drafting is good buuuuuuuut ......

[skinsdad62]

Washington Redskins must develop their own NFL draft prospects - ESPN

developing them is important too and quite frankly we havent done that as well as we could

the example of ribeye is one of many

the other thing is when we do develop one we are eager to cut him loose

 

[j_y19]

This is a very important point. Shanahan did some things very well and some things very poorly. Developing young players is one of the things his staff did poorly. With the exception of maybe Riley, I can't think of a mid round draft pick that started on the bench and they developed into a solid starter over a few years. The 1st round picks don't count, they came into the league as starters (one could argue they haven't progressed since then). The same is true with Morris. Think of our 3-4 OL or any of our secondary youngsters, or a couple of WRs. Hank was starting to show a bit of promise, but he wasn't there yet.

 

[Sleepy T]

Well Ribeye isn't a very good example. Dude can't lay off the chocolate cake, whoppers, and well...ribeyes.

But yeah, haven't done a great job if developing the talent, but it has to do more with picking the wrong guys to begin with. Many have been simply non existent.

 

[j_y19]

Well Ribeye isn't a very good example. Dude can't lay off the chocolate cake, whoppers, and well...ribeyes.

But yeah, haven't done a great job if developing the talent, but it has to do more with picking the wrong guys to begin with. Many have been simply non existent.

You may be right, honestly we just don't know. I still don't understand why Compton, Gettis, Ribeye, Jenkins, and a few other young guys weren't given some playing time the last few games of last year. It was a perfect time to see what we had in real game situations.

 

[skinsdad62]

You may be right, honestly we just don't know. I still don't understand why Compton, Gettis, Ribeye, Jenkins, and a few other young guys weren't given some playing time the last few games of last year. It was a perfect time to see what we had in real game situations.

seems pretty silly to me

 

[Tdog21Skins]

Well let's hope one of these guys step up Compton, Gettis, Ribeye..we definitely need to do a better job of developing our own

 

[Sportster 72]

Shanahan was probably on the grassy knoll too. For whatever reasons things turned south last year we will probably never know. Other than him and his son being gone you still have the rest of the same people here. Where did Reed, Amerson, Williams, Morris, Griffin, Kerrigan, Neild, Jenkins and Hankerson come from? I think they developed some talent and they missed on some. Allen and Gruden will do the same. What do you expect to get from them in this years draft? Two maybe three players? If they get two starters I'll be impressed.

 

[j_y19]

Two starters and a couple of backups from this year's draft would be very impressive. We should get at least one with our first pick assuming we don't reach for a position. IF we stick to a BPA strategy, we will do OK. We have to look at Desean as our 1st round pick this year. He fell into our laps.