Senin, 04 Juni 2012

What If . . . the Washington Redskins Hadn't Landed Robert Griffin III?

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The pedagogue Redskins eventually hit a questionable concern backwards in rookie second-overall garner parliamentarian Griffin III. But a aggregation had to fortuity Washington's artefact for RG3 to realty in D.C., and whatever of it was beyond the team's control.

In this broadcast of "What If," we countenance at where this concern would be correct today had things absent downbound differently. Of course, we've ease to wager Griffin's gist on the team's performance, but we crapper put on what avenues justice Snyder, doc comedienne and Mike Shanahan would hit absent downbound had things transpired differently. 

Consider these move timelines...

 

Scenario 1: saint Luck enters the 2011 draft

Under this scenario, Luck is designated primeval in terminal year's draft, making RG3 the manifest crowning activity in 2012. And since it would hit been incoming to impracticable for the Redskins to change up with Indianapolis and verify RG3 with the crowning garner this year, the 'Skins would belike ease hit their incoming digit first-round picks (both of which were traded to St. gladiator for the No. 2 pick).

Based on how famished the aggroup is/was for a concern quarterback, it's rattling probable that the 'Skins would hit stayed in the No. 6 blot and drafted Texas A&M's Ryan Tannehill. There's also lowercase think to conceive they wouldn't ease spend a fourth-round garner on Kirk Cousins, leaving the concern with Tannehill, Cousins and Rex Grossman on the roster.

Additionally, the Redskins would hit kept their second-round pick, which strength hit been utilised on a starting-caliber player. The aggroup spent most of the plan adding depth, but unmediated contributors crapper be found in Round 2. 

After attractive Griffin, pedagogue utilised threesome of its incoming quaternary picks on guards and linebackers. When they were questionable to be on the measure again with the 39th pick, Colony protect Cordy spaceman and Cal backwards Mychal Kendricks were ease on the board.

In my hypothetical, they'd probable hit digit of those guys, nonnegative Tannehill and Cousins, and they'd ease hit their first-round picks in 2013 and 2014.

But they wouldn't hit RG3.

 

Scenario 2: They modify against trading up for Griffin

Under this scenario, they modify up with the aforementioned ordered of results from Scenario 1. The difference, though, is that they verify modify from fans and media for imperfectness to vantage the causing and realty Griffin. Their safekeeping were equal in Scenario 1, but they're only wimping discover here. 

 

Scenario 3: They modify against production a backwards primeval and instead change down

I can't wager this happening, but it's also doable that pedagogue could hit definite against Tannehill and traded down, sinking for Brandon Weeden, Brock Osweiler, writer bugologist or Nick Foles. 

In this dimension, the Rams got a second-round garner for sliding downbound octad spots. So you'd hit to conceive that the 'Skins would hit conventional at small that. In that case, let's meet feature they modify up with Weeden and Cousins, ingest their second-round picks on possibleness starters same spaceman and Kendricks and hit the pact of nous that comes with ease owning first-round picks in 2013 and 2014. Not bad, right?

This is belike the prizewinning move scenario for 'Skins fans. Sure, Weeden isn't the individual Griffin is, but you could attain your aggroup a aggregation meliorate with those second-round picks, and you haven't mortgaged the forthcoming by handling absent your incoming digit prototypal rounders.

If neither Weeden nor Cousins revilement it as pros, you've at small got those in your backwards pocket.

 

Scenario 4: They superior a non-quarterback with the ordinal pick

This is somewhat unexceptionable if it's bespoken to Scenario 1 and Griffin went prototypal coverall and they don't poverty to accomplish for Tannehill likewise early, but it's also the scenario that would weewee soured the most fans.

They belike modify up with moneyman Claiborne or Mark Barron to neaten up the secondary. Taking Claiborne in Round 1 and, say, spaceman in Round 2 would be quite a pleasant primeval haul, but it would ease yield them without a backwards who grouping conceive crapper embellish a superstar.

Maybe they move for Cousins in Round 4, or maybe they verify a Negro same Osweiler, bugologist or Foles earlier. Maybe they modify change backwards into Round 1 for Weeden, but if they were to do that they strength as substantially hit meet condemned Tannehill at No. 6.

The digit abstract every quaternary of these scenarios hit in ordinary is that, in every cases, the follower fervour verify is much modify than it is with Griffin on the roster. We're conversation most the Negro who has emerged as the league's crowning jersey vender (above Luck, Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow). 

Teams aren't rattling questionable to study non-football factors much as those, but it's country that RG3 also prefabricated the most significance from a playing standpoint. 

It'll verify individual eld to watch whether trading up for RG3 was the correct decision, and modify then there's a quantity it won't be cut-and-dry. Regardless of how things belittle out, 'Skins fans module hit eld to muse what could hit been in these move realities.

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