even more so: look at a top team like SF. they actually keep a lot of their #1 picks. here in DC...we burn this stuff like so much extra rubbish for the heap. it's no wonder we can never build a roster. a strategy predicated on mid to lower round picks as the bulwark doesn't work - that much should be obvious.
this team continue to mismanage its manpower - it will never, ever compete.
Yes, but that's because SF has a stellar front office. If we could trade front offices I'd take that trade in a heartbeat every day of the week.
We've
never had problems shelling out money for people. That's the only good thing about Dan Snyder according to majority of Redskins fans - He's willing to spend.
What we've
always had trouble with is talent evaluation.
look at the list
List of Washington Redskins first-round draft picks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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2004 5 Sean Taylor S Miami (FL) [45]
2005 9 Carlos Rogers CB Auburn
25 Jason Campbell QB Auburn [46]
2006 No first-round draft pick [47]
2007 6 LaRon Landry S Louisiana State
2008 No first-round draft pick [48]
2009 13 Brian Orakpo DE Texas
2010 4 Trent Williams T Oklahoma
2011 16 Ryan Kerrigan DE Purdue
2012 2 Robert Griffin III QB Baylor [49]
In 10 years we've had 8 first round draft picks.
Taylor was murdered.
Rogers had sour relationships with the team (and its fanbase) and went somewhere else. We can't even use him as a problem - Majority of fans chased him out of town and wanted nothing to do with him, to now say 'we never sign our own' doesn't really Apply.
I think most people would agree we gave Campbell enough chances - some would say too many.
Landry - well, was that really a bad move? Injured, seemed to be lacking anything between the ears, generally overrated player (Vinny first round pick was an over rated player? You don't say!) that had flashes but just never turned out to be what you expect for #1. I don't see too many regrets there.
Orakpo may not come back and if so it appears to only be because there's a big disagreement on his value and worth. Otherwise relationships seem good and he seems like the type of player you want to keep - again, it's just an issue with price.
Unless things go horribly awry, we should be keeping Williams, Kerrigan, and Griffin.
The common theme? Shanahan's first round draft picks were on guys you can count on being long term starters and potentially dominate players - Williams was recently rated #1 LT in the league and Griffin won rookie of the year with a dominant performance. Kerrigan is by all accounts also a solid guy.
Cerrato drafted... well guys that aren't here anymore.
The root cause was terrible draft picks, not some ingrained culture in Redskins management that refuses to spend money when it needs to (like some other franchises.)
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