The Redskins' new approach to free agency

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

I think one more bad season and the 49ers will make EVERYONE forget about the 2000 Redskins.

They're trying to buy a team and it's not going to work. They still don't have a QB, and they still don't have any WR's.

[QBall]

Originally Posted by ksmitty7723

We may be patient, but teams are passing us by this free agency. There were people out there we could make a play for and didn't. No play on Vilma? Dumb! He is young and talented, just didn't fit in the Jets scheme.

He has worse knees than Rocky!

[Monksdown]

And i don't think spending 25-50% of our available cap space on a position that is not even in the top 3 of our needs is very smart.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by ksmitty7723

We may be patient, but teams are passing us by this free agency. There were people out there we could make a play for and didn't. No play on Vilma? Dumb! He is young and talented, just didn't fit in the Jets scheme.

He's young and talented but his best position is in the middle in a 4-3. Why sign him when we've already got London Fletcher and a young guy in Blades backing him up? IMO we didn't need Vilma.

[Ruhskins]

I'd be happy with the following
- FA WR (Johnson or Hackett)
- Stud D-Lineman on the first round (Calais Campbell anyone?)
- Add depth at CB/OL/DT positions with the lower rounds
- Maybe add depth at the above positions with a cheap free agent
- and the big one...less conservative offense that allows JC to use our offensive weapons effectively

This way, we don't need to overspend in free agency, keep our picks, and maybe insure that in future seasons we don't need to re-structure 50 contracts to get under the cap. After all of us complaining of the crazy-spending approach to the offseason, we should be glad the team is going the conservative route.

[Stuck in TX]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I'd be happy with the following
- FA WR (Johnson or Hackett)
- Stud D-Lineman on the first round (Calais Campbell anyone?)
- Add depth at CB/OL/DT positions with the lower rounds
- Maybe add depth at the above positions with a cheap free agent
- and the big one...less conservative offense that allows JC to use our offensive weapons effectively.

All perfect except I dont mind being a little conservative as long as it yields production from Cooley, Protis, and Sellers on the ground/short passes. We can wear out teams that way.

Originally Posted by redsk1

I like ARE but i'm not sure he's a #2 reciever. He really hasn't done alot w/ punt returns either, so you could call him overpaid.

if not ARE then who??? he was the best #2 we had at the time we needed one. That is why we need to either draft a WR or pick up a FA. ARE is excellent in the slot and on specialty plays. He is an asset to any team and I would not call him any more overpaid than Archuleta, Lloyd, or some of the crazy FA deals that were put together by the Raiders, Jets, and Browns. ARE has shown hard work and stepped up when we needed him. IMO that merits a little overpaying.

[SeanTaylor21]

Originally Posted by Stuck in TX

if not ARE then who??? he was the best #2 we had at the time we needed one. That is why we need to either draft a WR or pick up a FA. ARE is excellent in the slot and on specialty plays. He is an asset to any team and I would not call him any more overpaid than Archuleta, Lloyd, or some of the crazy FA deals that were put together by the Raiders, Jets, and Browns. ARE has shown hard work and stepped up when we needed him. IMO that merits a little overpaying.

We could have used Reche Caldwell, he proved to be a pretty good WR in NE, we also could have used James Thrash he played really well when he was on the field, and another option could have been Todd Pinkston who we cut in the preseason, when he played against us in Philly he wasn't too bad.

[redsk1]

In another bit of free agent news for the Redskins today, wide receiver D.J. Hackett did not accept the team's contract offer and plans to explore his options, a league source said.
"We're interested but it has to make sense for us," said Vinny Cerrato, Washington's executive vice president of football operations. "That's what we've said all along about the guys we like [in free agency], the money has to make sense, and that hasn't changed."

Translation...We don't have any money left!!!!

[AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace]

No...translation...we're not giving 40 mil to a guy who can't stay healthy and is a role player at best

[redsk1]

Originally Posted by AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace

No...translation...we're not giving 40 mil to a guy who can't stay healthy and is a role player at best

I'm not really alluding that we should pay Hackett, but to the "new approach" to FA....translation...we don't have any money. I'll buy the new approach after a few smart offseasons in a row.

[over the mountain]

while not exactly a FA signing i think the addition of d. hall is a pretty big off-season move.

go skins!

[Stuck in TX]

Does anyone think our new approach has anything to do with Gibbs being the team advisor? Snyder may be a bad owner to some people, but one thing he is for sure is a believer in Gibbs. Maybe Joe is whispering in his ear a little this offseason.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Stuck in TX

Does anyone think our new approach has anything to do with Gibbs being the team advisor? Snyder may be a bad owner to some people, but one thing he is for sure is a believer in Gibbs. Maybe Joe is whispering in his ear a little this offseason.

That's partially it. But it's also that we've been pretty smart about free agency/trades (active, but making good choices for the most part) the last several years with the exception of 2006. Unfortunately for a lot of people their calendars go 2000, 2006, and now.

[GTripp0012]

2006 wasn't all bad, I mean ARE and Carter are going to justify the money they got to come here. And Todd Collins, to everyones surprise, is no schlub.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

2006 wasn't all bad, I mean ARE and Carter are going to justify the money they got to come here. And Todd Collins, to everyones surprise, is no schlub.

Yeah but Duckett, Lloyd, Archuleta