Free Agency & Trade Options 2007
Posted: Sun May 6, 2007 3:29 pm
I'll begin with a seemingly well researched article on the Skins front 4 woes and the possible free agent solutions:
DE Blog, Finally
Despite what the Redskins might say out loud, there are plenty of people in the building with big concerns about the D Line. The idea that an improved secondary will greatly lift the front four, well, I couldn't find a personnel guy or exec around the league to buy it, or to expect guys like Smoot or Macklin to somehow make the DTs better, but I guess it'll all come out in the wash come the fall anyway....
Knowing how aggressive Gibbs and Snyder are, as I have said before, I don't think they're done....
Aaron Schobel and Derrick Burgess.
I wouldn't be stunned at all if the Skins eventually parted with a draft pick or two to get one of them. And I wouldn't blame them, either. Not one bit. Schobel in particular seems like a nobrainer.
Check this out, among active players the last six years:
G Sacks Tckls
Simeon Rice 95 62.5 262
Aaron Schobel 96 60.5 351
K Gbaja-Biamila 86 58.5 221
Jason Taylor 92 58 342
Dwight Freeney (5 yrs) 79 56.5 169
Jevon Kearse 80 55
John Abraham 73 53.5 278
Julius Peppers (5yrs) 76 53.5 250
Trevor Pryce 87 51.5 244
221http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/2007/05/de_blog_finally.html#more
DE Blog, Finally
Despite what the Redskins might say out loud, there are plenty of people in the building with big concerns about the D Line. The idea that an improved secondary will greatly lift the front four, well, I couldn't find a personnel guy or exec around the league to buy it, or to expect guys like Smoot or Macklin to somehow make the DTs better, but I guess it'll all come out in the wash come the fall anyway....
Knowing how aggressive Gibbs and Snyder are, as I have said before, I don't think they're done....
Aaron Schobel and Derrick Burgess.
I wouldn't be stunned at all if the Skins eventually parted with a draft pick or two to get one of them. And I wouldn't blame them, either. Not one bit. Schobel in particular seems like a nobrainer.
Check this out, among active players the last six years:
G Sacks Tckls
Simeon Rice 95 62.5 262
Aaron Schobel 96 60.5 351
K Gbaja-Biamila 86 58.5 221
Jason Taylor 92 58 342
Dwight Freeney (5 yrs) 79 56.5 169
Jevon Kearse 80 55
John Abraham 73 53.5 278
Julius Peppers (5yrs) 76 53.5 250
Trevor Pryce 87 51.5 244
221http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/2007/05/de_blog_finally.html#more