Who Stays-Who Goes? (Offense)

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

I don't know... 3 years.. same results... longer than most management gets

I'm starting a new thread to address our roster transition to answer this..

[FRPLG]

The chances that Rex isn't a Skin next year seem pretty low. Simply based on the fact that he'd be a decent #2 for us. He could also easily find work for any number of teams looking for a backup. Rex isn't a bag of sand...he does have some qualities...most notably that he has started plenty of football games and has looked "good" in his career coming off the bench.

[GTripp0012]

The funny thing is, if you squint hard enough, you can actually see -- maybe -- where the offense (which received Jabar Gaffney and Donte Stallworth and Chris Chester), made a bigger improvement than the defense (which received a total overhaul). You could at least entertain the argument that the patient approach to improving the offense actually worked.

The offense wasn't very good still, but it had multiple 30 point efforts when the coaches stopped spiting themselves with awful playing time decisions (Beck, Torain, Cook) and uninspiring gameplans. And they turned Rex Grossman from a hilarious liability into an average player who was confident enough in himself and his teammates to make multiple good throws under duress this year. In doing so, they discovered (although I'm sure they don't see it this way) that there's nothing they can do to curb his turnover tendency.

[12thMan]

Grossman: Not only stays, but enters next season as the starting quarterback.
Beck: Gone

Gaffney, Hankeson, Paul, Moss: Stays (pencil in Justin Blackmon as the 5th WR)

Banks, Austin, Armstrong, Stallworth - Gone

Lichenstieger: stays, but he get's beat out by MoHurt.

Jamal Brown:- Definitely gone. Can't stay healthy
Sean Locklear: Gone. If you're gonna dumb tweet, at least be a baller.


We'll sign/draft a guard to beat out either Monty or Chester. Will Montgomery played in all 16 games this season. It's more difficult to unseat a center that suits up every game, knows the system and snap counts, than a serviceable guard. I think Will enters the season as the starter unless there's an injury or a stud comes along.

Royster, Helu, Hightower: Stays

D. Young: Stays. Has nice hands out of the backfield and really started to come on in the final few games.

Davis, Cooley, Paulsen: Stays
Sellers: Audi

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Grossman: Not only stays, but enters next season as the starting quarterback.
Beck: Gone

Gaffney, Hankeson, Paul, Moss: Stays (pencil in Justin Blackmon as the 5th WR)

Banks, Austin, Armstrong, Stallworth - Gone

Lichenstieger: stays, but he get's beat out by MoHurt.

Jamal Brown:- Definitely gone. Can't stay healthy
Sean Locklear: Gone. If you're gonna dumb tweet, at least be a baller.


We'll sign/draft a guard to beat out either Monty or Chester. Will Montgomery played in all 16 games this season. It's more difficult to unseat a center that suits up every game, knows the system and snap counts, than a serviceable guard. I think Will enters the season as the starter unless there's an injury or a stud comes along.

Royster, Helu, Hightower: Stays

D. Young: Stays. Has nice hands out of the backfield and really started to come on in the final few games.

Davis, Cooley, Paulsen: Stays
Sellers: Audi

I think Stallworth is staying, but agree with every thing else hear.

Also i know youre real high on Hankerson, do you know how bad his injury is? Can we expect him full speed at the start of training camp? That could play into who we start the season with at WR.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

I think Stallworth is staying, but agree with every thing else hear.

Also i know youre real high on Hankerson, do you know how bad his injury is? Can we expect him full speed at the start of training camp? That could play into who we start the season with at WR.

Shanny said yesterday in the presser that Hankerson should be 100% by April 1st and the start of the offseason program.

The one player that keeps popping up that I have the hardest time seeing on the 2012 Redskins is Moss.. He will be 33, undersized, lost explosiveness and has a multitude of drops. There has to be a younger replacement out there for him somewhere who can do the same thing he does. I just can't imagine him lining up for us in 2012.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

I think Stallworth is staying, but agree with every thing else hear.

Also i know youre real high on Hankerson, do you know how bad his injury is? Can we expect him full speed at the start of training camp? That could play into who we start the season with at WR.

Funny you ask, I follow him on twitter and while he hasn't said anything definitively, my sense is he may be a little ahead of sked with the recovery. Again, I'm must going by his tone and the way he responds to people asking about his hip. I don't think you really know until you're out there running pass routes, cutting, changing direction and so forth.

[MTK]

Shanahan said receiver Leonard Hankerson should be fully recovered from the torn labrum in his right hip by April 1, allowing him to participate in offseason workouts. Shanahan said Hankerson only needs "rest and treatment." Hankerson did not undergo surgery.

Redskins still looking for results | Washington Examiner

[mlmpetert]

^ ^^ cool, thanks

[NC_Skins]

QB-Grossman (stay), Beck (gone)

RB-Hightower (depends on health), Helu (stay), Royster (stay) Set at RB.

FB-Young (stay), Sellers (gone)

T-Williams (stay), Smith (stay), Brown (gone), Locklear (gone), Polumbus (stay)

G-Lictenstieger (stay), Hurt (gone), Chester (stay) I believe they bring in Grubbs so solidify this position.

C-Montgomery (stay)

TE-Cooley (stay if he restructures contract and health is ok, otherwise gone), Davis (stay), Paulson (stay), Myers (gone)

WR-Moss (stay - final year), Gaffney (stay), Hankerson (stay), Armstrong (gone), Stallworth (50/50...depends on camp), Anderson (gone), Paul (stay), Austin (gone), Robinson (stay), Banks (gone)..

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

QB-Grossman (stay), Beck (gone)

RB-Hightower (depends on health), Helu (stay), Royster (stay) Set at RB.

FB-Young (stay), Sellers (gone)

T-Williams (stay), Smith (stay), Brown (gone), Locklear (gone), Polumbus (stay)

G-Lictenstieger (stay), Hurt (gone), Chester (stay) I believe they bring in Grubbs so solidify this position.

C-Montgomery (stay)

TE-Cooley (stay if he restructures contract and health is ok, otherwise gone), Davis (stay), Paulson (stay), Myers (gone)

WR-Moss (stay - final year), Gaffney (stay), Hankerson (stay), Armstrong (gone), Stallworth (50/50...depends on camp), Anderson (gone), Paul (stay), Austin (gone), Robinson (stay), Banks (gone)..

So you think the Skins will carry at least 6 wideouts? If we go with six, you have to think we'll have at least 1 or 2 new faces on the active roster and four carry overs from last season.

If we go with five: Hank, Paul, Gaffney, Moss, that leaves one more.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

So you think the Skins will carry at least 6 wideout? If we go with six, you have two think we'll have at least 1 or 2 new faces on the active roster.

If we go with five: Hank, Paul, Gaffney, Moss, that leaves one more.

We very well could go with 6 WRs. I only had 5 as "stay", and listed Stallworth as a 50/50. I should change that to a 80/20 in favor of him not being around.

[Stuck in TX]

I think Grossman is an asset at the backup position, as knowing the ins and outs of the system is invaluable. He may not provide results ON the field, but off the field, and especially with a young FA or draft pick leading the team, even at 3rd string he should stay.

I think Hightower should stay, and I know I am playing with fire by saying this, but I think we are set at RB. Helu is a beast, Royester is just going to get better, and Hightower is a great spell. All three are great blockers and I would start any of the three knowing that all would get in as fresh legs

I would like to see Moss stick around to help develop young talent. I cannot see him as a #1 WR anymore but I do think if we put him in there with a viable #1 he can serve as a very good check down WR as he still has decent ball handling skills.

I am going to miss Big Mike because we are set at TE.

[NC_Skins]

We can definitely scratch Locklear off..

Sean Locklear Criticizes Redskins’ Exit Meetings Day After Season Ends - Redskins Journal

“I talked to Sean after the game, and obviously, he must not have liked my speech,” Shanahan said. “He must have been disappointed in it. But I’ve only been doing it that way for a number of years, and he must be used to a different way. I apologize, Sean. It will never happen again … at least not with me.”

I <3 Shanny.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

We can definitely scratch Locklear off..

Sean Locklear Criticizes Redskins’ Exit Meetings Day After Season Ends - Redskins Journal








I <3 Shanny.

Shanny was totally checked out for the last game...it was one of the worst examples of clock management, game management and coaching I've seen in years. The challenge was absurd. So no real surprise Mikey didn't have anything to say to his players afterward.