Brunell4MVP
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Clinton Portis said last week that the Redskins were as talented as any team in the league. We all know he is smoking crack, but just how bad is the talent pool that the coaches have been given to work with. I hate Danny, but I'd suggest Cerrato is the reason this organization has beome an utter failure. Schottenheimer fired Vinny wihin 15 minutes of taking over the team, and Danny Boy brought him back at year end. Danny sticking with Cerrato has cost this team not only the last 8 years, but maybe the next 5 because of monetary committments that have been made.
Let's examine Vinny's drafts since 2000, while acknowledging that 1) we have hindsight, 2) he's had a limited # of picks, which is his fault anyway
Their drafts can been found at this link http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft...0&type=team
There is not one good draft there. In fact, there isn't even an average draft. I'd say since 2000 there have been 6 picks out of 57 that have played to the level associated with where they were chosen (Landry, Taylor, Horton, Cooley, Cartright, Dockery). The Skins have had 2 glaring holes over these years (OL, DL), which is the backbone of any good team. So, what was done to fix that? Of 57 picks, only 7 were OL picks and of those only 1 was taken in Rounds 1-2. On the DL, zero DLmen were taken in rounds 1-2. Way to commit to the trenches Vinny.
So, since we had limited picks, how did our FAs work out? I'd give Cerrato the benefit of the doubt if some of these panned out.
Haynesworth - too early to determine, but certainly overpaid for him. Could have bought a whole new OL for $100 M
Deangelo Hall - not a #1 CB, but getting top 10 CB money - BUST
Jason Taylor - BUST
Adam Archulette - BUST
Andre Carter - BUST IMO. DEs are supposed to have sacks. He has had no impact.
Deion Sanders - BUST
Bruce Smith - BUST
Shawn Springs - Was a good pickup
Mark Carrier - BUST
Dana Stubblefield - 1 year was OK, BUST otherwise
Jesse Armstead - BUST
Jeremiah Trotter - BUST
Marcus Washington - Was a good pick
London Fletcher - Was a good pickup
Jeff George - BUST
So of the Skins BIG acquisitions the last 9 years, there were 11 busts, 3 good pickups, a 1 TBD. That is abhorrent. FAs are supposed to be the easy ones to get right. You've seen them perform in the NFL, you know what they can do, you know what system fits them. 20% accuracy is a joke.
Fault Zorn, Spurrier, Schottenheimer, and to a lesser extent Gibbs all you like. But the fact is the talent pool is one of the worst 10 in the NFL.
Winning starts at the top, and the top must commit to a good GM. Danny has committed to a friend to run his fantasy football team. There is no committment to the trenches or to players that fit into a system.
This may be the fastest any solid franshise has fallen. Vinny Cerrato also took SF from elite to crappy. Vinny took over Player Personnel during the 1995 SB season. By his 4th year, they were a 4-12 team. So after just 3 years he took a great franchise and made them a sub 500 team, with some of the worst talent in the league. SF is only now recovering 8 years later.
I would contend that the Skins will need this same 7-9 years to recover from all the poor decisions made by Danny Boy's Tonto.
Let's examine Vinny's drafts since 2000, while acknowledging that 1) we have hindsight, 2) he's had a limited # of picks, which is his fault anyway
Their drafts can been found at this link http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft...0&type=team
There is not one good draft there. In fact, there isn't even an average draft. I'd say since 2000 there have been 6 picks out of 57 that have played to the level associated with where they were chosen (Landry, Taylor, Horton, Cooley, Cartright, Dockery). The Skins have had 2 glaring holes over these years (OL, DL), which is the backbone of any good team. So, what was done to fix that? Of 57 picks, only 7 were OL picks and of those only 1 was taken in Rounds 1-2. On the DL, zero DLmen were taken in rounds 1-2. Way to commit to the trenches Vinny.
So, since we had limited picks, how did our FAs work out? I'd give Cerrato the benefit of the doubt if some of these panned out.
Haynesworth - too early to determine, but certainly overpaid for him. Could have bought a whole new OL for $100 M
Deangelo Hall - not a #1 CB, but getting top 10 CB money - BUST
Jason Taylor - BUST
Adam Archulette - BUST
Andre Carter - BUST IMO. DEs are supposed to have sacks. He has had no impact.
Deion Sanders - BUST
Bruce Smith - BUST
Shawn Springs - Was a good pickup
Mark Carrier - BUST
Dana Stubblefield - 1 year was OK, BUST otherwise
Jesse Armstead - BUST
Jeremiah Trotter - BUST
Marcus Washington - Was a good pick
London Fletcher - Was a good pickup
Jeff George - BUST
So of the Skins BIG acquisitions the last 9 years, there were 11 busts, 3 good pickups, a 1 TBD. That is abhorrent. FAs are supposed to be the easy ones to get right. You've seen them perform in the NFL, you know what they can do, you know what system fits them. 20% accuracy is a joke.
Fault Zorn, Spurrier, Schottenheimer, and to a lesser extent Gibbs all you like. But the fact is the talent pool is one of the worst 10 in the NFL.
Winning starts at the top, and the top must commit to a good GM. Danny has committed to a friend to run his fantasy football team. There is no committment to the trenches or to players that fit into a system.
This may be the fastest any solid franshise has fallen. Vinny Cerrato also took SF from elite to crappy. Vinny took over Player Personnel during the 1995 SB season. By his 4th year, they were a 4-12 team. So after just 3 years he took a great franchise and made them a sub 500 team, with some of the worst talent in the league. SF is only now recovering 8 years later.
I would contend that the Skins will need this same 7-9 years to recover from all the poor decisions made by Danny Boy's Tonto.
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