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Originally Posted by djnemo65
Couple of issues. One, what is she talking about when she says that Hanyesworth and Hall are not more important to the team than Fletcher? No shit. The article's thesis is that the Redskins hurt themselves by pursing big name free agents, but last time I checked all three of those guys were high profile free agent signings. Does she realize that we did not draft Fletcher? Does she also not realize that Haynesworth has been worth every penny so far? Is she saying that our free agent signings have been bad, except when they've been good? Because that's pretty goddamned dumb.
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You think London Fletcher was a 'high profile, big name free agent' ?? The guy who has been overlooked his entire career for the Pro Bowl? The guy who was castoff by the pathetic Rams because they thought he was old and done? Fletcher was a wonderful pickup for us, but signings like him are far fewer compared to the busts we've brought in and traded valuable draft picks for.
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Originally Posted by djnemo65
Second, the best offensive linemen in the league are not searching for loose change, they are paid as highly as anyone except a handfull of future HOF QB's. Remember a mediocre guard like Dockery getting 50 million a few seasons ago? This is the kind of throw away comment that undermines her entire argument by making it look like she doesn't have a good understanding of the NFL.
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Are you seriously trying to argue that offensive linemen in this league are on the same pay scale as QBs, WRs, or running backs? The very best in the league are paid well, like Hutchinson or a handful of left tackles, but if you're trying to say that the vast majority of linemen in the league are anywhere near the level of pay that the divas that Snyder covets command, then you're denying reality.
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Originally Posted by djnemo65
Third, her analysis of Campbell is at best inchoate. If her point was that Campbell is probably about as good as Cutler and Sanchez and that we are better off having him and Orakpo than either of those guys, fine, I agree. But she seems to be saying the Redskins should be resigning him. OK, that's not a position that is widely held (as far as I know we weren't "outbid' for Cutler, Josh McDaniels didn't think Campbell was someone he could work with) but if that is what you think fine. But you have to do more than trot out his mediocre QB rating and talk about how hard he tries.
We all know the Redskins have big problems, but that's no excuse for printing spaghetti noodle logic and outright falsehood in a newspaper.
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All she's saying is that Snyderatto would have bumbled themselves into another inept personnel decision by trying so desperately to get Cutler or Sanchez. The guy that our dork of a front office tried to get rid of, erratic and inconsistent as he's been, has actually outperformed them so far. And they haven't a clue that the biggest reason he and the rest of the offense has struggled this year is due to the unit that they apparently thought was just fine: the O-line. But obviously, that fits the pattern that Lil' Danny strives for -- recklessly toss cash out to the bling-wearing superstars while ignoring the heart, sole, "spit and bailing wire" type guys who form the glue of the team together.
What's amazing to me is to listen to some of the Snyder/Vinny supporters long for the glory days of this franchise, while the current one stands in direct, philosophical opposition to everything that winning organization stood for.
I say right on to Sally Jenkins and anyone else who continues to drive Lil' Danny and Vinny to the wall they so richly deserve to be nailed to
UNTIL THEY GET A GODDAMNED CLUE.