Archive for Archive for April, 2008

Grading the Redskins draft

Washington went into the NFL Draft with several prominent areas of need. Defensive line, offensive line, cornerback, wide receiver and linebacker are all problem areas and Washington had 10 picks after all their wheeling and dealing. Surely 10 picks would be enough to address every area of need, if imperfectly. You might have thought so, [...]

Posted by: Spence on Monday, April 28th, 2008

Akh Blog: Draft Review

Some macro themes from this recently ended draft:
1-Santana Moss and Antwaan Randle El have their heads in the guillotine, whether they like it or not. The selection of Thomas to play Split End threatens Moss directly and Kelly signals that ARE’s slashing style isn’t what they want in a possession WR. To put it succinctly, [...]

Posted by: Akhhorus on Monday, April 28th, 2008

Current List of Undrafted Free Agent Signings

Here you go, what we know for now …
OFFENSIVE LINE:
OG Kerry Brown, Appalachian State
OT Devin Clark, New Mexico
OT Shannon Boatman, Florida State
C Kyle DeVan, Oregon State
WIDE RECEIVER
Horace Grant, St. Olaf
SAFETY
Kevin Mitchell, Illinois
CORNERBACK
Matterral Richardson, Arkansas
DEFENSIVE LINE
Dorian Smith, Oregon State

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Posted by: PennSkinsFan on Monday, April 28th, 2008

NFL Analysts Draft Grades

Here is what the pundits in the media are saying on Washington’s draft performance this weekend. So here we go …
ESPN gives the Redskins the Best Move in the NFC East in their draft analysis by division.
After failing to land Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson in a trade last week, the Washington Redskins did [...]

Posted by: PennSkinsFan on Monday, April 28th, 2008

Sixth round: S Kareem Moore

With the 180th pick overall, the Washington Redskins nabbed a safety they were looking at weeks ago, S Kareem Moore, Nicholls State. Here is what Scout had to say about Moore.
Stronger than his 5-10, 213-pound size would indicate, Moore is a great hitter who’ll throw his body all over the place [...]

Posted by: PennSkinsFan on Sunday, April 27th, 2008