Offer made on Chad (1st rd '08, conditional 3rd rd '09)

Why would we give up two picks when we're a team that's in transition with many holes to fill? Does anyone remember the Seattle game last year?? Does anyone remember our o-line not being able to protect the QB or get a 1/2 yard in crucial 4th and short situations?? Or not being able to get the ball to Santana cause Collins was getting killed?? DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THAT?? It doesn't matter if we get CJ cause if the QB is on his backside then what good is it? Plus he's going to want a new deal. I just lost all faith in our FO. There just going back to their band-aid tactics.

Are you assuming an OL is going to fall to us with the #21 pick? Because if not, then your argument holds no weight.

So are Chris Cooley and Laron Laundry. One's a probowler and one is a future pro bowler and both are home grown.


yes still potential starters. Whose to say that whoever we draft will be a bust or a gem?

I love Madden

I love Madden to, in the sense that I've seen plenty of people start off with a valid argument and then totally discredit it by saying something like "and oh yeah, he's awesome on Madden." This is mainly with Anthony Mix but I've seen it with a couple of other players to.

What will it take for Mike Brown to budge?

Dealing two early round picks for Chad Johnson would not doom our franchise and, at least in the short run, it would likely dramatically improve our offense. Chad is simply a dominant player who could really open things up for Cooley, Portis, Moss, and ARE. But, at 30 years of age, Chad Johnson wouldn't help us find a solution to problems that we are going to have to face pretty soon....youth and depth.

We and projected to field one of the oldest starting lineups in the league. We are likely to lose key starters at several positions within the next 2 years. Aside from QB and RB, I think we have depth issues at every position. It is becoming increasingly difficult to fill holes and build depth via free agency. So, in my opinion, we need to acquire more depth and youth via: (1) the draft; and/or (2) trades. Trading for Chad isn't making a trade for a younger, proven player and it costs us the opportunity to draft young, cheap talent.

So, IMO, while the world wouldn't end if we did make the trade, there are certainly legitimate reasons to think it might cause problems for us down the line.

I think we're really making too big a deal out of this whole 30 year old issue. He likely has many good years ahead of him.

What will it take for Mike Brown to budge?

Probably a picture of him with a women besides his wife, assuming he's married.

I think we're really making too big a deal out of this whole 30 year old issue. He likely has many good years ahead of him.

Yep, 4 of the leading WRs from last year are 30 or over, and I threw Wayne in there because he's right at the cusp

R. Moss - 31
Johnson - 30
Owens - 34
Holt - 31
Wayne - 29

We have 9 picks!

SKINS! If you are listening....DONT DO IT!!!

I think we're really making too big a deal out of this whole 30 year old issue. He likely has many good years ahead of him.

I think he has several more years of solid production. But, we wouldn't merely acquire a 30 year old, we'd also lose out on the opportunity to acquire two 21-23 year olds when we're clearly facing age and depth issues. Granted, we have 8 other picks in 2008 and 5 others in 2009. But, as you noted, drafting a future stud is no easy feat. I'd be surprised if we drafted more than 3 future starters with our current crop of picks (or 2 if we traded our 1st rounder).

I want to emphasize that, although I'd oppose trading 2 high picks for Chad, I don't believe that such a trade would send our franchise down the crapper. I simply think there are very legitimate reasons to be concerned with the rumored offer.

Also, I want to mention that, unlike most experts, I supported the Redskins decisions to pursue Cornelius Griffin, Marcus Washington, Clinton Portis, Coles/Moss, etc. I don't have a problem with using free agency or trades to acquire younger, budding stars. I think most people here distinguished our 2000 free agent acquisitions from the 2004 free agent acquisitions by noting that the players we acquired in 2004 were young. I'm also not opposed to any trades involving 30 year olds. I just think that it wouldn't be the best move to do so here.

I love Madden to, in the sense that I've seen plenty of people start off with a valid argument and then totally discredit it by saying something like "and oh yeah, he's awesome on Madden." This is mainly with Anthony Mix but I've seen it with a couple of other players to.


Man what about Maurice Jones-Drew he is a horse man, he as BOTH the elusive back and the power back ratings it is crazy