Huge FA Class in 2011 - But will anyone want to come here?

Is Pittsburgh really going to let Woodley walk? I doubt it.

Is Pittsburgh really going to let Woodley walk? I doubt it.

I think he may want to test the market, especially after they didn't give him the long term deal he wanted last summer

Regardless, even though I know I said his name has been attached to the Skins. I don't believe he's coming here, similar to the Peppers situation last year

What will make free agency even more interesting this year is that it will probably come AFTER the draft. This will possibly mean teams will be less focused on filling a need in the draft and more on getting the best player available. In turn, teams will fill in the remaining team needs after the draft.

What will make free agency even more interesting this year is that it will probably come AFTER the draft. This will possibly mean teams will be less focused on filling a need in the draft and more on getting the best player available. In turn, teams will fill in the remaining team needs after the draft.

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OLine!! we need OLineman!!!

ryan kahlil
davin joeseph
lyle sendline
carl nicks

go get some of those guys 'skins

DM has won a lot of games in this league as well. Can we sit here today and say Shanahan is performing at a high level? It's really hard to tell at this point.

I have to agree with the OP, I would be hesitant to send my guy to the Redskins org. in fear of deflating his value in the future if he didnt live up to Shans expectations.

I think it all depends on which Shanahan your talking about and what your expectations were?

When Mike Shanahan was hired everyone "assumed" he would install his running game and this team would be back in the play offs. Instead I personally think Mike realized he does not have the personel to run his "running scheme" and relied more on his son and the passing attack he brings to the table. Remember our OL is not good and he most likely realized it figuring they wouldn't create too many holes for the RB's. He had to have known by preseasons end.

So if your evaluating MS based on how well the team performed then no MS didn't "seem" to have done a good job, but he was not dealt a good hand either. I actually commend MS for the way he handled the players. We needed a tough HC to come in and not take any crap from the owner, or the prima dona players with their lazy attitudes and expectation of playing time. As long as all the players are treated equally then no one can complain. Haynesworth didn't want to participate from the beginning, it showed, and when he did show he thought he could either bully his way into playing the position he wanted to play only or become a problem. He got his wish... he was the problem. I'm not saying he's not a good player just saying sometimes players need to do whats asked of them. Thats what a "team player" is all about.

McNabb's benching I also don't have a problem with. If you take a moment and think back although McNabb was "better" then Campbell, he seemed to have his issues also. The very issue's for which I was against picking up McNabb and voiced those issues when the team did pick him up. Heck in Sept I had a co worker to is an Eagles fan telling the same issues and was glad the Eagles had gotten rid of McNabb.

It's pretty bad when you a fan and want the team to dump your HOF/ starting QB for an unknown but that also should have been a red flag to our organization. McNabb was slow into and out of the huddle, took too much time looking over the defense giving the defense time to adjust to the formation, either over threw players or threw dirt balls, and lastly is not a 2 min drill type of QB. He's definitly awesome with 4-5 min. left on the clock for a come back but leave him with 2 min. or less and he's just too slow and methodical.

As far as McNabb is concerned ..ask yourself this .. Did Brett Favre playing with the Jets for one year set back the Jets ? I know it's not a great example as far as the situation but there hardly is a good example, however as far an aging QB who played with a team for one year then bolted I think it's similar ... HTTR ...

Plus I don't think Shanny has any foot fetish videos .. so we have that going on for us

I think the bigger issue is the fans had high expectations. Meaning some fans expected McNabb to come in and take this team to the play offs simply because he most likely will become a HOF. It's kinda hard to come to a team with only 4 months prior to the start of the season, learn all the play calls, have only 3-4 weeks to practice the plays and get them down like the back of your hand, and also have all the other players on page also. There will be a learning curve. We got to see what McNabbs was. If he stays around another year I'm sure he will know the offense better, but I doubt he stays around since Sexy Rexy (with his interceptions and fumblitis) seems to have a much greater grasp of the offense and how it should be run.

On a side note did anyone else notice at the start of the game Grossman would come out of the huddle fast, the lineman would only be set for 1 sec., and the ball was hiked not giving the defense time to adjust to the formation? the runs looked pretty good and some holes were made for them. But after the half Grossman seemed to me to come out of the huddle slow, the lineman would set for 3-5 seconds prior to the snap, and the offense as a whole did not produce as well. The run game diminished which looked like we were forced to pass only.

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Free agency cant begin until a new CBA is reached, and its not expected to be reached before March when FA has historically begun. I had not considered that aspect of it but Larry Weisman was talking about it on ESPN980 yesterday.

In my opinion, it makes more sense for the draft to occur before free agency, atleast from the teams perspective.

Im sure we will over pay for over the hill underachievers wanting to get paid. We cant break tradition.

Im sure we will over pay for over the hill underachievers wanting to get paid. We cant break tradition.

We did [start to] break tradition last year. All of the old guys are cuttable with no cap hit. Bruce Allen sure has brought his contract designing expertise to the table.