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Chris Luva Luva wrote:Great move... Smells like a Scot move to me. Jay doesn't have the balls or authority to do it.

fredp45 wrote:If we all think back, we signed him before DJax became available...we wouldn't have signed him if DJax was signed first.

We need a tall and big WR now.

Countertrey wrote:I don't understand how how's managed to hang on for so long. Maybe he has pictures.

Look at Baltimore’s draft depth it can deal from in 2016. The Ravens, if compensatory pick projections are correct, have four fourth-round picks in the 2016 draft. That allows Newsome to be free now to improve his team. They have a projected 12 picks in the seven-round 2016 draft. Four of those should be compensatory picks for lost unrestricted free agents—in the fourth, fourth and fifth rounds, and one other undisclosed round depending on the performance of quarterback Tyrod Taylor in Buffalo. (The other fourth-rounder came in a package from Denver in exchange for center Gino Gradkowski in the off-season.)

So what does Baltimore do? Look for a forward-thinking GM with receiver depth, or in selling mode, such as Chicago GM Ryan Pace, with wideout Eddie Royal; Seattle GM John Schneider, with Ricardo Lockette; Washington GM Scot McCloughan, with Andre Roberts (a surprise inactive Sunday because of two recent drops). Draft picks, especially mid-round ones, are gold these days, and the Ravens have seven pieces of gold in the first four rounds next spring to use. Newsome has shown he’s not afraid to do it.

riggofan wrote:Interesting comment from Peter King today regarding the Ravens' current mess at WR. "I believe GM Ozzie Newsome will try to fix the position—if he can."

Look at Baltimore’s draft depth it can deal from in 2016. The Ravens, if compensatory pick projections are correct, have four fourth-round picks in the 2016 draft. That allows Newsome to be free now to improve his team. They have a projected 12 picks in the seven-round 2016 draft. Four of those should be compensatory picks for lost unrestricted free agents—in the fourth, fourth and fifth rounds, and one other undisclosed round depending on the performance of quarterback Tyrod Taylor in Buffalo. (The other fourth-rounder came in a package from Denver in exchange for center Gino Gradkowski in the off-season.)

So what does Baltimore do? Look for a forward-thinking GM with receiver depth, or in selling mode, such as Chicago GM Ryan Pace, with wideout Eddie Royal; Seattle GM John Schneider, with Ricardo Lockette; Washington GM Scot McCloughan, with Andre Roberts (a surprise inactive Sunday because of two recent drops). Draft picks, especially mid-round ones, are gold these days, and the Ravens have seven pieces of gold in the first four rounds next spring to use. Newsome has shown he’s not afraid to do it.

That would be nice.

Roberts’ benching was not the first move of this nature for the no-nonsense general manager. It’s just the latest.

Consider some of the other notable personnel decisions that have transpired in recent weeks:

* Quarterback Robert Griffin III, the No. 2 overall pick in 2012, former face of the franchise and a lightning rod for controversy, lost his starting job in the preseason and has been inactive for all four games this season.

* Kicker Kai Forbath was cut after a shaky Week 1 performance. Can’t miss 46-yarders and struggle on kickoffs. When NFL.com’s Jeff Darlington wrote about accountability and the Redskins under McCloughan last month, he noted that some players believed that special teams captain Adam Hayward might have avoided a season-ending knee injury had Forbath been able to consistently force touchbacks.

* Cornerback David Amerson was cut after hardly seeing the field the first two weeks. Can’t allow a league-worst 10 passing touchdowns in 2014 and then struggle to grasp the concepts a year later. When the move was made, Amerson was the highest 2013 draft pick to be cut loose by his team (51st overall).

Would these decisions have been made prior to McCloughan’s arrival? It’s impossible to know for sure. But here’s what we do know: the Redskins’ locker room has officially been put on notice by the new guy in charge, who said shortly after taking the job that he considers a player’s performance to be much more important than the number of commas on his paycheck.

“The one thing I want to preach and preach and preach, it’s all about competition,” McCloughan said at the owners meetings in March. “It doesn’t matter who’s making the big money, any of that. From my standpoint, from the outside, I want to see guys show up and consistently compete and the best man is going to win.”

Now, he’s backing up his words with action.

Irn-Bru wrote:Accountability is alive and well at Redskins park. El-Bashir has a nice writeup on it today

fredp45 wrote:If we all think back, we signed him before DJax became available...we wouldn't have signed him if DJax was signed first.

We need a tall and big WR now.

Irn-Bru wrote:McCloughan puts a premium on bigger, physical players. I think we'll get one at WR before too long.