Sally Jenkins: Burgundy and Bold

[Warren85Ellard]

" All we really know about the Redskins' most prominent choices, wide receivers Devin Thomas of Michigan State and Malcolm Kelly of Oklahoma, and tight end Fred Davis of Southern Cal, is that they are spectacularly tall. "

Is that all we know about them? Oh yeah, they were damn good college football players with enormous potential. I admit that I've never been a fan of Vinny Cerato and Danny Snyder, but the draft has never been a problem for them. They've actually done quite well with the picks that they've had. My problem with Vinny and Danny, and would assume that this would be most people's problem with them (aside from ridiculous beer prices, firing of Gregg Williams), was that they've tried to buy a team through free agency and have traded away a lot of draft picks over the past decade. This year, they do something completely uncharacteristic by ignoring free-agency for the most part and then use all ten of their draft picks. What does Sally Jenkins suggest they do? Terrible article!

[MTK]

She sure is in love with the Giants huh, why doesn't she just go write for them?

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

She sure is in love with the Giants huh, why doesn't she just go write for them?

Because she is grandfathered in at the Post. No other self-respecting newspaper would publish her garbage columns ... though there is always the New York Post ....

[JWsleep]

Don't read her. What insight does she ever add? Even her compliments are backhanded.

Whatever.

[SBXVII]

WOW, she's hot for Polan. Someone call him and let him know we have a female writer who wants him in her pants.

[Hog1]

Perhaps she wanted to draft the OTHER best Punter in the nation?

[Longtimefan]

It could be that Sally pays a visit here each and every time she writes one of her colums to see what type adverse affect they will have on the Redskin fans.

Maybe if we just ignore Sally she will eventuallly go away.

[freddyg12]

I think the article was pretty good. I like the fact that she posed the "value v. need" dilemna. I think too many people here didn't give JLC & Bos credit for at least stating what is fairly obvious, that the skins didn't draft in a need based approach. Further, all of the high 'grades' we got from espn et al are based on the value of players selected, not how those players fulfill team needs to improve.

The post writers are of course going to be even more skeptical than the nat'l media, because they have dealt closely w/team officials & have witnessed some of the bad times of the Danny era up close. Essentially, I think JLC believes the team should've addressed both lines more, and Bos said that the team used the "best player available" strategy to a flaw.

He may be right, I mean i understand the concept, but if taken to an extreme it begins to get illogical. Jenkins article simply states that they were willing to defy conventional wisdom & that the good gm's have done that as well. Of course there's a "dig" in there, as she states that if the wr signings of 06 had worked out, the team probably wouldn't have drafted 2 wr's, maybe not even 1. I can't blame her for that though, the impact of Loyd's signing still isn't over.

[memphisskin]

I think the article was fair. Look guys, we drafted a punter before we got a d-lineman. Thats not gangsta.

[EternalEnigma21]

I will always regret having sex with her.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by EternalEnigma21

I will always regret having sex with her.

I regret you putting that visual in my head

[TheSmurfs22]

Hey she writes for the Compost of course it isn't going to be positive!

[TheSmurfs22]

Writers in DC love getting people fired up esp sports fans because they know how easy it is to do so.