I'm probably being lazy in my analysis, but I'd say:skinsinparadise wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:42 pmAs we know grades are meaningless. All it means of course is what would name that draft media guy do if he were the GM of Washington.
My biggest takeaway is they had two glaring weakness that could have derailed the season IMO -- CB, and O line. and in theory they fixed them both.
D Line is the only weakness on the team now IMO.
They inherited a crap roster from Ron. I never thought Ron would make Vinny and Bruce look like geniuses in comparison but he did IMO. The team went to the championship game in season 1, with if I recall over 50% turnover which is insane. So they earned the benefit of the doubt.
i wish they did more at RB but it might be enough. I like Croskey-Merritt. I know he's a 7th rounder. But heck that's the position where late rounders have done well in plenty of spots including our team years ago with 6th rounder Alfred Morris. Also hopefully the O line upgrades help the running game, too.
Edge is definitely the huge issue.
But after that depth at QB
RB
Age at WR
TE (if Sinnott is a bust)
LB (feel kind of old there too)
Safety not ideal.
I think the only area's that are catastrophic are Edge, and RB. Unless the 7th rounder hits, we're pretty --- at RB.
But I agree that in general, there's been substantial improvement of the roster in just two offseason.
Franchise QB acquired via draft
3 Stud OL's added and a good prospect
2 Stud DL's added
1 stud LB added
3 stud CB's (if you include Amos)
I'm trying to remember what else? Sinnott whom if he hits, would be quite productive based on his athleticism.
There's just a ton of goodies added, in the draft alone: Franchise QB, very good DT prospect, 2 excellent DB prospects, 2 excellent OL prospects, a TE who I like but did nothing last year, and none of that addresses day 2.
Very promising. Only thing I'd request is that they stop pilfering future draft classes, please, pretty please don't touch '27. We will need two quality classes full of potential cheap 4 year contracts to offset the cost of extending Daniels at such huge expense. Gutting the middle of '25, and a bit of the middle of '26, necessitates we stop smashing futures. I get they're trying to stock up for his rookie contract years: '24, '25, '26, '27, even the somewhat cheaper rookie option in '28, but we will need picks to actually keep a good team around him circa '28-'32 and beyond, and having lost a pile of picks from '25, and '26, we need to try to get compensatorise and stop trading away futures for '27 and '28.