I'm not down on Snead.. just not convinced he's as good as many say he is.
What makes it difficult for me to assess him is the possible involvement of Fisher on player acquisitions and drafts.
For example, I'll never know if Snead had been suggesting a better option and Fisher said.. "no, we're taking Pead".
As far as fleecing Washington... to me, they were ripe for the taking and Snyder is an idiot who can be easily manipulated (like Jerry Jones).
Some of these owners are so emotional about certain players and that puts them at a disadvantage when dealing...
Snead certainly gets credit for taking advantage of that... but the Redskins were pretty easy pickins'.
So... I just don't know how good he is or isn't... I will say that Barron deal was very good!
I'd say that the Austin deal worked out (Bills got E.J. Manuel, Kiko Alonso, Marquise Goodwin, and Chris Gragg), while we also gained T.J. McDonald along with Austin.
Barron trade was amazing. Bucs got a good linebacker (Kwon Alexander) and that's pretty much it. We got a guy who can play at an elite level.
Snead still made the deal with the Redskins and the Cowboys later on, and I'd do it again and wouldn't change a thing. Ogletree, Jenkins, and Brockers alone make this a win. If Robinson eventually plays up to his full potential with us, that could very well make this an even bigger steal. Bailey is a solid special teams player at least. Pead and Stacy are gone, yeah, but whatever. It also allowed us to take players like Austin and Donald instead of being pigeonholed into one thing, so they are also indirect products of the trade.
Gurley was a fantastic pick, and Havenstein and Brown look solid as well. We've also upgraded our depth along the line with Rhaney, Donnal, Wichmann, and Battle.
And let's not forget the UDFAs. Hekker, McLeod, Bates, Marquez, Cody Davis, Westbrooks, Longacre, Trinca-Pasat, Roberson, Darrell Williams, Harkey, Benny Cunningham, etc. Snead scouts them and signs them. A lot of them have become very solid players for us.
Yes, the free agents could be a lot better, but that's really the only fault I can find.
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