Redskins best free agent move

[Schneed10]

I'm in the Randle-El camp. You look at his stats and they're unimpressive. Just like Santana Moss's were with the Jets the year before we got him. Until you get to the Yards Per Catch number. Moss was in the 18 range, tops in the league. But Randle-El isn't far off from that, sitting at 15.9.

That's a key number. The total catches and yards that a receiver puts up are a function of the times a team throws to him, more than anything. Randle-El was good enough to handle a much bigger workload there, but they had better options in that amazing running game and Hines Ward. But the Yards Per Catch says it all, when he got the chance he made big plays. Same theory applied to Moss, and we know how that turned out. The Redskins saw big-play ability in his 18 yards per catch, and just figured out how to use him better than the Jets did.

I'm not saying Randle-El is going to blow up like Moss. But I think he's going to have a big impact on our passing game. And he'll give defensive coordinators absolute fits trying to scheme for him throughout the week. And just as Moss helped Portis, this move will help Portis even more.

Plus he returns punts. And returns them very well.