Report: Hackett Agrees to Terms with Panthers

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Generally, I agree with your sentiments. Recognizing that even the good WR's don't make an immediate impact, to me, actually strengthens the need for us to address it sooner rather than later. The idea that UFA WR's give us something "we know what we are getting" does not strike me as necessarily true e.g. Lloyd and ARE (Is ARE a solid number 2? I would argue that we are entering the third year of his deal and the jury is still out on that).

I don't see us getting a game changer by trade or UFA. Plus, a 1st round WR would be the 3rd time since Monk and, of course, the 3rd time's a charm (Westbrook, Gardner) (D. Howard doesn't count he was KR - Yeah! that's the ticket!).

Again, generally, I agree with your sentiment. But, I think it's time to take another shot. If we do our homework, get a little lucky, we could be set for a long time. If not, if it gives us something to bitch about.

Well, the antithesis to this would be the case of the 2007 Kansas City Chiefs. They took a receiver in the 1st round, and absolutely hit on him, taking the guy (Dwayne Bowe) who I said would be the best receiver in the 2007 draft class the week before the draft.

But they were an aging team with massive needs elsewhere, and their offensive line fell apart, and when it did, there was no one waiting in the wings to take advantage of the mess they had created.

So now, the Chiefs have to temper their expectations with Bowe playing on an offense with no QB, no OL, and a RB with serious questions to answer about his future (if he's the next Bettis/Martin, or if he's another Shaun Alexander).

While this is an area that the team (Redskins) will have to address a year or two down the road, we haven't made enough selections over the past few years to warrant being able to spend a high pick on a WR. We still need DL, OL, and a CB as soon as possible.

Additionally, this draft really doesn't have anything by way of can't miss prospect at WR.

But I do think you make a great point, and that's if you want to have a great player at any given position in 2009 or 2010, the most cost effective way is to draft him right now in 2008. I couldn't agree more with that point. Draft the guy a few years before you have to count on him.

Fortunately for us, I see 2011 as the first year that we would need to count on another receiver, and we have a lot of time before then to address other needs for '09 and '10