Why No Defensive Line Drafts?
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:01 pm
Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
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tj123456 wrote:we did DE rob jackson our first 7th round pick...
VetSkinsFan wrote:I'm not comfortable with these "pass rush specialists." We need two every down ends and we currently have 1. As stated, previously, Chris Wilson needs to bulk up or some other course of action or we're going be lacking this year at the end. Daniels is too far past his prime to play full time end.
JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
CanesSkins26 wrote:yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
At first I thought that taking 2 receivers was excessive, but I think it makes a lot of sense. ARE tries hard and all, but he's not much of a receiver. Hopefully both Thomas and Kelly can pass him on the depth chart sometime this season. The tight end pick is a bit of a head scratcher and a defensive lineman probably would've been a better pick, but Davis is a stud and at least this gives JC some weapons. It's the 2nd day picks that don't make much sense to me.
CanesSkins26 wrote:tj123456 wrote:we did DE rob jackson our first 7th round pick...
He's not much of a pass rusher and isn't an upgrade over what we currently have.
CanesSkins26 wrote:As I posted in the draft thread, I just hope that not drafting any defensive linemen doesn't mean that we're planning on going after Jason Taylor.
skinsfan#33 wrote:CanesSkins26 wrote:yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
At first I thought that taking 2 receivers was excessive, but I think it makes a lot of sense. ARE tries hard and all, but he's not much of a receiver. Hopefully both Thomas and Kelly can pass him on the depth chart sometime this season. The tight end pick is a bit of a head scratcher and a defensive lineman probably would've been a better pick, but Davis is a stud and at least this gives JC some weapons. It's the 2nd day picks that don't make much sense to me.
It really baffles me why so many people are hard on ARE, but defend Pete Kendall. ARE defiantely had a better season last year than Kendall, but people just want to talk bad about ARE!
Was ARE great? No! but he was good (solid at worst), while Kendall was solid at best.
The guy everyone should be hoping is good enough to start, is Rinehart!
yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
skinsfan#33 wrote:CanesSkins26 wrote:yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
At first I thought that taking 2 receivers was excessive, but I think it makes a lot of sense. ARE tries hard and all, but he's not much of a receiver. Hopefully both Thomas and Kelly can pass him on the depth chart sometime this season. The tight end pick is a bit of a head scratcher and a defensive lineman probably would've been a better pick, but Davis is a stud and at least this gives JC some weapons. It's the 2nd day picks that don't make much sense to me.
It really baffles me why so many people are hard on ARE, but defend Pete Kendall. ARE defiantely had a better season last year than Kendall, but people just want to talk bad about ARE!
Was ARE great? No! but he was good (solid at worst), while Kendall was solid at best.
The guy everyone should be hoping is good enough to start, is Rinehart!
VetSkinsFan wrote:skinsfan#33 wrote:CanesSkins26 wrote:yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
At first I thought that taking 2 receivers was excessive, but I think it makes a lot of sense. ARE tries hard and all, but he's not much of a receiver. Hopefully both Thomas and Kelly can pass him on the depth chart sometime this season. The tight end pick is a bit of a head scratcher and a defensive lineman probably would've been a better pick, but Davis is a stud and at least this gives JC some weapons. It's the 2nd day picks that don't make much sense to me.
It really baffles me why so many people are hard on ARE, but defend Pete Kendall. ARE defiantely had a better season last year than Kendall, but people just want to talk bad about ARE!
Was ARE great? No! but he was good (solid at worst), while Kendall was solid at best.
The guy everyone should be hoping is good enough to start, is Rinehart!
Well, JG and co thought that the tandem of Kendall/Samuels was better than whoever happened to be healthy at the opposite side. Funny that none of the articles I've read in the past year condemn Kendall yet you, the arm chair GM, have deemed him unworthy of donning a Redskins uniform.
VetSkinsFan wrote:skinsfan#33 wrote:CanesSkins26 wrote:yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
At first I thought that taking 2 receivers was excessive, but I think it makes a lot of sense. ARE tries hard and all, but he's not much of a receiver. Hopefully both Thomas and Kelly can pass him on the depth chart sometime this season. The tight end pick is a bit of a head scratcher and a defensive lineman probably would've been a better pick, but Davis is a stud and at least this gives JC some weapons. It's the 2nd day picks that don't make much sense to me.
It really baffles me why so many people are hard on ARE, but defend Pete Kendall. ARE defiantely had a better season last year than Kendall, but people just want to talk bad about ARE!
Was ARE great? No! but he was good (solid at worst), while Kendall was solid at best.
The guy everyone should be hoping is good enough to start, is Rinehart!
Well, JG and co thought that the tandem of Kendall/Samuels was better than whoever happened to be healthy at the opposite side. Funny that none of the articles I've read in the past year condemn Kendall yet you, the arm chair GM, have deemed him unworthy of donning a Redskins uniform.
Redskins.com wrote:Prior to the NFL Draft, Redskins team officials had identified defensive line as a need position.
With Phillip Daniels turning 35, it was thought that the team needed to infuse some more youth at the position.
To everyone's surprise, the Redskins came out of the draft with just one defensive lineman: Rob Jackson of Kansas State in the seventh round.
So what happened?
Turns out the Redskins tried several times to draft a defensive lineman, but the player they had targeted was snatched up right before they picked.
"There were two occasions where, right before we picked, a [defensive lineman] we earmarked went right off the board," head coach Jim Zorn said. "So we had to go to our next choice. That is the way it is in the draft. There are 31 other teams picking. It's a situation that no one can predict."
Zorn was asked if there was any disappointment about losing out on the defensive linemen they had targeted.
"Not disappointed, because that really is the way the draft went for us," he replied.
Executive vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato said the team would sign two undrafted free agent defensive ends this week.
Marcus Washington (Don Wright Photo)
Cerrato has said the team likes the combination of Andre Carter at right defensive end and Phillip Daniels, Marcus Washington and Chris Wilson rotating at left defensive end.
Carter had 10.5 sacks last season. Washington and Wilson replaced Daniels on third downs and combined for nine sacks.
It appears that rotation at left defensive end will return in 2008.
"With defensive line, the thing about it is, you have to get them early," Cerrato said. "When we got to the fifth and sixth rounds, you look and say, 'All right, does that guy have a chance to make the team, or is it better to take a guy who has a chance to make the team?'
"We brought [defensive coordinator] Greg Blache in and asked, 'What do you think?' He said, 'No, take those other positions first.'"
VetSkinsFan wrote:skinsfan#33 wrote:CanesSkins26 wrote:yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
At first I thought that taking 2 receivers was excessive, but I think it makes a lot of sense. ARE tries hard and all, but he's not much of a receiver. Hopefully both Thomas and Kelly can pass him on the depth chart sometime this season. The tight end pick is a bit of a head scratcher and a defensive lineman probably would've been a better pick, but Davis is a stud and at least this gives JC some weapons. It's the 2nd day picks that don't make much sense to me.
It really baffles me why so many people are hard on ARE, but defend Pete Kendall. ARE defiantely had a better season last year than Kendall, but people just want to talk bad about ARE!
Was ARE great? No! but he was good (solid at worst), while Kendall was solid at best.
The guy everyone should be hoping is good enough to start, is Rinehart!
Well, JG and co thought that the tandem of Kendall/Samuels was better than whoever happened to be healthy at the opposite side. Funny that none of the articles I've read in the past year condemn Kendall yet you, the arm chair GM, have deemed him unworthy of donning a Redskins uniform.
HEROHAMO wrote:yupchagee wrote:JimAmy2005 wrote:Just wondering why we did not draft any Pass Rusher Prospects? I am glad to see the WR's but do not understand 2 Safeties and no Pass Rushers. Anyone have any ideas?
A lot of things have meThe only way this draft makes sense to me is if there are some trades in the works, or we plan to play a lot of 4 WR 2 TE formations this yr. If not, we used 2 2nd rnd picks on situational players who are unlikely to start for many yrs, if ever.
Well we drafted one DE out of Kansas St. WE will see how good he is.