The Washington Redskins currently hold the 6th pick in the upcoming NFL Draft in April. Most mock drafts have the Redskins taking either a cornerback from LSU or Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon. There's also been rumblings through the blogs and NFL insiders that the 'Skins are going to trade up with the St. Louis Rams for their #2 pick in the 1st round. Here's a reason why the 'Skins should trade up for RG3.
The first reason is an athlete like RG3 comes around once every 20 or 30 years at the quarterback position. Cam Newton is the new wave of quarterbacks that are coming into the league & RG3 is the smaller version of Cam. With a deadly accurate deep ball & the speed of a Olympic hurdler, RG3 would bring an added dimension to the Shanahan's offense that's been lacking for years since John Elway & Jake Plummer was leading his teams in Denver on playoff runs. Second, the clock is ticking on Mike Shanahan's time in DC. In two seasons, Shanahan has as many wins as former head coach Jim Zorn and the fan base is becoming impatient with the losing. The team showed last season that they can compete & beat the best teams in the league (sweeping the Giants season series & a narrow loss to the Patriots). However, they also showed that they still aren't able to beat teams that are worse then they are on a consistent basis(Miami & Minnesota).
Third, its been just about 20 years since the last time the Redskins had a franchise quarterback. Since Mark Rypien left in 1993, the quarterback position in the Nation's Capital has seen more turnover than Congress. RG3 would provide the team a potential franchise quarterback for the next 10 or 15 years, depending on injuries. Finally, RG3 has proven to beat the best teams in big time games. In his last year at Baylor, he defeated TCU, Texas & Oklahoma. Each team were ranked in the Top 25 & he defeated Oklahoma who was ranked 5th in the nation that was playing its way into the BCS National Championship conversation at the time.
The best thing for the Redskins is to draft a quarterback & build for the future. The Redskins fan base is getting tired of the word "rebuilding" and its time to leave that stage & enter the contender area. It can't be ignored that a certain quarterback in Indianapolis is in a publicized contract situation that also has the 'Skins antenna's up as well. In a perfect world, the 'Skins would draft RG3 & sign Peyton Manning, but as we all know, nothing or nobody is perfect & its time for the 'Skins to make a decision...
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