Chad Rinehart Yet Another Casualty of 2008 Draft Class

[Bulldog]

so, the Redskins are now o'fer when it comes to the draft picks spent in 2008 on the offensive side of the ball.

Devin Thomas has delivered almost nothing.

Malcolm Kelly is a 'starter' but has the fewest receptions for a No. 2 receiver in the NFL.

Fred Davis is colorless, tasteless and odorless.

but no one got a shorter look than Chad Rinehart.

within 2 or 3 games it was decided that career tackle Mike Williams, he of the 350 pound body that hasn't been used in an NFL game since 2005, was a better bet.

I think we can call the front portion of the 2008 draft to be an unmitigated disaster for this team, leaving it short at a number of positions where Cerrato and the front office assumed these players selected would show up and be counted.

Now with NONE of these players stepping up Zorn is left with the odd pieces like Williams and Batiste to try and turn lemons into lemonade.

Well, it's not happening.

This is a 4 win team. 5 wins if you are really looking at things optimistically.

 

[Sarge]

Makes me wish for Casserly

 

[The Burgundy Ghost]

Well,
Rinehart was considered a 5th-7th round pick and the Skins take him in the third.

Thomas is a very, very raw player and if you had the right people around to develop him, maybe he could pan out.....with this team not happening

Kelly is technically in year one since he was injured most of 2008.

Don't ask me about Fred Davis, still shaking my head on that pick.

The point is, the Skins drafted poorly and should have used that 1st rounder to develop the O and D lines.......and maybe only draft 1 skill position player.

 

[Henry]

Even if he turned out to be an ok player the Davis pick was terrible. With a pro-bowler at the spot and a decebt backup like Yoder and serious needs on both lines that pick made no sense whatsoever. That it now looks like Davis has no place in this offense just adds insult to injury.
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[brandies]

Players picked in that draft http://www.gbnreport.com/2008draft.html
33 St. Louis Donnie Avery
WR
Houston

34
Washington (from Oakland thru Washington) Devin Thomas
WR
Michigan State

35 Kansas City
Brandon Flowers
CB
Virginia Tech

36 Green Bay (from New York Jets) Jordy Nelson
WR
Kansas State

37 Atlanta Curtis Lofton
LB
Oklahoma

38 Seattle (from Baltimore) John Carlson
TE
Notre Dame

39
San Fransisco Chilio Rachal
OG
Southern California

40 New Orleans Tracy Porter
CB
Indiana

41 Buffalo James Hardy
WR
Indiana

42 Denver Eddie Royal
WR
Virginia Tech

43 Minnesota (from Carolina) Tyrell Johnson
SS
Arkansas State

44 Chicago Matt Forte
RB
Tulane

45
Detroit Jordan Dizon
LB
Colorado

46 Cincinnati Jerome Simpson
WR
Coastal Carolina

47
Philadelphia (from Minnesota) Trevor Laws
DT
Notre Dame

48 Washington (from Houston thru Atlanta) Fred Davis
TE
Southern California

49 Philadelphia DeSean Jackson
WR
California

50
Arizona Calais Campbell
DE
Miami

51 Washington Malcolm Kelly
WR
Oklahoma

52 Jacksonville (from Tampa Bay) Quentin Groves
DE
Auburn

53
Pittsburgh Limas Sweed
WR
Texas

54 Tennessee Jason Jones
DE
Eastern Michigan

55
Baltimore (from Seattle) Ray Rice
RB
Rutgers

56
Green Bay (from Cleveland)
Brian Brohm
QB
Louisville

57 Miami (from San Diego) Chad Henne
QB
Michigan

58 Tampa Bay (from Jacksonville) Dexter Jackson
WR
Appalachian State

59
Indianapolis
Mike Pollak
C
Arizona State

60
Green Bay Patrick Lee
CB
Auburn

61 Dallas Martellus Bennett
TE
Texas A&M

62 New England
Terrence Wheatley
CB
Colorado

63
New York Giants Terrell Thomas
CB
Southern California



3rd Round
#
Team
Player
POS
School

64 Detroit (from Miami)
Kevin Smith
RB
Central Florida

65 St. Louis John Greco
OT
Toledo

66
Miami (from KC thru Detroit)
Kendall Langford
DT
Hampton

67
Carolina (from New York Jets)
Chris Godfrey
CB
Iowa

68 Atlanta Chevis Jackson
CB
LSU

69
San Diego (from Oakland thru New England) Jacob Hester
RB
LSU

70 Chicago (from San Francisco) Earl Bennett
WR
Vanderbilt

71 Baltimore (from Baltimore thru Buffalo and Jax) Tavares Gooden
LB
Miami

72 Buffalo Chris Ellis
DE
Virginia Tech

73 Kansas City (from Denver thru Minnesota) Jamaal Charles
RB
Texas

74 Carolina Dan Connor
LB
Penn State

75 San Francisco (from Chicago) Reggie Smith
CB
Oklahoma

76
Kansas City (from Detroit) Brad Cottam
TE
Tennessee

77
Cincinnati
Patrick Sims
DT
Auburn

78
New England (from New Orleans)
Shawn Crable
LB
Michigan

79 Houston Antuan Molden
CB
Eastern Kentucky

80 Philadelphia Bryan Smith
DE
McNeese State

81 Arizona Early Doucet
WR
LSU

82 Kansas City (from Minnesota) DaJuan Morgan
FS
North Carolina State

83 Tampa Bay Jeremy Zuttah
OT
Rutgers

84 Atlanta (from Washington) Harry Douglas
WR
Louisville

85
Tennessee Craig Stevens
TE
California

86
Baltimore (from Seattle) Tom Zbikowski
DB
Notre Dame

87 Detroit (from Cleveland) Andre Fluellen
DT
Florida State

88
Pittsburgh Bruce Davis
DE
UCLA

89 Houston (from Jacksonville) Steve Slaton
RB
West Virginia

90 Chicago (from San Diego) Marcus Harrison
DT
Arkansas

91
Green Bay
Jerimichael Finley
TE
Texas

92
Detroit (from Dallas) Cliff Avril
DE
Purdue

93 Indianapolis Philip Wheeler
LB
Georgia Tech

94
New England
Kevin O'Connell
QB
San Diego State

95 New York Giants
Mario Manningham
WR
Michigan

96
Washington
Chad Rinehart
OT
Northern Iowa

97
Cincinnati
Andre Caldwell
WR
Florida

98
Atlanta
Thomas DeCoud
FS
California

99
Baltimore
Oneil Cousins
OT
UTEP


4th Round
#
Team
Player
POS
School

100 Oakland (from Miami thru Dallas)
Tyvon Branch
CB
UConn

101 St. Louis Justin King
CB
Penn State

102
Green Bay (from New York Jets)
Jeremy Thompson
DE
Wake Forest

103
Tennessee (from Atlanta thru Washington)
William Hayes
DE
Winston-Salem

104 Cleveland (from Oakland)
Beau Bell
LB
UNLV

105
Kansas City Will Franklin
WR
Missouri

106 Baltimore Marcus Smith
WR
New Mexico

107
San Francisco Cody Wallace
C
Texas A&M

108 Denver Kory Lichtensteiger
C
Bowling Green

109 Philadelphia (from Carolina) Mike McGlynn
OG
Pittsburgh

110 Miami (from Chicago) Shawn Murphy
OG
Utah State

111
Cleveland (from Detroit thru Dallas)
Martin Rucker
TE
Missouri

112 Cincinnati Anthony Collins
OT
Kansas

 

[PennSkinsfan]

Even if he turned out to be an ok player the Davis pick was terrible. With a pro-bowler at the spot and a decebt backup like Yoder and serious needs on both lines that pick made no sense whatsoever. That it now looks like Davis has no place in this offense just adds insult to injury.
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Agreed. That is why I seemingly get blown away with dismay and bewilderment every draft. It seems our drafting has no logical thinking behind it. We also tend to draft, ummm, alot of TEs and FBs. Every friggin year! God forbid we use a second rounder on, ummmm, maybe a OT or OG.

I;m telling you, there has to be some kind of aversion to drafting OLineman by Snyderrato.

 

[Bulldog]

well, the team finally drafted a DL in the first round since 1997 with Brian Orakpo

but then the genius braintrust decided he was better suited to be an outside linebacker and only play DE in long yard and third down 'packages'

how hard would it have been to sign a free agent linebacker who goes 245-250 and could play strongside for ONE season until a permanent replacement for Marcus Washington could be found?

did the team really have to stunt the growth of a player that is going to be a key performer here for the next 5-7 years?

this team's front office and coaching staff is right there with Cleveland, Buffalo, Oakland and Tampa.

all clubs that right now have NO idea what they are doing.

 

[Sarge]

Well, off to Eastern Motors for yet another draft pick