Bradford/Clausen now split among Mock Drafts

Ruhskins · 02-25-2010, 12:17 PM

Honestly, these mocks kill me sometimes. Let's look at what they wrote about the Redskins:

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With the Redskins' evaluation of quarterback Jason Campbell very much ongoing, this pick obviously has the potential to change to the offensive tackle that Washington so desperately needs. We could go Oklahoma State tackle Russell Okung, and maybe we should. But for now, we're sticking with the headline-loving Redskins taking Bradford on the presumption that his throwing shoulder checks out healthy and Mike Shanahan falls in love with the kid during the combine interview process.

- If you say that they SHOULD take a tackle, then f'ing put it in there. I feel like some of these analysts put QB in there b/c it is the popular thing to put down.

- They put down that we should take a QB, and that's fine, but make a good argument. From a football perspective, why should the Redskins take a QB? Don't tell me we are going to take a QB b/c the Redskins are "headline-loving" (even though there's a new administration that's running the team) or that Shanahan could "fall in love" with Bradford.

Lotus · 02-25-2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

So basically "No one else in the class stood out" still holds true.

Sorry. I forgot to add a tongue-in-cheek emoticon.

Dirtbag59 · 02-25-2010, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

So basically "No one else in the class stood out" still holds true.

I still say Marko Mitchell should have stood out but for whatever reason be it Zorn or Hixon he never played. I honestly think the Mitchell situation was a result of poor coaching and not the type were you can say something to the effect of "oh the coaches know better then you."

The truth is we sucked and when you suck you need to take risk and see if some of the young guys can play. Marko Mitchell showed more then enough to warrant at least a look.

Hopefully the new coaching staff will make use of him. Shanahan certainly doesn't mind guys like Mitchell given his best reciever as a head coach was an UDFA (Mitchell was a 7th round pick btw)

By the way, when do we get the Goodmans?

CRedskinsRule · 02-25-2010, 01:53 PM

I expect this will be the year that many of our recent picks either stand out or stand down. Hopefully Mitchell, Kelly, and Thomas all take that long awaited step up, they all showed flashes last year (Kelly briefly). I really didn't get what Zorn and crew was trying to prove, but I don't think that will be a question this year.

SmootSmack · 02-25-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I still say Marko Mitchell should have stood out but for whatever reason be it Zorn or Hixon he never played. I honestly think the Mitchell situation was a result of poor coaching and not the type were you can say something to the effect of "oh the coaches know better then you."

The truth is we sucked and when you suck you need to take risk and see if some of the young guys can play. Marko Mitchell showed more then enough to warrant at least a look.

Hopefully the new coaching staff will make use of him. Shanahan certainly doesn't mind guys like Mitchell given his best reciever as a head coach was an UDFA (Mitchell was a 7th round pick btw)

By the way, when do we get the Goodmans?

No certainty they'll get the Goodmans (or one or the other), but the scouts and other front office execs' contracts run through April so you won't likely see any changes until May at the earliest

GTripp0012 · 02-25-2010, 01:59 PM

Mitchell was a 24 year old rookie, just like Rod Smith.

That's all I've got.

Dirtbag59 · 02-25-2010, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

No certainty they'll get the Goodmans (or one or the other), but the scouts and other front office execs' contracts run through April so you won't likely see any changes until May at the earliest

Man the scouting stuff is so confusing. I mean how can you contribute scouting wise if you've only worked the beat for a month or two? Plus aren't the Goodmans unemployed while we have a staff shortage? What's stopping us from bringing them in now if we're going to at all? Why is this post nothing but questions?

tryfuhl · 02-25-2010, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mredskins

Did I not say I was the first to raise my hand about poor grammar?

what's that thing about throwing glass if you live in a cave or something?

NYCskinfan82 · 02-25-2010, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I expect this will be the year that many of our recent picks either stand out or stand down. Hopefully Mitchell, Kelly, and Thomas all take that long awaited step up, they all showed flashes last year (Kelly briefly). I really didn't get what Zorn and crew was trying to prove, but I don't think that will be a question this year.

I liked Zorn but i felt he put plays in & never really watched film of the opposing team & tryed to exploit their weaknesses, you saw what happened when we hired the Bingo caller(Sherman Lewis) the OF looked so much better. We have the right mindset in charge now.

tryfuhl · 02-25-2010, 04:09 PM

Agreed that it seemed that at times we weren't prepared to attack a weakness. Or once we found one we tossed that type of play in the trash because we'd already done it. When Cooley mentioned that I was appalled.

WaldSkins · 02-25-2010, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCskinfan82

I liked Zorn but i felt he put plays in & never really watched film of the opposing team & tryed to exploit their weaknesses, you saw what happened when we hired the Bingo caller(Sherman Lewis) the OF looked so much better. We have the right mindset in charge now.

I always wondered when Bruce Allen came aboard if Jim Zorn took over calling plays again.

CRedskinsRule · 02-25-2010, 04:49 PM

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I always wondered when Bruce Allen came aboard if Jim Zorn took over calling plays again.

I would like to know that too, it was amazing how Sherm Lewis just stopped being in the picture. There was one story where the player wanted to see DS and was told basically our football organization doesn't operate that way anymore, and I wonder if Lewis was told the same thing, a football organization doesn't have a consultant calling plays. It makes sense looking from the outside in, but the world may never know.

Dirtbag59 · 02-25-2010, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCskinfan82

I liked Zorn but i felt he put plays in & never really watched film of the opposing team & tryed to exploit their weaknesses, you saw what happened when we hired the Bingo caller(Sherman Lewis) the OF looked so much better. We have the right mindset in charge now.

Zorn's run in Seahawks came at a time where they had a ton of success running left behind Hutchinson and Jones with Alexander. When he got figured out by the Steelers it turned out that he was basically doing a run left, run left, 7 step drop pattern. I think he was so determined to establish that left side run that he wouldn't try anything else until it was successful.

Mattyk · 02-26-2010, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by WaldSkins

I always wondered when Bruce Allen came aboard if Jim Zorn took over calling plays again.

I seriously doubt it. A few times they showed shots of Allen up in the booth standing right behind Lewis, and he appeared to still be doing his job up there. Plus you never saw any shots of Zorn on the sideline calling plays. TV would have picked up on that right away if Zorn was calling plays all game long.

02-25-2010, 01:53 PM	#364
CRedskinsRule MVP Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pasadena, Md Age: 45 Posts: 10,923	Re: Bradford/Clausen now split among Mock Drafts I expect this will be the year that many of our recent picks either stand out or stand down. Hopefully Mitchell, Kelly, and Thomas all take that long awaited step up, they all showed flashes last year (Kelly briefly). I really didn't get what Zorn and crew was trying to prove, but I don't think that will be a question this year.

02-25-2010, 01:59 PM	#366
GTripp0012 Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 25 Posts: 15,143	Re: Bradford/Clausen now split among Mock Drafts Mitchell was a 24 year old rookie, just like Rod Smith. That's all I've got. __________________ Shanahan: “The bad thing is he's [Sav Rocca] probably our best offensive weapon and that’s not good.”

02-25-2010, 04:09 PM	#370
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 29 Posts: 12,512	Re: Bradford/Clausen now split among Mock Drafts Agreed that it seemed that at times we weren't prepared to attack a weakness. Or once we found one we tossed that type of play in the trash because we'd already done it. When Cooley mentioned that I was appalled.

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