[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by memphisskin

Stability, the anti-Snyder. The sad truth that we have to face is that we just are not that good of a football team right now. That does not mean that we can't win in the future, and but we do have to look at how we've done things the past few years to see what needs to be corrected.

First and foremost we need to accept that we're not "a player away" from competing. Is it the wideouts, the quarterback, the line, the h-backs, what? We've got to stop changing the roster so dramatically year after year. Every year we go out aggressively in the offseason, we've won the past four Summer Super Bowls, and every year we find new ways to lose games. How do you lose when you have the #1 defense in the league?

Every year under Snyder we've changed our approach, and it doesn't look like this offseason will be any different as I'm sure Snyder is waiting with his checkbook in hand. I think that is a mistake, for four years running we've let Snyder's checkbook do the talking and our team just continues to decline.

I'm a little confused about Paintrain's saying we need a defensive playmaker. I thought we traded Champ Bailey because we decided that we'd build around LaVar, so he's our playmaker. He's the best player we have on defense, and I do agree that Sean Taylor will share that role with him, hopefully like Ray Lewis and Ed Reed in Baltimore. But I think once we get LaVar back we'll see a domino effect on defense, Washington, Smoot, Springs, and especially Taylor will begin to make more plays. We don't lack playmakers on defense, unless Paintrain is saying that Snyder gives out those $10 mil signing bonuses to just anybody.

I don't think we need to go out and get someone, I think someone needs to step up. Arrington has shown flashes, but he hasn't been dominant for an entire season. Same thing with Taylor, he's shown flashes, we need him to get to the point of where he's Ed Reed-like. Great analogy of Lewis and Reed, those are defensive playmakers. That's why I didn't cry when Champ left, he wasn't a playmaker. He was solid but he didn't make game changing plays.