don't think the interest was ever quite legit. I got sucked into the hype last week and believed it was, should have stuck with my original reports and instincts

[Son Of Man]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Same, and I don't think the interest was ever quite legit. I got sucked into the hype last week and believed it was, should have stuck with my original reports and instincts

You did call Locker not being there at #10, every one on the draft day coverage appeared to be shocked. Nice intel.

[SirClintonPortis]

Actually, come to think of it...we're ok at center. Monty was adequate and Lich can play there too. Looks like Shanahan may be hunting for guards in FA(and banking on BMW's return). Yeah, we could have picked up another C, but he'll be behind Monty and Lich.

[MTK]

Kinda hard to grade the draft considering we haven't had free agency yet. Once we sign some free agents the reasons behind the approach we took in the draft will come into focus.

For example if we had already signed a couple of offensive lineman would we be bitching about not drafting one til the later rounds? Probably not. Or if we already had picked up a starting QB would we be crying about not drafting one? Again probably not.

For now I give the draft a solid B. Loved the approach of adding multiple picks and drafting high character guys.

[MTK]

I'd like to have a young QB on the depth chart too, but it doesn't make sense to draft one just for the sake of taking one either. Obviously they didn't feel anyone out there was worth their time.

[MTK]

I know some think it was overkill taking 3 WRs and 2 RBs, but those are positions that lacked depth and playmakers, so I've got zero problem with going heavy on those positions.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I know some think it was overkill taking 3 WRs and 2 RBs, but those are positions that lacked depth and playmakers, so I've got zero problem with going heavy on those positions.

I agree. In fact, I hope the Skins bring in more RB's and WR's as UDFA's.