The selection of 6-foot-5, 311-pound Northern Iowa tackle/guard Chad Rinehart in the third round followed those of receivers Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly and tight end Fred Davis on Saturday, giving the Redskins twice as many offensive picks as
they made in their four previous drafts under retired coach Joe Gibbs.
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I thought Devin Thomas would be a potential great receiver and fit the WR need of the Skins. Fred Davis, #1 rated TE on many boards was surprising, in that, some boards statd he is much in mold of Chris Colley, the h-back style player. Davis has some negatives that bear watching during camp. I agree, I thought Yoder was showing potential both in blocking and catching.
Competition is name of the game. Then, the skins got Kelly, a real surprise to me due to already picking Thomas and having Anthony Mix. Kelly has tremendous upside potential. If his injury is a one time thing, not a long threat, he could be better than Kelly. The Redskins's receiver coach will be very busy during camp.
With these three picks, the Redskins should be able to stretch the field in all directions. They should also have many options of who to go to that will cause the defense to change its schemes. All too ofter last year, the defense could put so much pressure on the line and the QB because we had too few open weapons.
The Redskins then took an interior lineman, Chad Rhineart, passing on a couple of well known QB's still on the board. Bugel's skills as an o-line coach are one of the best in the NFL, if not the best, over the past several decades. Hopefully, he can quickly improve the Rhineart's techniques and turn him into a multi-position interior lineman. If the Redskins starting lineup can stay healthy for one whole season, then the offense should improve dramatically. If a couple of key injuries occur again, then we must hope that Heyer's improvement continues, Pucillo stays healthy and Wade stays healthy. I would like to see some rotation so that the starters get rested often. We still do not know which line Alexander will play on.
So much now depends upon Campbell picking up the west coast play book and improving his techniques and defense reading - all three of the key things for which Jim Zorn was original hired to do. Based upon this, I would have to say the whole organization is solidly behind Campbell as the team's QB now and into the future.
Posted by saratogan | April 27, 2008 12:45 PM
This is why the team always seems to short of talent. Instead of getting better, we have to rearrange the deck chairs to accommodate another totally incompatible offensive philosphy. We went from Norv to Marty, which meant a total change. We went from Marty to Spurrier, another radical change. Then we got Gibbs 2.0, another radical change. We threw high picks at Campbell, who was Gibbs' choice and who still isn't proven, and blew the cap for CP. Then we got Al Saunders Lite, meaning he installed an offense that Gibbs was too cautious to run and Campbell couldn't execute. Now we do another 180 turn and go west coast with Zorn, and of course all the skill players are totally wrong for the west coast, so we waste an entire draft trying to get the right body types. Dallas got a Pro Bowl corner for a fourth round pick and a legitimate home run RB, plus a TE with huge upside. Philly got some awesome talent with Assante Samuel and speed in the draft. We got two receivers who aren't as good as the guys we had last year and a TE we don't really need.
Posted by AAA | April 27, 2008 1:05 PM
Right on the mark, A et al!
They keep trying to make a sexy offense and Dano and Vinny haven't a clue that blowing up the playbook every year means total chaos.
They can use every pick on offense and it won't help a totally confused head coach who has never learned the nuaunces of play calling.
I sure hope Carolina doesn't fire Fox and hire THE CHIN before Dano tires of his new lefthanded puppet.
The only positive thing I see from this draft (so far) is that we HOPEFULLY won't have to listen to the Chad Johnson crap anymore.
Posted by Claude | April 27, 2008 3:02 PM