Redskins Draft Now Must Be Considered A Failure

After Saturday's roster cuts to create the 53 man roster, only two of the Washington Redskins 2007 draft picks remain, LaRon Landry (1st) and H.B. Blades (6th). Amazingly the Redskins managed to sign more undrafted free agents (3, OT Stephon Heyer, RB Marcus Mason and DE Chris Wilson) to the active roster than players they drafted.

The Redskins had the grand total of 5 draft picks in this years 2007 draft and one would hope they would make the most of these picks. Surely they could have found an OT, RB, or DE in the draft that were better than the undrafted free agents that were signed. Did they need to take two linebackers in the draft (Dallas Sartz was the LB that was drafted and cut)? Did they need to take a quarterback (Jordan Palmer) when they already had a young qb on their team? Did they need to take a tight-end when they already had an excellent pass catching TE and a couple decent blocking TE's already on their team? Indeed none of those players who were drafted and cut even made the Redskins' practice squad on Sunday.

Why did they not address the offensive line in the draft? Why are they leaving a roster spot open for most likely a wide-receiver when they could've drafted a talented one late in the draft? The questions are endless! The fact remains that the Redskins front office have no idea what they're doing in the draft. They took the best player available at the #6 pick in LaRon Landry, and he looks to be a force in the defensive backfield, but the rest of the draft looks to be a complete failure.

With just 5 picks, due to horrible trades and offseason signings, they Redskins needed to hit a home run to help restore depth and maintain a strong pipeline of young talent to grow into future rosters. The Redskins instead grounded out to the pitcher.

It is possible that they unearthed some talent with the 3 undrafted free agents, these Cinderella stories have happened in the past. Marcus Mason looks to have incredible body control, vision and speed and Heyer has the body of a pro, but needs a lot of reps to get his mind and footwork in the right shape...and who knows about Chris Wilson.

The reality is, the Redskins blew the draft bigtime this offseason. If the Redskins have any hope to improve their depth and develop a young core of players to compete in the NFL in the future, they MUST get a better scouting department and make smarter draft day decisions. Until that day, there is no way they will climb out of the bottom of the NFC East.