[Mursilis]

If I have to read another armchair GM proclaim a "big tall possession WR" a top priority for this team, I'm going to explode. People, stop repeating what the last person wrote, and think! Sure, I've love to see us add a big tall fast WR with great hands - what team wouldn't?!? But is it a huge priority for this team? NO!!
Tom Brady won 3 Super Bowls with a WR corp under 6'. His tallest guy was Patten, and we stole him away. NE didn't miss him and he didn't do a darn thing for us! Sure, Brady looks great tossing the ball to Moss, but Wes Welker, all 5' 9" of him, actually caught more balls for that team (led the WHOLE NFL, in fact). And it's not like Brady wasn't winning championships and racking up the stats with the no-names he had at WR before. Peyton Manning seems to do OK with Harrison and Wayne, both of whom are only 6'. Sure, Dallas Clark is 6' 3", but that's not the guy he set the TD record with - that was Harrison.
You know who was over 6'? Rod Gardner (6'2")! How'd that work out?!?! Mike Williams is 6'5" - talk about your prototype big possession receiver! So why has he been released twice in 4 years in the league? Think anyone would want 6'5" Williams over 5'9" Steve Smith from Carolina?!? Size is just one factor, people! Don't obsess over a few inches! We've already got Chris Cooley (6'3") - as long as he's healthy, there's our possession receiver. Our best record this decade was 10-6 in 2005, and we were without a possession guy then (other than Cooley). Didn't stop us that year from making the playoffs.
On the offensive side of the ball, the first (and only) big priority is the line. Having an all-star WR corp didn't get Detroit into the playoffs. Remember when they played us? John "The SackED King" Kitna was so busy running for his life, all those great Detroit WRs weren't factors. Get the line healed up and add some fresh young guys up front, and JC will be fine with Moss, Cooley, ARE, and some young talent - that Mix guy shows some promise. Besides, a healthy line at 100% will give the running game some holes, and we can go back to burning them with play action. After the O-line, we need to look at the D-line, the LBs (also had injury issues this year), and the secondary (Springs may or may not be back, Rogers is still out for a while, and Smoot had some injuries this year). A big tall possession reciever is way down on the priority list. Don't fall for the hype.

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[Skinsfan55]

Exactly, when Chris Cooley is the Redskins ONLY receiving weapon in the Red Zone, it's not good.

People cursed Gibbs for trying to run the ball when we got close to the goal, but what else were we gonna do? Throw it to a triple covered Cooley? Toss a jump ball to a 5'9'' Santana Moss? Gibbs is a conservative playcaller, but his hands were tied a little bit by his personnel.

By the way, I find the use of Mike Williams as a negative indicting the whole idea of having a tall WR ridiculous, as do I find the lable of "prototypical WR" laughable.

Mike Williams was recruited by most teams as a TE out of high school. He's fat (271 pounds!) and as a Titan, he will be used as an H-back according to coaches.

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[Skinsfan55]

He was probably looking at yards instead of catches. Judging a WR based on number of catches is a poor indicator.

Or maybe he was looking at TD catches, the only WR under 6' is Greg Jennings and he's 5'11''

Even Yards Per Catch which you would assume is a small wideout's stat since they should be quicker and more apt for big gains doesn't have one guy under 5'11'' and only 3 under 6'.

Tom Brady is great, and he won games with shorter receivers, but he is a great QB with a brilliant coach and excellent coordinators. Saying that anyone could win with the rag tag group Brady had and pointing to his success is ridiculous, because Brady, Bill Belichick and the coaching staff of the Patriots would have won 14 games with the Redskins talent last year.

[LOSTHOG]

[Skinsfan55]

C'mon guys, at least do your homework:

Pretty much every single mock draft has us taking Derrick Harvey who is a beast. Calais Campbell should also be available at our pick though he seems like a good fit for a 3-4 defense (not that he would be bad here.)

As for WR's I see Limas Sweed, Early Doucet and Mario Manningham as being potentially available.

On a team like us where we're already pretty talented, it might not be a bad idea to get a WR and allow them to develop. Still, I'd rather have Harvey

[brad7686]

People like moss randle el and caldwell are fine if you have one or two of them on a team because they create mismatches down the field when the corners are occupied by larger, playmaking receivers. I agree there are not a ton of large wr's that are also hard to run with, but if you take them early, history has shown that there is a much better chance they will pan out, as with every other position except maybe qb. You may have to take two somewhat early. And the fact of the matter is that it may be worth it just to try and find one like that, because the teams that have them are that much better. You also have to evaluate on an individual level. For instance mike williams didn't play for a whole year before the draft, bad pick. Ended up being out of shape. Braylon Edwards dominated every corner in college in every physical facet of the game. Good Pick. Calvin Johnson was a no brainer and he already started to show signs of how good he would be late in the season. Tedd Ginn probly isn't physical enough to make it. Bad pick. Same with Dwayne Jarrets lack of vertical speed. The idea is to find guys who you think can outrun, outmuscle, and outjump corners in the nfl, regardless of college production, where they went to college(marques colston), or what they did off the field(Randy Moss). I think there are guys like that in this draft. I think this will be a good one for the WR.

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