Lets overpay for Jared Allen

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Originally Posted by Rajmahal33

Let's not overpay for anyone...It's not like we have any absolute desperate needs anywhere (except possibly a need to get younger at CB). We were good on defense and if healthy can be good on offense. Why not just take smaller steps each offseason and add only when we need to in FA AND when it is sensible (i.e. not break the bank and screw ourselves for when we truly do have a need)? With the money and draft picks we save by not "Snydering it" this offseason maybe we can add quality depth and RETAIN THE TALENT WE ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING. Let's not forget that we were a playoff team that lost many close games in the regular season (not exactly a team that needs a complete overhauL). I think that if we changed nothing this offseason our team as a whole would still progress. I'm all for some tweaks and changes here and there this offseason but lets not handicap ourselves like we typically do.

Maybe not "desperate" needs, but I think a case could be made that we have pressing needs at multiple positions. And that's pretty unusual for a 9-7 playoff team.

Quarterback, running back and linebacker are the only areas I think the Redskins are pretty solid. But we really need young, budding talent at just about every position at O-line. Then we have the season-after-season problem of getting another DE who can consistently get pressure on the QB.

Then there's the secondary: Reed Doughty filled in admirably for Sean Taylor, but no one can argue he's a long term answer at that position. At cornerback, Shawn Springs' gas tank apparently never reaches "empty" -- but sooner or later, we all know that day is coming. Rogers is coming off a grotesque injury to his knee, and he hasn't been knocking anyone's socks off anyhow.

Add to that wide receiver, where Santana Moss has been slacking and we still have no capable #2 complement to him.

That's a fairly intense list of needs that can't possibly be answered in one draft or offseason. But I think they are vital if this team is to take the next steps forward.