Redskins Weekly: Gallette, Free Agency & More

Let’s start with the bad news first.  The artwork on the future Redskins stadium was just plain awful.  But I am happy we saw it now when there is no funding or a location than too late.  Now the fans can crush the moat and the horrible design like they did the thought of Jim Fassel being head coach.  Good news is that the chatter screwed over Fassel but gave us Zorn.  Hopefully future plans for the stadium are better than Zorn.

Now to the real talk and what Scot McCloughan’s crew is doing.  It has been quiet as the team as resigned some of their own and added a couple new parts on the defense.  I am not going to call that Kendall Reyes can turn into JJ Watt but I am willing to give him a chance to bring more than Jason Hatcher on the field.  And maybe David Bruton ends up being Jeron Johnson number two but these guys are low dollar depth.  So I think they have more upside than down.  I have been very much anti-Junior Galette coming back on a bigger deal.  But I am happy with what both sides worked out.  And if Galette plays big time they can pay him big time next Fall or Winter.

So what is needed still?  I could list a bunch of still available free agents out there but I think the focus for fans should be the draft.  This is where Scot does his work.  And even drafting 21 isn’t bad because I have more confidence in him getting a better player in the 20s than the Giants near the top.  And by looking at all these mock drafts I find guys between 15-30 are mixed up and talented.  So I know he can get a solid guy at 21 and as solid of a guy at 27 or 28 in he chooses to back up.  And then grabs an extra 3rd or even more.  That is what we want McCloughan to do, build through the draft like he started last year’s draft.  So it is best to patient and be happy we are not the 2016 Giants.