Is it finally time to rebuild??

[mooby]

Originally Posted by ethat001

Sure, we've been saying this for years, and Shanahan decided not to rebuild last year. I still wonder whether that was the right choice. BUT - now our starting #1 WR is 32 with few options behind him, our best LB and key to the defense is Fletcher (36) and here's an abbreviated list of one of the oldest rosters on the planet (ages for 2011):

P.Daniels - will be 38
McNabb - will be 35
Fletcher - will be 36
Casay Rabach - will be 34
Artis Hicks - will be 32
Santana Moss - will be 32
Andre Carter - will be 32
Kemo - will be 32
D. Dockery - will be 31
Clinton Portis - will be 30
Roydell Williams - will be 30

Cooley - will be 29
J.Brown - will be 29

I won't mention Galloway is all but already retired.

The question is - can we fix this team in 2-3 years? If not, we should rebuild, dump older players and accept a couple of bad seasons as they get experience. The Capitals rebuilt and now has one of the best young rosters in the league for years to come. The Eagles and Tampa Bay also come to mind with young talent.

The second question is: since coaches are rewarded for success - is there no incentive for Shanahan to rebuild because he knows that he could get fired if he does not deliver success within 2 years?

Look at those players on your list and look how many might be gone this offseason.

P.Daniels - I think he might retire after this one, it sounds like 15 NFL seasons has started to take his toll on his body, and judging from him not showing up on the injury report with anything serious means it's just a lot of aches and pains that won't go away.

McNabb - staying obviously
Fletcher - probably staying
Casey Rabach - Definitely needs to go
Hicks - Stay or go, if he stays he needs to go to being a backup
Santana Moss - Stay, we already have enough holes to fill, we don't need to fill his #1 wideout spot right now
Carter - If we are going to fully commit to a 3-4 next season he needs to go. See if we can get something for him trade wise and if not (probably not) just cut him.
Kemo - He can stay, just needs to be a backup
Dockery - He can go, he's just wasting a roster spot
Portis - He can stay if he is healthy, but if he does stay next year will likely be his last as a Redskin.
Roydell Williams - I think we can do better than him but if he's gone it's no biggie.
Cooley - Might be trade bait, one of the few players of value the Skins have and I wouldn't mind Davis being our full time te if he's more consistent.
Jammal Brown - stay.

So when you look at that list there's probably 3-4 starters in there and the rest will either be cut or be backup players. I wouldn't mind rebuilding here but as has been mentioned it's something the fans wouldn't like (it means committing to most likely having a losing season that would be better for us in the long run) and I'm not sure Danny would like it either. I think he doesn't mind the idea of rebuilding but he's probably also concerned with how to keep profits up during a/multiple losing seasons. It's not like the way we're doing things now is working though, depending on your definition.