first, the bad:

- the failed Willie Parker/Clinton Portis/Larry Johnson experiment
- the terrible Donovan trade
- lack of depth at the Safety and Corner positions
- the now-laughable debacle that was Rex Grossman and John Beck

but I think the good is pretty good:

- I for one will never criticize the RGIII trade. Ever. By the time we got to that point I hated watching this team and being a fan wasn't even fun anymore. So from my vantage point, 26 years old having never seen an exciting Redskins team that won consistently, I find this move to be even more inspired now than I did then.

- Maybe you overpaid for Garcon, but he's a killer and I like his type of receiver. If you aren't as divinely fortunate as the Lions or Cardinals then you'd love to have a Victor Cruz and Anquan Boldin hybrid like Garcon. He's physical AND fast. His questionable durability concerns me, but he's a difference maker on a team that went about a decade without one.

- Trent Williams. Ryan Kerrigan. Alfred Morris. Perry Riley. Jarvis Jenkins. Kai Forbath. Chris Neild. Josh Lierebus. Shanny brought these guys in and as it stands they're all affordable starter-caliber young talent. Trent will ask for a grip here shortly, but we'll give it to him because he's worth it. This is exactly the crop of quality youthful contributors that was absent from this club for the better half of my life.


and so by my grade he's right down the middle; unfathomably bad for the first two years and very strong last year. We were so very far behind thanks to Vinny, and Shanahan did himself no favors upon his arrival. I was startled that he appeared to not have scouted this team at length prior to his landing in DC. BUT, to his credit, he's done an admirable job as a GM post-Donovan.

I think a lot of the reason he takes criticism (not to say that it isn't valid in many cases) is that he doesn't endear himself to the local media or fanbase AT ALL. He's the anti-Tomlin, the anti-John Harbaugh. Shit even Belichick will sneak in a sly remark from time to time that yields a couple chuckles in the room. Not Shanny, he's a dick who couldn't care less about the reporters grinding on the beat or the fans who have stuck with this team through these last ten years. He seems not at all mindful of everyone outside of his organization, and as a result I think that makes the spotlight that's on him especially bright at times.