Official Redskins Free Agency Thread 2013

[KI Skins Fan]

Would you cut London Fletcher to help create enough cap space to sign Talib and Harris?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

Would you cut London Fletcher to help create enough cap space to sign Talib and Harris?

I wouldn't.

I'd rather cut Moss and do a few more restructures.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I wouldn't.

I'd rather cut Moss and do a few more restructures.

I assumed that Moss would need to be cut to acquire Talib and Harris. But I also assumed that more would need to be done beyond that. Thus, the thought of cutting Fletcher, as well.

I have great admiration for both Santana Moss and London Fletcher and I don't look forward to seeing them go but everybody is expendable if their loss advances the needs of the team. To me, the Redskins are on the way up but they're not quite where they need to be to contend for the championship in 2013. The Skins may well be a better team in 2013 if they keep Moss and Fletcher but they may also be a better team in 2014 and beyond if they were to cut them now to acquire Talib and Harris, get younger as a team, and avoid becoming cap strapped in the future by restructuring more contracts.

If the Skins were to solve the RT and CB problems now, they would have more latitude in the draft to move up and pick an ILB such as Kevin Minter or Alec Ogletree.