Free Agency/Franchise Tag thread 2011

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I agree with Paintrain. We need to address the WR position in free agency. Sidney Rice would be a perfect acquisition. Historically, the Redskins have been average at best when it comes to drafting receivers high. Desmond Howard, Michael Westbrook, Taylor Jacobs, Rob Gardener, Devin Thomas and Malcom Kelley. All high draft picks with zero pro-bowls between them. I'm not saying all of those guys were bad players, they just failed to be true number one receivers due to a number of reasons including lingering injuries (Westbrook).

Free agent receivers have been our best receivers over the years. Gary Clark, Henry Ellard, Lavernius Coles, Santana Moss, all of them were pro-bowl receivers and have vastly out-performed our high draft picks. The only draft picks we had that were elite WR's were Charlie Brown, Ricky Sanders and Art Monk. So it would be unwise to exclude young proven free agent WR's. The NFL is a passing league, so it's imperative that we surround our QB with the best weapons possible. Sidney Rice and Jason Jones would improve the offense immensely. We would definitely be a better offense with them than without.