A 2009 Spring Dream....

I think Rocky Bernard needs to be added to our d-line, we could get him for a lot cheaper than Haynesworth, and for better value. The thing with Montgomery and Golston is that they are good players but better backup's. They've proven that they are just fill in guys, they are not quite good enough to be starting in this league. With the addition of this one player, and the re-signing of D Evans I think our d-line will have great depth.
DE- Jason Taylor / Phillip Daniels / Rob Jackson
DT- Rocky Bernard / Anthony Mongomery
DT- Cornelious Griffen / Kedric Golston
DE- Andre Carter / Demetric Evans / Chris Wilson
Looks good to me
So we could then focus on the o-line and LB's in the draft, I like Eugene Monroe in the 1st round,
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Rocky Bernard is not the kind of guy that's going to come in here and be able to make a big difference. He's probably not better than Griff and probably about the same as Montgomery and Goldston.

Paging Terrance Cody. Terrance Cody please report to Ashburn.

Anyway my 2009 Spring Dream would probably be Bart Scott, Terrance Cody, a 3rd round center, and Jordan Gross.

I remember when we signed Wilbur Marshall from Chi back in 88. He was miserable his first few years here cause he was not allowed to free lance and do his thing.

I think you're remembering incorrectly, here's his stat line during his career in Washington:

1988: 133 tackles, 4 sacks, 3 INTs
1989: 108 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT
1990: 107 tackles, 5 sacks, 1 INT
1991: 135 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 5 INTs
1992: 138 tackles, 6 sacks, 2 INTs

Wilber Marshall Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MarsWi00.htm)

And just going by what I remember, I don't recall him struggling at all. He was one of the best LBs we've had here.

Draft the linemen, maybe pick up a couple younger FAs, but get some hungry young talent in here for a change. I liked how Taylor really stepped it up yesterday, but can he do it for more than one game? Would be nice to see him have a great '09 then retire.

Jordan Gross, Terrell Suggs, Jahri Evans, Leroy Hill, Angelo Crowell, Michael Boley, Jovan Haye, and Stacy Andrews are all worth looking at in FA.


Good group for sure, but Suggs will cost a fortune, along with Crowell. I say go via the draft and get say one FA for each line, maybe two. I am not privy on our cap situation, but any O linemen up for renewal should not be resigned.

Good group for sure, but Suggs will cost a fortune, along with Crowell. I say go via the draft and get say one FA for each line, maybe two. I am not privy on our cap situation, but any O linemen up for renewal should not be resigned.
You're right Suggs will cost a lot, but i'm not so sure that Crowell will be all that expensive since he missed this season with an injury.

Spring Dreaming: Warm sun, white beach, cold beer, hot girls in small bikini's.

Heyer has really impressed me the past two games. I honestly dont think Tackle is as big of a need as i thought it was. We need another BACKUP tackle, but i'm fine with Heyer and Samuels as our starting tackles... i'd even consider starting heyer at LT and moving Samuels to RT. I'm also counting on Rinehart to be a good Guard for us. I think Thomas is only going downhill from here, and Rabach needs to be replaced. For our Oline, I would do the following upgrades THIS Offseason:

C Jason*Brown 4 6-3/320
OG Jahri*Evans 3 6-4/318

We would have a starting lineup of:
Samuels-Evans-Brown-Rinehart-Heyer


For our defense, I would do the following:

OLB Michael*Boley 4 6-3/223
DT Albert*Haynesworth7 6-5/320

Heyer is a solid pass protector, but nowhere close to what you need in run blocking. Notice that our running game got shut out the last couple of games.

Heyer is a solid pass protector, but nowhere close to what you need in run blocking. Notice that our running game got shut out the last couple of games.

Well if Heyer can't get it done as a starter, then we need to move Samuels to RT now and sign the best FA LT on the market or get one in the draft. I really think Samuels is going to drop off in production real soon.

Well if Heyer can't get it done as a starter, then we need to move Samuels to RT now and sign the best FA LT on the market or get one in the draft. I really think Samuels is going to drop off in production real soon.

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