You know, this off-season is enough to drive the Redskins back to their free-wheelin', spend-like-you're-Client 9, baby! ways. Maybe one of the most surprising developments during free agency has been Washington's inactivity.
In years past, The Danny would have Redskin One ferrying players into Ashburn long enough to sign jaw-droppingly insane contracts, the media would predictably write that Washington was suddenly the team to beat (in the NFC East, anyway), and, like clockwork, the Redskins would implode sometime around Thanksgiving the following season. It was all very comfortable.
Anyway, the new approach to roster building has a few glitches. For starters, the team had D.J. Hackett in for a visit last week -- after Hackett sat on his couch the first two weeks of free agency waiting for the phone to ring -- and offered him a contract on the spot. Smart move by the 'Skins; they need a third wide receiver and know enough not to just throw $10 million at the first stiff they see.
Well, Hackett decided to visit other teams and eventually signed with the Panthers. Washington still needs a wideout, and they have another offer on the table. And they're still waiting to hear back ... from Reche Freaking Caldwell. No, really.
Good Lord, has it come to that? Whatever Caldwell decides -- and let's be honest, he's not going to make or break Washington's offense -- the team will be looking for wideouts in the draft. And unlike year's past, they actually have all their draft picks. Novel idea, that.
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1. Drew Brees would have had a pretty stellar year in 2003 had it not been for Ricochet Caldwell. At least 8 of Brees' 16 interceptions that year came off of Ricochet's hands or helmet.
Posted at 11:42PM on Mar 19th 2008 by PacoGerte