Fanspeak: Redskins Personnel

1. Signing Deangelo Hall to another crazy deal like Vinny Cerrato did the past and doing it way too premature. If in the next few weeks before free agency even starts if Bruce Allen locks up Hall to some 5 or 6 year deal for crazy guaranteed money I will be concerned where this is … More »

Yesterday I posted the Redskins 2014 Salary Cap Commitments and showed how the Redskins have $25.5 million in cap space heading into free agency. While that of course sounds very good, there is additional flexibility there as well. The way the cap is calculated during the offseason is that only the cap hits of the top … More »

Before I get to the Washington Redskins aspect of this let’s discuss the two players and what has happened.  When the story first broke after Martin left the Dolphins, I was very critical of both Incognito and the Dolphins organization.  I still have pretty much the same opinion on both of them about how things … More »

The Redskins coming off a disastrous 3-13 season have plenty of work to do to turn things around. After cuts are made the Redskins should need at least a dozen new starters and multiple key back-ups. Given their lack of a 1st round pick, it makes it impossible to try to fill every need with … More »

With the report the other day that the Redskins were interested in bringing back WR Santana Moss, a large debate started throughout Redskins Nation about whether or not this was a good idea. The general consensus seems to be that this is a bad idea and it is time to move on from Moss. Now … More »

1- Brian Orakpo          Out of the players who were on the team in 2013 Orakpo is the biggest heading towards free agency.  From what it sounds like it doesn’t sound like the Redskins are going to be willing to let Orapko just walk away.  The team may look into working on … More »

The Redskins will no doubt have a lot of money to spend this offseason, and that number will only rise as they start to release some of the bad contracts (Adam Carriker, Stephen Bowen, Kory Lichtensteiger, etc.) still on the roster. While many will see this as an opportunity for a spending spree, the Redskins … More »

1. Defense Matters: -Everyone always wants to talk how this is an offensive league, but typically top defenses make the playoffs and have postseason success. Last night’s game obviously epitomized it, but it was a theme throughout these entire playoffs. Seattle’s defense was amazing throughout the post season and really carried this team to victory. … More »

There has been some angst among some Redskins fans with the report that Bruce Allen expects to add at least 20 new players and that it could be too excessive amount of turnover in one season. On the face of it you can see some concern as 20 players represent 40% of the roster. In reality … More »

Its simple.  It all starts at the top with both owners.  Both Pat Bowlen and Paul Allen have put football people in charge to make football decisions.  From every account they have very little input in personnel decisions and let the guys they hired do that job.       Bowlen is well known in … More »