Bradford/Clausen now split among Mock Drafts

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by mredskins

You even proofed it!


I will be the first to raise my hand and say my grammar is pretty bad on here at times as well just take sometime to proof your post it will go along way in helping others understand what you are trying to convey.

LOL, it's all good, I was just pickin' at your expense. No blood offering needed. (I was being literal on the raised hand part, anybody can type that they raised their hand, but how do we know you REALLY raised it, hmmmm???)

Anyway, your point about posts being legible and generally good grammar is spot on.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

LOL, it's all good, I was just pickin' at your expense. No blood offering needed. (I was being literal on the raised hand part, anybody can type that they raised their hand, but how do we know you REALLY raised it, hmmmm???)

Anyway, your point about posts being legible and generally good grammar is spot on.

AND FURTHER MORE!

I quickly glanced at PHazards post and actually his are not bad at all I think I was confusing him with redskins202.

Does egg look good on me? I know you can't see me. =)

[Dirtbag59]

Man Vinny did horrible:
Washington Redskins

The '07 draft was pretty much a waste of time. The Redskins barely had any picks, but they did manage to select safety LaRon Landry sixth overall. The tragic loss of Sean Taylor meant that Landry had to become the main man at safety. He wasn't ready for that type of responsibility and he's never really lived up to his immense potential.

We'll see if Jim Haslett can help him reach the next level. In the second round of the '08 draft, the Skins took wide receivers Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly. Neither player has really distinguished himself, although Thomas took some important steps in '09. Kelly won the starting job coming out of training camp, but he didn't do anything with it.

Sandwiched between those two picks was former USC tight end Fred Davis. He came on strong in '09 once Chris Cooley was lost to injury. It looks like Davis will be a player. Thomas and Kelly could go either way. Unless there's a dramatic change this offseason, third-round pick Chad Rinehart will be a bust at guard.

Seventh-round pick Chris Horton was a great story early in 2008, but his star has faded a bit. Until he reclaims his starting safety spot, it's hard to call him a gem. The '09 draft was another one-hit wonder. It looks like first-round pick Brian Orakpo will be a perennial Pro Bowler. He's an excellent pass-rusher and I think he'll flourish in Haslett's 3-4 scheme. No one else in the class stood out.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Man Vinny did horrible:
Washington Redskins

The '07 draft was pretty much a waste of time. The Redskins barely had any picks, but they did manage to select safety LaRon Landry sixth overall. The tragic loss of Sean Taylor meant that Landry had to become the main man at safety. He wasn't ready for that type of responsibility and he's never really lived up to his immense potential.

We'll see if Jim Haslett can help him reach the next level. In the second round of the '08 draft, the Skins took wide receivers Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly. Neither player has really distinguished himself, although Thomas took some important steps in '09. Kelly won the starting job coming out of training camp, but he didn't do anything with it.

Sandwiched between those two picks was former USC tight end Fred Davis. He came on strong in '09 once Chris Cooley was lost to injury. It looks like Davis will be a player. Thomas and Kelly could go either way. Unless there's a dramatic change this offseason, third-round pick Chad Rinehart will be a bust at guard.

Seventh-round pick Chris Horton was a great story early in 2008, but his star has faded a bit. Until he reclaims his starting safety spot, it's hard to call him a gem. The '09 draft was another one-hit wonder. It looks like first-round pick Brian Orakpo will be a perennial Pro Bowler. He's an excellent pass-rusher and I think he'll flourish in Haslett's 3-4 scheme. No one else in the class stood out.

That's not true. Cody Glenn played well for Indy.

[MTK]

What did Glenn do this year? Looks like he had 9 tackles all year... am I missing something?

[CultBrennan59]

^ He played special teams. I don't think he played "well" but he stuck out on special teams.

[MTK]

So basically "No one else in the class stood out" still holds true.

[CultBrennan59]

^yes and heres what don banks says about who he thinks we'll take in the draft Gerald McCoy, Ndamukong Suh headline 2010 NFL Mock Draft - Don Banks - SI.com

[Ruhskins]

Honestly, these mocks kill me sometimes. Let's look at what they wrote about the Redskins:

With the Redskins' evaluation of quarterback Jason Campbell very much ongoing, this pick obviously has the potential to change to the offensive tackle that Washington so desperately needs. We could go Oklahoma State tackle Russell Okung, and maybe we should. But for now, we're sticking with the headline-loving Redskins taking Bradford on the presumption that his throwing shoulder checks out healthy and Mike Shanahan falls in love with the kid during the combine interview process.

- If you say that they SHOULD take a tackle, then f'ing put it in there. I feel like some of these analysts put QB in there b/c it is the popular thing to put down.

- They put down that we should take a QB, and that's fine, but make a good argument. From a football perspective, why should the Redskins take a QB? Don't tell me we are going to take a QB b/c the Redskins are "headline-loving" (even though there's a new administration that's running the team) or that Shanahan could "fall in love" with Bradford.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

So basically "No one else in the class stood out" still holds true.

Sorry. I forgot to add a tongue-in-cheek emoticon.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

So basically "No one else in the class stood out" still holds true.

I still say Marko Mitchell should have stood out but for whatever reason be it Zorn or Hixon he never played. I honestly think the Mitchell situation was a result of poor coaching and not the type were you can say something to the effect of "oh the coaches know better then you."

The truth is we sucked and when you suck you need to take risk and see if some of the young guys can play. Marko Mitchell showed more then enough to warrant at least a look.

Hopefully the new coaching staff will make use of him. Shanahan certainly doesn't mind guys like Mitchell given his best reciever as a head coach was an UDFA (Mitchell was a 7th round pick btw)

By the way, when do we get the Goodmans?

[CRedskinsRule]

I expect this will be the year that many of our recent picks either stand out or stand down. Hopefully Mitchell, Kelly, and Thomas all take that long awaited step up, they all showed flashes last year (Kelly briefly). I really didn't get what Zorn and crew was trying to prove, but I don't think that will be a question this year.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I still say Marko Mitchell should have stood out but for whatever reason be it Zorn or Hixon he never played. I honestly think the Mitchell situation was a result of poor coaching and not the type were you can say something to the effect of "oh the coaches know better then you."

The truth is we sucked and when you suck you need to take risk and see if some of the young guys can play. Marko Mitchell showed more then enough to warrant at least a look.

Hopefully the new coaching staff will make use of him. Shanahan certainly doesn't mind guys like Mitchell given his best reciever as a head coach was an UDFA (Mitchell was a 7th round pick btw)

By the way, when do we get the Goodmans?

No certainty they'll get the Goodmans (or one or the other), but the scouts and other front office execs' contracts run through April so you won't likely see any changes until May at the earliest

[GTripp0012]

Mitchell was a 24 year old rookie, just like Rod Smith.

That's all I've got.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

No certainty they'll get the Goodmans (or one or the other), but the scouts and other front office execs' contracts run through April so you won't likely see any changes until May at the earliest

Man the scouting stuff is so confusing. I mean how can you contribute scouting wise if you've only worked the beat for a month or two? Plus aren't the Goodmans unemployed while we have a staff shortage? What's stopping us from bringing them in now if we're going to at all? Why is this post nothing but questions?