Everyone says the Redskins need defense. Undeniable.
But if they can't get a great nose tackle or other lineman, perhaps they should go all out to resign their offense skill, and just hope they can outscore everyone. The chances are, just by law of averages, the Skins defense will play somewhat better in 2017. It can't play a lot worse. Norman and Cravens will have a year of experience with the Skins. Galette will be back. The skins defense is not as far away from being good as it might seem. If Breeland plays better, Galette returns, and Cravens improves due to experience, the defense could play ten percent better. That makes the Skins at least a ten-win team, given they played three games under their true record, as I figure it.
There's always an argument for simply taking the best player available. That's been McCloughan's philosophy, no reason to stop now. If you're always ahead and never stopped on third down, you don't need a defense.
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