Fixing The Washington Redskins

Here are some tips from yours truly on how the Washington Redskins can win a championship again. I hope they are listening.

1. Get the right front office and coaching staffs in place! = Maybe we’ve finally done that, but time will tell.
2. Draft and sign the right players. = This means don’t draft or sign players that you aren’t going to use correctly. Very few players are capable of doing it all, so put the players in the right positions to use their strengths and hide their weaknesses.
3. Get rid of every overpaid, underachieving, or past their prime player on the roster.
4. Build up the offensive and defensive lines. = Jason Campbell is a solid quarterback who can win a franchise games, but he needs to be protected. Our linebackers and secondary are solid as well, but they can only be effective if our front 3 or 4 are stopping the run or pressuring the quarterback.
5. Don’t draft a quarterback this year. = I’m not sold on any of them.
6. Make special teams a priority. = Special teams can both win and lose you games. Don’t let them lose us anymore games.
7. Get rid of Clinton Portis. = He’s past his prime and not even the Shanahan zone blocking scheme can revive his career.
8. Keep Jason Campbell. = He has been getting better and better every year. He’s not as bad as the team makes him look.
9. Quit firing coordinators and coaches after just 1 or 2 years. = This is another major reason why the Redskins haven’t been winning games. Player can learn a system in 1 or 2 years, but they need longer to master it and become a great player within that system.
10. Honor Chris Samuels. = He’s been a great Redskin and honoring him will make current Redskins play harder and with more passion, because it shows that their contributions will not go unnoticed.
11. Hire a new strength and conditioning and athletic injury staff. = Our players are always hurt and hiring better suited trainers would probably help prevent that.
12. Do not change the Redskins name! = Yes, it is racist, but I like the name. I like the colors. I like the symbol. I know it’s wrong, but I’m so used to it that I don’t want it to change.

Obviously the team needs to get better at every position in order to contend for a championship, but that would be too much to write for a blog. Maybe one day I’ll write a book on how to build a NFL championship team, but that’s not today. The 12 suggestions I made are a good start.