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Ummmm, gee, this entry doesn't sound bitter or anything... HAHAHA!!!!

Kendall Reax/Hello Fred Beasley

Skins have agreed to terms with FB Fred Beasley from what I hear - more on that in a minute.
As for Kendall: In a nutshell, the Redskins overpaid for a 34-year old guard - same ol story there - and have again taken aim at a future year's draft, but that's a vicious cycle that might never end at this point, so let's not even get into it now. I'll put the exact compensation in my story in tomorrow's paper, but it's substantial for a stopgap guy.
But the bottom line is because of their doing - poor drafting in the past, inability to develop a yoing O Lineman, failed experiment trying to bank on Todd Wade becoming a guard, failure to lock up Dockery in the summer of 2006 when he could've been had more cheaply - they HAD to make this trade. I don't envy the situation they put themselves in - desperate for a starting guard a few weeks before the start of the season - but applaud them for going out and finally doing something about it and getting the best guy they probably could so late in the game.
Yeah, teams have gotten Pro Bowl starting quarterbacks for less recently (Trent Green comes to mind), but the Skins were in a bind. Maybe at some point they'll draft someone to fill this role - you can find starting-caliber young guards all over the middle of the draft every year - but for the sake of Jason Campbell's development alone, you gotta solidify the left side of the line.
Okay, Beasley hasn't played in a year and is going on 33 - starting the Over The Hill Gang, Part Deux around here lately - but they had nothing behind Mike Sellers. Schmidt and Bell are nice prospects, but you don't want them second on the depth chart right now. We'll see how much Beasley has left in the tank.
First thing that came to mind for me, though, was the wide receiver, Brandon Lloyd. You may recall Beasley being one of the guys to rip him a it there in San Francisco, saying in 2004 that the team lacked anyone with the fortitude to be a big-time wideout - a shot at Lloyd - and also tore into his mentality.