Redskins4Life21...welcome to the boards. I can't get my mind wrapped around the massive overhaul you want.
ey has yet to hit his prime, and trading him would be a terrible mistake. Davis is the unknown quantity. You can't give up on him yet. He's had very little playing time, and his trade value is not yet established. I can see letting ARE go. I hate that runs bacwards all the time. Moss? No. Starting Kelly and Thomas as the top two is at least two years away. You can't just start from scratch with a whole new WR corps. You have to have someone in there who's been there for a while. While I agree that C-Sam, Randy Thomas and Kendall have this annual "breaking down" as the year progresses, the O-Line is another area where you can't just start stripping away everyone and hope that they gel in enough time to give the QB time to throw...even in a quick release West Coast offense. (Don't forget CP's yardage at midseason) We have the best O-line coach in the world in Buges. I agree we need to get a little younger there, and on the D-line, but you do that by adding depth, not releasing all your starters, IMHO. What I mean by that is, you have the guys on the bench. A starter gets hurt, goes down, whatever...the second stringer comes up, and ideally, wins the job. In a roundabout way, the Jansen/Heyer/Jansen deal is kind of what happens there. One was a straight up pass-protecter, the other was a run blocker who could also do some pass protection, just not as well. The guy who could do both won the job, despite not having been named the starter.
We do have a glaring need for a pass rush. Blache will determine what he needs, and go after it. Trust me. This was his first year as The Man.
I'd like to have a run of luck like the Giants have had in that area.
I agree it's time for Springs to move on, despite the fact that I love him as a player and locker room guy. I also know that means he's going straight to TTiT, to be near his father. If we move him to Safety, I can live with that. Otherwise, we're like-minded, there.
As far as having an open competition at QB, I can't agree. That would mess with JC's mind. Aside from Collins, who I don't believe can suceed in this system, I think we're going to be okay. For a while, I wondered if JC was the second coming of Jeff George (Million dollar arm, ten cent head), but his progress this year changed my mind there. Nobody knows better than Zorn about how to bring a QB up. If he thinks that Brennan is better than Campbell, he will do the right thing. At this time, he clearly believes that Jason can do the job. We did have a tremendous start to the season, and we did make the playoffs the year before. What we need is some consistency, some familiarity with what Coach wants to do in different situations. When it was basic and stripped down, everything went well. When we started getting cute, and teams got tape on us, we failed. It's a process. Everybody on the team was starting something brand new, including the coaching staff.
I think you give Zorn a few years with what he has, letting him insert and delete parts here and there as he and the staff see fit before you start saying, "Here I am, trying to rebuild my engine with a carpenter's tool box."
I hate to say this to you, but Snyder had a vision similar to yours in 2000.
It doesn't always work, my friend. It failed spectacularly, in that case.
Again, welcome to the site. We're a well moderated group. When we attack, it's the post, not the poster. It may take you some time to be able to differentiate.
Don't mind Kazoo. We love him because he's a whacko. You should be nice to him. He's married to Ann Coulter, you know. This is the only place where he can go and get some release.
I know, let's trade the entire Redskins team for the entire Detroit Lions team. Detroit fans will love an 8 - 8 team and Redskin fans will learn to appreciate and 8 - 8 team.
