I've had a man-crush on Leon Washington for a long time. I used to have wet dreams about what Charlie Weis would have done with him. I mean, he made decent use of JR Redmond - Washington would've been a weapon. Brown as well. My absolute #1 guy would be MJD, but I don't see Jacksonville parting with him under any circumstances.
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My random thought contribution:
Since this is an uncapped year, it would have been really funny to watch some really awful team absolutly clean house - keep maybe 2-3 cheap but solid vets, one real leader, a few promising draft picks from last year, and go into the draft with like 10 guys on the roster. Trade everyone you can (early in the process, and all at once before other teams realize what you're doing and refuse to pay because they know you're going to cut them) for mid to low picks in 2010 (this past draft) and try to package a few guys for a few higher picks deferred to 2011, when there is likely a rookie cap in place.
Spend like 250 percent of other teams on scoutung for the next few years - you want 2 sets of eyes on everyone, and 4-6 on key guys and projected high rounders.
Then you make a point of using a bunch of your picks in 2010 to trade for picks a round higher in 2011 and trade for a player here and there while everyone is gaga over the value of every friggin 5th rounder.
Coming out of the draft this year, maybe you have 20 to 25 players, 2-3 1sts, 2-4 2nds, 2-4 3rds, and 6 later picks for the cheap 2011 draft, and maybe an extra pick or two in 2012, not to mention likely a couple comp picks for everyone picked up as FAs by other teams, since you're letting some decent players go, and many will perform better with better players around them.
Then you have a lot of cash free and can hit the FA market sectively and hard. You could have gotten Wilfork, Bodden, Boldin , & maybe 1-2 big names to anchor the team for the next 4-6 years, had the flexibily to snag an RFA or two if you want, and fill in the team with JAGs in 1-3 year contracts of heavy garunteed money. They'd be more likely to take them from you because they're likely to start and earn a larger next contract.
You are pretty bad in 2010 - probably very bad, but have a nice corps, a wealth of picks, including probably a top 5 pick in each round. You can continue to anchor the team with cheap, high picks, and still trade some for a 1 round boost for 2012. You probably will go into that draft with 15-30 guys on the roster, including a solid core.
Target 2012-2016 as your run.
Just a thought, whatever.
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