Last year, the Redskins had three second-round picks. They used them on WR’s Malcolm Kelly and Devin Thomas and TE Fred Davis. Malcolm Kelly is an injury case that may or may not have been cleared to play so far this offseason.
Devin Thomas is a knucklehead whose lack of commitment to the playbook and to football in general have many in Washington worried.
Fred Davis loved being drafted by the Redskins so much that he showed up late to the first day of mini-camps.
Sounds like a great trio the Redskins rounded up. And just for the record, none of them contributed anything last year.
This year, it sounds like they roped in a few more winners and team guys.
Fifth-round pick Cody Glenn was suspended the final three games last season at Nebraska. Why? He was scalping tickets. But not really. The Nebraska athletic department said they had no knowledge of such a violation. So, he admitted he lied.
“It was me being dumb, just trying to have people leave me alone,” he explained. Can I second that thought, Cody? Really dumb. Lying on the first day of the job. Good stuff. The best part is that no one still has come out and said why he was really suspended.
The Redskins grabbed another bright guy in the third round. On the same Sunday that the other genius flashed his brain skills, third-round cornerback Kevin Barnes said that teammate and fellow cornerback Fred Smoot is “getting a little bit older.”
Is that the worst thing in the world? No, but shut your mouth. You don’t need to make comments about any teammates or anybody else until you’ve at least gone to one mini-camp. At least. For what it’s worth, Smoot didn’t appreciate it and fired back with comments that were definitely more insulting.
“They come in like that until they go to three days of [minicamp], and [then] they humble,” Smoot said. “It don’t bother me. I’m going to take him through some things. I haven’t seen the guy. I don’t even know his name, and I love football, so that tells you [something]. I know who’s going to get drafted where. I didn’t know the kid.”
How great is that? Not too many things you can say that are more derogatory than “I have no idea who you even are.”
The Redskins may improve here and there, but I just don’t see this team making any major runs as long as Dan Snyder is calling the shots.
