Lloyd Harrison,
I was hoping it would have been a little bit more difficult to prove that the Redskins drafts often end up in disappointment for us loyal fans, but I guess the facts are the facts.
I know that the draft has more to do with luck than anyone in an NFL front office wants to admit, so there has to be a time when the Redskins send a pick to the draft table that turns out to be a hall of fame caliber superstar right? In 2000 do you know who the Redskins got with their last pick before the Patriots drafted Tom Brady in the 6th round? Neither does anyone else because with the 155th pick in the draft the
In 2001 the Skins spent the 15th pick in the NFL draft on Clemson WR Rod Gardner, at least he played a few seasons in DC, right? I guess we needed a big play guy in the offense so it couldn't have been that bad of a pick, could it? Here are just the wide receivers that were selected after Gardner in the draft that year......Santana Moss, Reggie Wayne, Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson, Chris Chambers, Steve Smith, and TJ Houshmandzadeh. There's only about 15 Pro Bowls between those guys.
More recently, in 2006 the
Admittedly the burgundy and gold have had some good picks over the last decade but the list is a lot shorter. We all thought Lavar Arrington was going to be a star for at least ten years on the defensive side of the ball, but shocker that didn't work out after just a few short seasons. We also had the tragedy with Sean Taylor, who was in most people's opinion the best player by miles on the Redskins roster. This is tragic by real life standards, but just more unlucky news from a
I need to stop being so negative. We do have guys like Chris Cooley and Brian Orakpo who were drafted by the home
This year the Skins have the 4th pick in the draft and the debate will rage whether the pick should be used on Sam Bradford, Russell Okung, CJ Spiller, or whichever guy jumps up two rounds based on the combine. Personally I don't care which guy is picked as long as he gives us more than a few productive seasons and some hope for helping the