It's official: the St. Louis Rams have traded the #2 pick to the Washington Redskins, who held the #6 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft in April. Immediately as the news broke out, the social networks were set on fire with negative & positive comments. Let's get a few things straight right off the bat. First, living in the DC area, the 'Skins haven't had a franchise quarterback since Joe Theismann. That means this town has been waiting for a consistent quarterback since Mark Rypien left. This city has seen more turnover than in Congress when it comes to the quarterback position. Second, RGIII represents a new hope to an organization that's been in search for consistency & simply a winner. The days of Daniel Snyder playing fantasy football with Vinny Cerato are a thing of the past & they are building a team the right way; through the draft & smart free agent signings. What the Redskins did to acquire the #2 pick is what I call the cost of doing business. Its the Michael Jordan theory in a dumb downed way. Either you draft him (RGIII) & roll the dice or sit back & watch RGIII be a star with another team.
In no way am I making RGIII sound like he's Luke Skywalker, because he isn't. RGIII is gonna have the pressure on him, but it won't be as tremendous as it will be on Andrew Luck. The position that Luck will be going into will be more scrutiny than any other. He's replacing arguably the greatest quarterback of the decade in Peyton Manning, who was recently released by the Colts on Tuesday. Peyton won a Super Bowl, broke many records & elevated a losing team to Super Bowl contender in his 14 years of service. When its all said & done, it was a real bold & risky move by the Redskins to give up a lot for RGIII, but it was a move that has been sitting idle since 1995 (remember Heath Shuler anyone?)
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