Never should have dumped Jon Ryan.
He was WAAAAAY better then Frost.
"Cheesey" wrote:
I thought so at the time. Redskins drafted a punter this year--you don't do that if you're happy with your current punter. Frost should have read the writing on the wall when all the Redskins would offer him this year was a veterans minimum contract.
When Frost was cut by the Redskins, here's what they had to say on a 30 Aug 08 blog on NFL.Fanhouse.com. The part that gets me is the second to the last paragraph--the supposed reason we were gettting Frost was because of his consistency and directional kicking:
"Durant Brooks Beats Out Derrick Frost for Redskins Punting Job
Posted Aug 30th 2008 2:45PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
In our Redskins training camp battle, we figured that the toughest fight was at punter. I know it's not very exciting -- but it is true.
The competition came down to the "nitty gritty", which neither punter as the clear favorite. Both performed well in the preseason ... which is what a coach wants to see.
Washington did make their decision, as they are keeping rookie Durant Brooks and cutting Derrick Frost.
The key is consistency. Frost hurt the Redskins at various times last year with gawd-awful kicks ... including a key punt late in the Redskins playoff loss to the Seahawks. Brooks is outstanding at directional kicking and may have put him over the hump.
That, or the fact that Redskins fans would be a little bent that the team would waste a sixth-round pick on a punter only to release him."