>- 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.

Good GMs are made by finding later round starters. The first round picks are the easy part.

Morris is the only significant late round pick he has found.

He didn't draft Riley (That was cerrato I believe). Jenkins hasn't shown much (yet). Neild, Lierebus & co are just warm bodies.



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>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.
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>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.
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I don't see anything in his time in DC that points to anything other than average.