Neo wrote:
I don't have any proof of them using smoke screens, just something I thought may be a part of their tactics. I wish I had a handful of examples, but during this offseason, they would bring in a few guys, then suddenly you'd hear about someone that was under everyone's radar. Could have simply been that they were sincerely interested in everyone that visited, but they just went all out if someone came around they loved.
As an OC and Assistant, I suspect Gruden has had no opportunity... but Allen... he is the son of a bonafide psyche artist, and master of head games, George Allen... you can bet that it's part of his repertoire.
During the run-up to the 2009 draft, there were a number of players, including Mark Sanchez, whom the Redskins were very publicly showing interest in... with LOTS of talk about plans to trade up. It was all the chatter here on THN... and I warned folks that they had no real interest in Sanchez... that the real target was Orakpo, and they were doing what they could to get a shot at him... I may have been talkin' some crap... but how'd it work out?
Most teams play this game... but, as I was once fond of saying to my soldiers, "sometimes you eat the bear... and sometimes, the bear eats you".
The bottom line is, don't believe a damned thing that "sources at Redskins Park" say about the draft. There is a better than even chance that the #34 pick will not have a meeting with the Washington Redskins prior to the first announcement that "the Washington Redskins are on the clock".