The virtue of patience

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Originally Posted by #56fanatic

there is a problem with patience. this organization doesn't have any. Which translates to the fan base.

I really don't think it works this way exactly. Both the FO and the fans influence each other when it comes to patience. The Redskins are the #1 sport in the DC area, trumping two baseball teams, a pro basketball team, a pro hockey team, and two renowned college basketball program (G'town & UMD). I think when you garner this much attention in a big market, your fanbase is going to be pretty impatient.

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

We have had this discussion a million times on this board, and no matter how you word it, it is always the same blame game. THE FO! the stink. They give up picks for other people's garbage.

Jason Taylor was the last time this happened, and I don't think he was garbage (so do people that talk football for a living).

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

Its not coinsidence that teams that have fought for playoffs year in and year out always have 7 or more picks in the draft. and they make quality picks by quality GM's, not by the owner and his yes man. Eagles, Giants, Pats, have built through the draft.

In New England, Darth Hoody calls the shots, no one else. Otherwise I do agree with your points here.

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

When you are a Redskin fan, you can not have patience because the front office does not allow us to build these young guys. If they dont produce in two years, they are gone.

Mostly, its bad draft picks, and bad decisions, but eventually they will get it right.....wont they?

I think the team has built through the draft, it is just that the big flashy trades tend overshadow this. All of these players have been built through the draft: Chris Cooley, Sean Taylor, Carlos Rogers, Rocky McIntosh, Jason Campbell, Derrick Dockery, Kedrick Golston, Anthony Montgomery, Reed Doughty, Laron Landry and Chris Samuels.

And between last year and this year, they continue to build through the draft with Malcolm Kelly, Devin Thomas, Fred Davis, Chad Rinehart, Chris Horton, Kareem Moore, Brian Orakpo, and Kevin Barnes.