why? (do we want to sign everyone's garbage)

why is it alot of people here want to take other peoples trash( i.e. K. Johnson, etc.) and alot of others, and bring them to Washington? come on, Dhani Jones? we have alot of very knowledgeable people around here. lets think before we post. and while I'm at it, whats the deal with everyone thinking its so easy to have players switch positions? most of these players specialize, at a very young age. yes, sometimes an exceptional player comes along that can switch with no problem. but its usually the exception rather then the rule. i guess I'm done ranting, at least for now

One mans trash is another mans treasure. You never know when you're going to get a "diamond in the rough" type player. Plus why not bring them in? It can only help us not hurt us.

Right. Wasn't that the case with Marcus Washington? I don't think he was cut, but I don't remember him being the force that he is now.

The funny part is when someone starts one thread "So and so just got cut, sign him now!!!!" and then in another thread that same person has a post that says "Our front office sucks, why do we have to go after everyone? Why can't we just develop our own guys?"

But, it is what it is.

Got that right!

Right. Wasn't that the case with Marcus Washington? I don't think he was cut, but I don't remember him being the force that he is now.

Washington was no castoff, he was an outstanding LB he just wanted to get paid and the Colts weren't willing to anti up.

MW was a bit of a hidden gem in Indy just coming into his own when we got him.

Keyshawn would give us a big target for short yardage conversions and goal line plays

Keyshawn would give us a big target for short yardage conversions and goal line plays

Except he runs the wrong route in the Redzone and provides interceptions when you should have 7.

Someone who has actually seen Keyshawn play argue this point because he has never been a legitimate Redzone threat.

why is it alot of people here want to take other peoples trash( i.e. K. Johnson, etc.) and alot of others, and bring them to Washington? come on, Dhani Jones? we have alot of very knowledgeable people around here. lets think before we post. and while I'm at it, whats the deal with everyone thinking its so easy to have players switch positions? most of these players specialize, at a very young age. yes, sometimes an exceptional player comes along that can switch with no problem. but its usually the exception rather then the rule. i guess I'm done ranting, at least for now

its like the saying goes "One man's trash is the Redskins next overpriced free agent"

Sign everyone's "garbage."

I sign my own garbage every week. I write directly on the hefty bag. In fact, I have a sharpie that I keep in my hat so I can sign garbage anywhere I go before I put it in the trash can.

By signing "garbage" I guess you mean that if someone is cut by another team, this means he is ready for the landfill, unless the Redskins race down and try to recycle him. And you are asking, why would we want to do that? Why not let people who have become garbage, by virtue of being cut, just be taken like any other garbage out to the landfill? Isn't that better than signing their garbage and then just strewing it out on the field at Redskins Park? We don't want teams to think that they can skip paying their garbage bill and just Fed Ex all their trash to Ashburn.

I can understand why Keyshawn disagreed with the Panthers' decision to toss him in the wastebin. I would object too. You get tossed in there and people throw their banana peels on you, their unfinished meals, their used dental floss, and then it's out the door, and into the trash compactor, and finally to an unceremonious burial at the town dump. One minute you're interviewing your team's draft choice on ESPN, and a few days later, you're lying there in a sea of refuse, cut to drift by your team, laughed at for your misfortune.

However, I'm reminded of the last part of the poem at the Statue of Liberty:

“"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

So maybe that's not a bad thing, to be the Statue of Liberty for the NFL. Bring us your wretched refuse, NFL! We'll leave the lamp on at Redskins Park for you.

Personally, I think that we need to look hard at every healthy DL and OL released by another team. Players at any other position need to be pretty exceptional (not washed up like Keyshawn or average like D. Jones). Our roster needs depth -- one of our greatest weaknesses last year -- so we need to be on the lookout constantly.