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Vet minimum tho? I'm sure Alex Smith wouldn't mind.
Yep, I watch all three acts of the play on stage
But, in the intermissions between Acts I-II and II-III, I take time to discuss what I have seen so far and how the actors look to me.
Ditto here.
The offseason is not over. But we have seen enough to start evaluating how things look on the edges at least.
To me this offseason has been a 'push' so far.
Yes, we traded for a quarterback in Smith that finished in the top 5 in QB rankings last season. But he is 33/34 years old, and the reason we had to trade a #3 pick and Kendall Fuller is that we didn't take care of business with Kirk Cousins by signing him two years ago OR trading him last year during the draft and moving on.
Again, yes the Redskins identified a critical need on offense in adding more speed - via Paul Richardson. The problem is that Richardson has never really established himself as a starter in the NFL since being drafted and is another guy that seems to be injury prone.
On defense, we added two players in McPhee and Scandrick that can help us but neither is slated to be a starter. So, we are looking at adding depth to a defense that was already in the bottom third of the league in most categories.
So, to me the Redskins have only managed to find ONE bona fide starter in the offseason in Alex Smith. And he replaces a starter we lost.
NET we haven't added 'plus' value to the roster, at least not yet.
The draft hopefully will help and a draft like the Redskins had in 1981 could propel this team into a competitive/contending position.
But the moves in free agency didn't allow us to do more at this point than tread water.
Smith for Cousins.
Scandrick for Fuller.
McPhee for Murphy/Galette.
I would feel a little warmer right now if we had gone after a guy like Allen Robinson that like all free agents comes with some questions but also with the talent and upside to be a real difference maker.
And if we're being honest, the team is not better because of the off-season acquisitions so far. Alex Smith might be better than Cousins, but with the surrounding cast he currently has, we'll have to wait and see how the rest of the off-season pans out.
What are the impact losses we've supposedly had that make us worse? Fuller is the only obvious one for me - and if Moreau proves to be the player the Redskins thought he was when he was drafted, we may not remember Fuller's name in a couple of years.
No team is 'better because of the off season acquisitions'. There's only conventional wisdom regarding which teams got 'better' and which got 'worse'. Until live action begins we will have no idea. The Redskins will be significantly improved this year if they manage to have a reasonable degree of health alone. Any upgrades in FA/draft will just be bonuses.
And as Boone said, even if we signed every player some of you guys are pining for, we still wouldn't know if they were good signings until the rubber meets the road.
Tickles me how every move we make is automatically poo-pooed, and every move we don't make is the biggest mistake in franchise history.
(Hyperbolic for emphasis)
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