do we show our hand to soon (Barrow allowed to seek trade)

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Really Casserly/Beathard don't have many better lower round picks/cast-offs than Cerrato/Snyder/Gibbs.

Casserly/Beathard you're looking at guys like Clint Didier, Mark Rypien, Timmy Smith (one game...but what a game!), Kurt Gouveia, Raleigh McKenzie, Mark Schlereth, Joe Jacoby

Cerrato/Snyder/Gibbs you're talking about guys like Rock Cartwright, Darnerien McCants, Antonio Pierce, LeMar Marshall, Andre Lott, Ryan Clark, Robert Royal (and we'll see how McCune, Newberry, and Nemo pan out)

I know guys like Cartwright, McCants, and Royal haven't made a profound impact yet. But all have shown flashes and at the very least Royal seems to be in the long term plans of this team

All I'm saying is that I don't get this common perception that the Redskins teams of the 1980s were a bunch of late round picks and free agents. I don't think it was like that at all

Flashes...thats funny.

On your older players list, you are forgetting alot of solid players, not just flashes. All of these guys are late round pick:
Mark Rypien (pro Bowl), Gary Clark (pro Bowl), Charles Mann (pro Bowl), dexter manley (pro Bowl), Mark Murphy (pro Bowl), Mike Nelms (pro Bowl), Tony Peters (pro Bowl), Ricky Sanders (almost Pro Bowl), Don Warren, Jeff Bostic, Monte Coleman, Mel Kaufman, Darryl Grant, Charlie Brown, Curtis Jordan,....
I could go on but I do not have the time. There are more.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

Flashes...thats funny.

On your older players list, you are forgetting alot of solid players, not just flashes. All of these guys are late round pick:
Mark Rypien (pro Bowl), Gary Clark (pro Bowl), Charles Mann (pro Bowl), dexter manley (pro Bowl), Mark Murphy (pro Bowl), Mike Nelms (pro Bowl), Tony Peters (pro Bowl), Ricky Sanders (almost Pro Bowl), Don Warren, Jeff Bostic, Monte Coleman, Mel Kaufman, Darryl Grant, Charlie Brown, Curtis Jordan,....
I could go on but I do not have the time. There are more.

You're right I did leave several players out. I'll crawl back into my cave now...

But before I do, I'll just say that I think we need to give our players some time and that the Pro Bowl is a bit of a crap shoot. I mean, if our offense played up to our defense and we had a winning record then Griffin, Springs, Washington, Pierce, among others would have all been Pro Bowlers. It's like when the Skins were winning 11-12 games a year and we'd sent 10 or so players to the pro bowl each year.