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GTripp0012 · 09-04-2010, 09:20 PM

We did a poor job selecting offensive lineman. Period. We were a better team if you gave us a random ten-man OL from the 80 man roster than we are now. This team has Rabach, Hicks, and Will Montgomery on it. That's bad, and it's worse when you realize we cut people to get to that.

Lichtensteiger is going to be good for this team, but he can't start at both RG and C AND be the third TE. We have little behind Rabach/Hicks. I didn't think we needed to keep more than eight, necessarily, but I also didn't think our solution to having a log jam of interior OL prospects was to cut them all.

I think we did well at wide receiver. We have a good balance between special teamers, speedsters, and route running technicians. We kept all the keeper WRs we had, possible exception to Terrence Austin, who probably isn't going too far if we need him. I like keeping Darryl Young a lot as the (season-)long term project at FB. And I think they did as well as they could have with the RBs. Torain is probably better than Johnson, but the contract they gave to Johnson backed them into a corner. Williams was a keeper.

I think we might be a bit thin in the back seven, particularly in the secondary, but if we use Chris Horton to the best of his talents, we can get a package linebacker out of him, eliminating the need to keep more than eight. I don't know why Byron Westbrook has as many lives as he does. No idea.

In conclusion, I think we butchered the offensive line, while doing well elsewhere. Or in other words, kind of like last year.

09-04-2010, 09:20 PM	#249
GTripp0012 Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evanston, IL Age: 37 Posts: 15,994	Re: 2010 Redskins Final Cutdown We did a poor job selecting offensive lineman. Period. We were a better team if you gave us a random ten-man OL from the 80 man roster than we are now. This team has Rabach, Hicks, and Will Montgomery on it. That's bad, and it's worse when you realize we cut people to get to that. Lichtensteiger is going to be good for this team, but he can't start at both RG and C AND be the third TE. We have little behind Rabach/Hicks. I didn't think we needed to keep more than eight, necessarily, but I also didn't think our solution to having a log jam of interior OL prospects was to cut them all. I think we did well at wide receiver. We have a good balance between special teamers, speedsters, and route running technicians. We kept all the keeper WRs we had, possible exception to Terrence Austin, who probably isn't going too far if we need him. I like keeping Darryl Young a lot as the (season-)long term project at FB. And I think they did as well as they could have with the RBs. Torain is probably better than Johnson, but the contract they gave to Johnson backed them into a corner. Williams was a keeper. I think we might be a bit thin in the back seven, particularly in the secondary, but if we use Chris Horton to the best of his talents, we can get a package linebacker out of him, eliminating the need to keep more than eight. I don't know why Byron Westbrook has as many lives as he does. No idea. In conclusion, I think we butchered the offensive line, while doing well elsewhere. Or in other words, kind of like last year. __________________ according to a source with knowledge of the situation.