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While acknowledging, things can (and probably will) change slightly before the final 53 man roster is truly final, how are you feeling about the roster decisions made in the past 24 hours?
I am somewhat heartened by a change I've noted, which addresses one of my biggest criticisms of this team and FO over the past decade. And that criticism has been that they are incredibly slow to move on from players who are not producing at the expected level.
I could list a ton of examples of this. But the most glaring examples on the current roster, at least in terms of recent draft picks, are guys like Josh Doctson, Troy Apke, and Samaje Perine. Today, somewhat surprisingly, the Redskins emphatically moved on from 2 of the 3. While it didn't go far enough, the fact that the Redskins said 'enough!' and put sentimentality and draft history aside and cut those guys, is a big deal.
Great teams make those kinds of decisions frequently and decisively. That's not been our track record and I was really glad to see it.
As far as what I liked and didn't like today (aside from bucking that history)....
I was excited to see us keep a few of our promising young WRs. I'd guessed and hoped we would keep a 7th (Kidsy) but that didn't happen. Overall, I'm excited that we rewarded effort and production, particularly in a guy like Steven Sims, and ignored conventional wisdom ('Cam Sims is a more talented WR').
I really hate that we not only kept Colt McCoy, but kept him on the active roster. It's not necessary, and keeping him meant we couldn't keep a promising youngster. Possible they will still IR him, and that this was just a stall move. I hope so.
I wanted to see us keep one of the young TEs. My choice would've been Holtz, but I'd have been okay if it'd been Flanagan or Parham for that matter. Possible one of these guys will make it to the practice squad.
And I don't get the infatuation with Troy Apke. He's fast. And he plays teams. I get it. But those are literally the only 2 things he's competent at. It's not enough. Reaves showed enough promise to supplant Apke imho. That decision was one of the biggest head scratchers of the day.
There were a couple of other defensive guys with promise - LBs Gary Johnson and BJ Blunt, and DL Ryan Bee and JoJo Wicker that I'd really liked to have retained (at least one of the four). But again - didn't happen. And obviously we can't keep everyone.
I felt strongly that we have only 3 notably talented RBs. So I was glad to see we only kept those 3 guys.
What was your all's take on today's roster decisions?
I am somewhat heartened by a change I've noted, which addresses one of my biggest criticisms of this team and FO over the past decade. And that criticism has been that they are incredibly slow to move on from players who are not producing at the expected level.
I could list a ton of examples of this. But the most glaring examples on the current roster, at least in terms of recent draft picks, are guys like Josh Doctson, Troy Apke, and Samaje Perine. Today, somewhat surprisingly, the Redskins emphatically moved on from 2 of the 3. While it didn't go far enough, the fact that the Redskins said 'enough!' and put sentimentality and draft history aside and cut those guys, is a big deal.
Great teams make those kinds of decisions frequently and decisively. That's not been our track record and I was really glad to see it.
As far as what I liked and didn't like today (aside from bucking that history)....
I was excited to see us keep a few of our promising young WRs. I'd guessed and hoped we would keep a 7th (Kidsy) but that didn't happen. Overall, I'm excited that we rewarded effort and production, particularly in a guy like Steven Sims, and ignored conventional wisdom ('Cam Sims is a more talented WR').
I really hate that we not only kept Colt McCoy, but kept him on the active roster. It's not necessary, and keeping him meant we couldn't keep a promising youngster. Possible they will still IR him, and that this was just a stall move. I hope so.
I wanted to see us keep one of the young TEs. My choice would've been Holtz, but I'd have been okay if it'd been Flanagan or Parham for that matter. Possible one of these guys will make it to the practice squad.
And I don't get the infatuation with Troy Apke. He's fast. And he plays teams. I get it. But those are literally the only 2 things he's competent at. It's not enough. Reaves showed enough promise to supplant Apke imho. That decision was one of the biggest head scratchers of the day.
There were a couple of other defensive guys with promise - LBs Gary Johnson and BJ Blunt, and DL Ryan Bee and JoJo Wicker that I'd really liked to have retained (at least one of the four). But again - didn't happen. And obviously we can't keep everyone.
I felt strongly that we have only 3 notably talented RBs. So I was glad to see we only kept those 3 guys.
What was your all's take on today's roster decisions?
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