2012 Free Agency Wish List

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by 30gut

You can never have enough talent along the DL and Soliai would be a natural fit in our 3-4 at NT and DE.
If we sign Soliai and add him to a front 3 of Cofield and Bowen that would create a front 3 with the potential to be dominant.
Then throw in Jarvis Jenkins as part of the rotation we would go 4 deep of quality 3-4 DL.
Soliai would be my number 1 FA target.

Unfortunately, WR and Safety are going to be the biggest need after QB. I don't know what the market for NT is going to be like or how expensive Soliai would be.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

Even then I would still brin in Royal. I don't see Gaffney being here two more years.

Hankerson
Criner
Royal
Rainey

could rival

Jennings
Nelson
Jones
Driver

or

Nicks
Cruz
Manningham
Barden

or

Colston
Henderson
Moore
Meachem

U have to get Rodgers, Manning and brees type qb to make those guys look great though

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

U have to get Rodgers, Manning and brees type qb to make those guys look great though

Do I? or will our QB be good enough to do that?

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

Do I? or will our QB be good enough to do that?

Who is "our QB"?

Can John Beck make those guys into an elite WR corps? Personally, I do not think so...

Can Rex Grossman? I do not think so ...

Can Caleb Haine? No.

Can Drew Brees or a healthy Peyton Manning? You bet your butt.

Kyle Orton? Quite possibly.

Chad Henne? Possibly.

Until I know who "our QB" is going to be, I cannot answer your question.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Who is "our QB"?

Can John Beck make those guys into an elite WR corps? Personally, I do not think so...

Can Rex Grossman? I do not think so ...

Can Caleb Haine? No.

Can Drew Brees or a healthy Peyton Manning? You bet your butt.

Kyle Orton? Quite possibly.

Chad Henne? Possibly.

Until I know who "our QB" is going to be, I cannot answer your question.

Exactly. We don't know who it is yet.

[redskin29633]

As mentioned earlier in thread, I would not overdo FA. Stay committed to the draft, and sign two, maybe three, FAs. My preference would be a QB and WR; Flynn (or Hoyer) and Colston sounds good to me. If we go for a third, then I would start looking at DB/S or the offensive line. I recall that late in the season, we almost ran out of bodies to play on the OL. Not keeping enough O-linemen may have been Shanahan's biggest mistake of 2011. Signing a FA QB is most important to me for 2012, because I still dont like the idea of giving up a bunch of picks to trade up. I would actually favor a trade down and take Tannehill with our QB pick.

[Ruhskins]

Speaking of FAs, anyone know of any good safeties hitting free agency? People talk about the doom and gloom of the CB position, but I think we are pretty effed up at safety. Landry prob won't be back (and we probably wouldn't want him back with his busted achilles), Atogwe has not worked out much, and after that who do we have? Gomes? That's pretty much it I think.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Speaking of FAs, anyone know of any good safeties hitting free agency? People talk about the doom and gloom of the CB position, but I think we are pretty effed up at safety. Landry prob won't be back (and we probably wouldn't want him back with his busted achilles), Atogwe has not worked out much, and after that who do we have? Gomes? That's pretty much it I think.

Dashon Goldson

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Dashon Goldson

Good find...

Dashon Goldson Scouting Report - Scouts, Inc.
Grade: 78 | Key

Comment: Goldson is a good sized safety that the 49rs drafted in the fourth round of the 2007 draft and has worked his way up to a starting role over the past two seasons. In 2010 he played in and started all 16 games and finished the season with 80 total tackles, second highest on the team, along with a single QB sack and an interception. He has good speed, quickness and agility for the position and is a good open field tackler that allows him to play the last man on defense in their scheme effectively. He shows good route recognition and can read the quarterback's eyes from off coverage but is not a natural ball hawk and can be a bit inconsistent playing the ball when in position. He can open his hips to turn and run or plant and drive on the ball when transitioning out of his back pedal.

[GTripp0012]

Goldson is undeniably one of the more physically gifted safeties in the league but I think he was the very worst starter on the 49ers this year. He was the weakest link. Not deserving of his pro bowl nomination (though not as egregious a pick as Antrel Rolle in 2010). He's out of position way too often, and tackles like Landry on LSD.

I still think Tyvon Branch is the best with Landry as a very close second. After that, the class is kind of weak. Leonhard is a system guy.

To me, the best possible signing for the Redskins would be Tanard Jackson. And he comes with more risk to the team than Landry does for sure. Which is why I would just keep Landry.

Safeties

Tyvon Branch
LaRon Landry
Dashon Goldson
Michael Griffin
Dwight Lowery
Thomas DeCoud
Jim Leonhard
Brandon Meriweather
Reggie Smith
Sean Jones
Mike Adams
Chris Harris
Reggie Nelson
Brodney Pool
Husain Abdullah
Tom Zbikowski
Jordan Babineaux
Madieu Williams
James Sanders
Steve Gregory
Abram Elam
Deon Grant
Tyrell Johnson
Dominique Barber
Jarrad Page
Craig Steltz
Erik Coleman
Bob Sanders
Haruki Nakamura
Anthony Smith
Jarrett Bush
Derrick Martin
Chris Hope
Craig Dahl
Atari Bigby
Corey Lynch
Gibril Wilson
Bryan Scott
Quintin Demps
Paul Oliver
Matt Giordano
Nathan Jones
James Ihedigbo
Courtney Greene
Hamza Abdullah
Antwaun Molden
Jon McGraw
Sean Considine
Sabby Piscitelli
Lito Sheppard
Randy Phillips
C.C. Brown
Myron Rolle

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Goldson is undeniably one of the more physically gifted safeties in the league but I think he was the very worst starter on the 49ers this year. He was the weakest link. Not deserving of his pro bowl nomination (though not as egregious a pick as Antrel Rolle in 2010). He's out of position way too often, and tackles like Landry on LSD.

I still think Tyvon Branch is the best with Landry as a very close second. After that, the class is kind of weak. Leonhard is a system guy.

To me, the best possible signing for the Redskins would be Tanard Jackson. And he comes with more risk to the team than Landry does for sure. Which is why I would just keep Landry.

Safeties

Tyvon Branch
LaRon Landry
Dashon Goldson
Michael Griffin
Dwight Lowery
Thomas DeCoud
Jim Leonhard
Brandon Meriweather
Reggie Smith
Sean Jones

I'd be curious to see what the pundits write about the Redskins safety situation. I'm sure there will be a lot of talk about Landry...but I'd be curious to see what the team does if he's not an option (which I believe he is not given his injury situation...unless he pulls a miracle recovery). The same goes for Atogwe, unless Gomes improves a lot in camp.

[GTripp0012]

Nevermind, Jackson signed a two year contract last year. He'll be a FA after next season.

[los panda]

i broke tanard jackson's leg in the state championship game way back when in pop warner. that's my version of a claim to fame

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by los panda

i broke tanard jackson's leg in the state championship game way back when in pop warner. that's my version of a claim to fame

That's actually a pretty cool claim to fame. Unfortunate, but cool.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by los panda

i broke tanard jackson's leg in the state championship game way back when in pop warner. that's my version of a claim to fame

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

I sacked Steph Curry in my pop warner days 3 times actually.

I played with Charlie Whitehurst for 4 or 5 games after my JV season ended #Winning.