Peppers says he wants to explore free agency

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

The scout thought Thomas and Kelly were each fine choices for where they were selected in the draft, but that the Redskins didn't need to draft both of them. One or the other should have been fine

Well, I've been consistent on Thomas before the draft, during the draft, and now that he's a Redskin. And I think Kelly should (at least) work out like we expect him to.

I haven't been consistent on whether we needed multiple receivers out of this draft. I thought we could use veterans to fufill the need (which ultimately we didn't do) at WR, and use our picks elsewhere, but after the draft, I did some research and now I respect the strategy they used in the year they did (which is the point the scout made).

But, I will never accept the justification that it was okay to misvalue prospects because a lot of draft analysts made the same mistake. I do think Vinny needs to surround himself with the best possible people. And the people who looked at DT's profile (and, for that matter, Kelly's as well) and gave him a first round grade...I mean that's an elementary mistake in my opinion.

I might still be in the minority that thinks DT's rookie season was a draft mistake, and not a coaching/work ethic mistake, but the concerns that made me think he wasn't a top three round guy were noticed (and largely ignored) by most.

I think at this point I'm getting pretty far off topic (especially when you consider this is a Peppers thread), so I'll just say that I can't agree that we did our homework on all three of our second round picks and didn't rely on outside advice more than we should have.