Redskins: 2012 Off-Season-Free Agency/Trades

[Monksdown]

I would love to keep London at the right price. Unfortunately i dont believe his price is in line with our price. Deserve has got nothing to do with it. Ask Peyton if past performance dictates future earnings. It doesnt, and it shouldnt. London is getting old, a smart organization is prepared to let him walk.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

I would love to keep London at the right price. Unfortunately i dont believe his price is in line with our price. Deserve has got nothing to do with it. Ask Peyton if past performance dictates future earnings. It doesnt, and it shouldnt. London is getting old, a smart organization is prepared to let him walk.

Actually, it does. Peyton will be getting serious guaranteed cash and a large contract, and all of it is predicated on past success, because right now with a mildly uncertain future that's all anybody has to go on.

I'm not saying give Fletch 10 million a year, but I do think 7 million a year is certainly reasonable for a player of his production. D.Hall makes 6 million a year, do you think he's worth it?

[Monksdown]

Originally Posted by mooby

Actually, it does. Peyton will be getting serious guaranteed cash and a large contract, and all of it is predicated on past success, because right now with a mildly uncertain future that's all anybody has to go on.

I'm not saying give Fletch 10 million a year, but I do think 7 million a year is certainly reasonable for a player of his production. D.Hall makes 6 million a year, do you think he's worth it?

Peyton was release because of the 28 million, more than his health. The length of Fletch's contract is more important than the yearly cost.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

Peyton was release because of the 28 million, more than his health. The length of Fletch's contract is more important than the yearly cost.

If Peyton had been healthy and played the whole season last year, he would've been 28 million richer today. As far as the length goes, we know Fletch probably only has 3-4 seasons left. Give him a 3 year deal with an option for the 4th. I doubt he's looking for a 7 year deal or anything crazy like that.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

I would love to keep London at the right price. Unfortunately i dont believe his price is in line with our price. Deserve has got nothing to do with it. Ask Peyton if past performance dictates future earnings. It doesnt, and it shouldnt. London is getting old, a smart organization is prepared to let him walk.

Exactly.

And for those saying just pay him, what happens when you pay him and he goes off the edge of the cliff performance wise. At his age it's certainly a real possibility that his play could dramatically drop off at any time. Everyone loves the guy and of course we all want him back, but it's got to be a deal that makes sense for someone his age.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Exactly.

And for those saying just pay him, what happens when you pay him and he goes off the edge of the cliff performance wise. At his age it's certainly a real possibility that his play could dramatically drop off at any time. Everyone loves the guy and of course we all want him back, but it's got to be a deal that makes sense for someone his age.

The biggest problem with Fletcher is two-fold: the state of the roster behind him dictates that the Redskins should have handled his contract situation a while ago. They just made an assumption that they could handle it easily during the month of February, and they were wrong.

Looking forward though, the problem is "we need a linebacker" and the only thing we have to handle that need with is cap dollars. It's not a strong group of FA LBs, but there's starters out there beyond Fletcher, and it makes as much sense now for the team to start exploring other options as it does for Fletcher to keep all his options open. Signing Curtis Lofton, Erin Henderson, or David Hawthorne would be quite an alternative.

I think there is a lesson here about the Redskins struggling to improve their roster because they can't ever get out of their own way, but replacing about 80% of what Fletcher would offer in 2012 shouldn't really be that much of an issue. There's enough out there that $5 million of cap dollars should be able to bring in at least one player who can handle the rigors of the position. It's just that you typically don't want to enter the offseason with two needs (MLB and safety) that didn't need to be needs.

[Mechanix544]

Mock Draft 4.0 - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

Hope this comes true.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mechanix544

Mock Draft 4.0 - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

Hope this comes true.

The top 8 make perfect sense. Getting Blackmon at 6 would be huge for us and make doing the deal with us worth it, because they desperately need someone for Bradford to throw to. Jacksonville needs a WR too, possibly more than anyone else in the NFL. With Hillis leaving Cleveland most likely, they need a new stud RB. Claiborne will be the best available when TB picks, so it's a no-brainer. I would not mind drafting him for the Skins if somehow RG3 doesn't happen.


I could see this draft happening exactly.

[dmek25]

well then, whats plan b?the guy constantly does his job every Sunday. who fills his slot?

[MTK]

I can definitely see the top 6 going down like that

[Ruhskins]

Interesting breakdown of VJax and Colston:

Tale of the tape: Jackson vs. Colston - Rich Tandler's Real Redskins

[SmootSmack]

Redskins had the opportunity to lock him up a couple of years ago...and Vinny said no.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Redskins had the opportunity to lock him up a couple of years ago...and Vinny said no.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Redskins had the opportunity to lock him up a couple of years ago...and Vinny said no.

Well, they've had no shortage of opportunities to get it done, they just didn't. I don't think it's just Vinny's fault or just Shanahan's fault. It's at least partially Fletcher's fault.

And now it makes as much sense to look elsewhere as it does to give Fletch the extra $2 mil/year or whatever he's looking for. It's just dumb that it ever reached this point.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Redskins had the opportunity to lock him up a couple of years ago...and Vinny said no.

he is still haunting us. very poor decision not to, and now gonna cost us more