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JoeRedskin · 04-05-2004, 02:23 PM

I am with SkinsCanes, Defense and the others who believe we should stay put at 5. Both ST and KW represent consensus impact players at positions of need. In fact, if they played any other position, they would probably be off the board before we got them. It is only b/c they play two generally low priority positions that we have a shot at them. Either one is a great "value pick" in the fifth slot (God, I hate that term - regardless of its relevance).

All the D-line prospects have question marks and none are a guarantee. No other draftees are both an impact player at there position AND fill a need of the Redskins. For that reason, I wouldn't trade out of the fifth slot unless it is part of a trade that guarantees us either ST or KWII and some additional later round picks. The number of ways that could occur are about a billion (give or take a million).

Lacking guaranteed impact players at other positions, I don't see any reason to trade next year's lottery picks for any thing less than getting both KWII and ST - the only guarranteed winners in THIS lottery.

04-05-2004, 02:23 PM	#28
JoeRedskin Contains football related knowledge Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Second Star On The Right Age: 62 Posts: 10,401	I am with SkinsCanes, Defense and the others who believe we should stay put at 5. Both ST and KW represent consensus impact players at positions of need. In fact, if they played any other position, they would probably be off the board before we got them. It is only b/c they play two generally low priority positions that we have a shot at them. Either one is a great "value pick" in the fifth slot (God, I hate that term - regardless of its relevance). All the D-line prospects have question marks and none are a guarantee. No other draftees are both an impact player at there position AND fill a need of the Redskins. For that reason, I wouldn't trade out of the fifth slot unless it is part of a trade that guarantees us either ST or KWII and some additional later round picks. The number of ways that could occur are about a billion (give or take a million). Lacking guaranteed impact players at other positions, I don't see any reason to trade next year's lottery picks for any thing less than getting both KWII and ST - the only guarranteed winners in THIS lottery. Last edited by JoeRedskin; 04-05-2004 at 02:27 PM.