Day 1 Draft Grade

A- the only question was fred davis. we should have gotten campbell, but then who knows, coach zorn may create mis match with two tough TE's. OL can be drafted in the lower rounds. now lets get D on the second day and enough of the WR/.

You bring up a good point which has been alluded to in the past here (by myself and SBXVII among others).

Are we (possibly) taking OL and DL later because the team is more confident in Bugel and Blache's ability to teach diamonds in the rough than they are with Hixon's ability to do the same with wide receivers?Positional philosophy. Still, it's hard to ignore the fact that 1-2 of these second round picks won't be able to contribute as a starter.

I have to see the rest of the draft but I think it's going to include Josh Johnson, Marcus Dixon, and hopefully god forbid, an offensive lineman. For now I'll give them a B-. The matchups and packages are all fun to think about, but after a while you worry about the guys upfront.

You bring up a good point which has been alluded to in the past here (by myself and SBXVII among others).

Are we (possibly) taking OL and DL later because the team is more confident in Bugel and Blache's ability to teach diamonds in the rough than they are with Hixon's ability to do the same with wide receivers?

Absolutely SS, I think Buges and Blache will be able to work with the later round picks...I mean we have good examples from the past in which both the D-line (Golston, Wilson, Montgomery) and the O-line (Heyer) got good some good performances out of players pick in the late rounds.

The team can now use the rest of the picks to (hopefully) acquire some young players that can add depth to both lines. Also I'd like to see them pick up a DB if possible.

I can also see Buges picking up a kid like Andrew Crummey from UMD as an undrafted free agent and turn him into a decent back up. I also would like to see a good final year out of our current o-line, hopefully without any injuries and some young back ups we can be set.

FIRST OF ALL .. i get frustrated reading comments about how 2 of the 3 picks wont' start .. ?? as stated by " football fans" .. Thomas had a round one grade , Davis is a great college TE who will get catches in our 2 TE set as stated by ZORN on ESPN ... Cooley is not going anywhere but hey what if we had a blocking TE and an H-Back on the field with both being able to catch ??? Maybe i'm just venting, but clearly we had a good day drafting, yes I thought we could have snagged Cambell from Miami for a DE in the second round .. but we did not, and we have plenty o picks tomorrow .. we can snag whatever we need ... RELAX .. all the negative on the WR pick ups is stupid IMO .. would you rather have CJ and all that crap that goes along with him or some WR's with a chance to get the job done ???? I love the picks so far ... HAIL ... i'm done venting ... 3 cheers to a solid DE pick and CB pick tomorrow .. and 3 cheers for winning the last skins' super bowls after the GIANTS ... 87 and 91

Agreed...I mean is not like we're picking them up on the 7th rounds or something like that.

A for value picks, but I went B because I think we could have gotten a great D End instead of a TE.

Given our many needs, we should have used at least ONE pick here on the DL or OL, or at least a DB. Failing to do that was a mistake. We have too many WRs now and not enough linemen. The FO spent so much time focused on WRs that it skewed their thinking and their rankings, IMO. I can see using a 2 TE set, so I'm ok with that, but still. We are NOT a deep team, and we needed to address a lot of areas. After the nice trade-down, this was a disappointment.

C-

I'm right on between of B and C.

I mean, as sweet it is to have lot of offense weapons.. Thomas and Kelly - they definitely will help our offense to be lot more explosive.. But two WRs? One with one year wonder and one with knee problem? However I like the part in his profile - comparing him to Anquan Boldin.. I think Kelly will work out well for us.. I just wish that we use our first 2nd rd on Calais Campbell or any other DE like Ellis.. As for Fred Davis - it is intriguing.. Zorn must be thinking about something big..

D-. Excellent trade by Cerrato. Brilliant even.

There's a 50% chance that 2 out the 3 players drafted today never starts a game for the Redskins. Davis is a good selection, but he's not going to beat out Cooley. Kelly should beat Thomas out, and he should replace ARE in the starting lineup by 2009. But how certain are we that Kelly will develop as expected.

The only thing we know about Kelly is that he's probably better than Devin Thomas. I'm not even sure he will ever develop into a quality starting receiver. We are making a leap of faith there, and hopefully we don't get spurned.

Regarding Thomas...at least Taylor Jacobs was a hard worker

My guess is we will be running Double TE sets but I see what you are saying about it

I'll go C....I loved our first pick, but I just dont get why we didnt take a DE with 48 or 51...I mean what can you do, but seems like were not adressing that need