Shaun Rogers and Redskins Talking

Wow... After reading my own post, it's " Madden " all over. I just typed what everyone here already knows.

Like your signature. "The whole art of existence consists of giving up your existence in order to exist" Ayn Rand...

I don't see what one has to do with the other.Well, if you sign Shaun Rogers, the only chance you have of stumbling on the nose tackle of the future at any point of the 2011 season is if Rogers gets hurt, and was a wasteful money dump. Sometimes, all you do when you fill a hole is create a hole for the future.

With that said, I'm not naive enough to think that veteran performance that lives up to or exceeds the value of the contract wouldn't help this team. They just need more performers in general. And if one thing went right in Bruce Allen year one, it's that he did very, very well with contracts.

Well, if you sign Shaun Rogers, the only chance you have of stumbling on the nose tackle of the future at any point of the 2011 season is if Rogers gets hurt, and was a wasteful money dump. Sometimes, all you do when you fill a hole is create a hole for the future.

With that said, I'm not naive enough to think that veteran performance that lives up to or exceeds the value of the contract wouldn't help this team. They just need more performers in general. And if one thing went right in Bruce Allen year one, it's that he did very, very well with contracts.

Well put. Your latter point about Allen's contracts leads me to think that Rogers would compete against some young guys in camp, e.g. Bryant. I would think that he would not be a lock to make the team. If he's better than a younger guy, and the young guy shows no particular promise for the future, why not keep the vet for a year or 2?

To me it makes no sense to sign older vets on a team that isn't good and needs to get younger. It has nothing to do with the money. He makes sense for a team like Houston or maybe even Dallas. I'd just sign free agents that don't get drafted and see who sticks.

When motivated the guy can dominate.

Thats sounds like a AH argument. ;) Just sayn... I agree tho.

Well, if you sign Shaun Rogers, the only chance you have of stumbling on the nose tackle of the future at any point of the 2011 season is if Rogers gets hurt, and was a wasteful money dump. Sometimes, all you do when you fill a hole is create a hole for the future.

With that said, I'm not naive enough to think that veteran performance that lives up to or exceeds the value of the contract wouldn't help this team. They just need more performers in general. And if one thing went right in Bruce Allen year one, it's that he did very, very well with contracts.

Like Kemo?

Give me Rogers over AH, especially since he will cost a fraction of AH. And at least Rogers won't pout about playing the nose.

Can't fill all our needs in the draft alone, like it or not we need to sign free agents.

Actually, AH is pretty cheap at this point. I say we sign Rogers, make AH a full-time DE, and be happy.

I have no problem with bringing in Rogers, although I am dubious about his future contributions.

But we should be bringing in Kenyon Coleman, too. He is a more likely future contributor.

Actually, AH is pretty cheap at this point. I say we sign Rogers, make AH a full-time DE, and be happy.And since Rogers shares Haynesworth's propensity for taking plays off, they can take turns playing hard when they're on the field together. No thanks.

When motivated the guy can dominate.

Terms I have grown to despise being a Redskins fan.


"potential"
"upside"
"when(if) motivated"