Re: Currently Rostered Players Who Should be on the Redskins in 2011
I would bring back the following 20 players on their current deals:
Kevin Barnes
LaRon Landry
London Fletcher
Brian Orakpo
Lorenzo Alexander
Anthony Bryant
Jeremy Jarmon
Ma'ake Kemoeatu
Adam Carriker
Graham Gano
Trent Williams
Kory Lichtensteiger
Will Montgomery
Chris Cooley
Fred Davis
Logan Paulsen
Anthony Armstrong
Brandon Banks
Clinton Portis
Keiland Williams
I don't want Ryan Torain guaranteed a roster spot next year, as I'd rather pay the extra $7 million to have a 30 year old Portis splitting time with a second year Keiland Williams. Torain doesn't seem to have a meaningful role on special teams, which would give him value as a third RB. But if you give him that third roster spot and let him play in front of Williams, it's poor roster management. The Shanahan's have had good success with rookies at the RB position, and I'd free up some roster spots to use on rookie runners. I know they really like Torain though.
There are guys like Rob Jackson, Perry Riley, Macho Harris, Erik Cook, and Terrence Austin who I want to see more of. I am not guaranteeing their roster spots here, but they'll get every chance to compete for a job.
Kemoeatu was not an easy inclusion on this list because he was a poor nose tackle except for a 3 game stretch in the middle of the season. But I still like his prospective value and he's only making a couple of million next year. Make no mistake, in a 3-4, Anthony Bryant is the starter at nose tackle, with Jarmon/Holliday, and Carriker on the ends. But we play a lot of 40 fronts, and Kemo gets great pressure for a guy as large as he is. That's valuable. Especially on a finesse team like the Redskins.
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