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Redskins: 5 practices that have allowed them to stay bad in recent years

By Tim Payne

LANDOVER, MD - OCTOBER 18: Albert Haynesworth #92 the Washington Redskins struggles to get off the field against the Kansas City Chiefs during their game October 18, 2009 at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. The Chiefs won the game 14-6. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - OCTOBER 18: Albert Haynesworth #92 the Washington Redskins struggles to get off the field against the Kansas City Chiefs during their game October 18, 2009 at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. The Chiefs won the game 14-6. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) /
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LANDOVER, MD – DECEMBER 21: Bruce Allen, the new general manager of the Washington Redskins, looks on from the field before the game against the New York Giants at FedEx Field on December 21, 2009 in Landover, Maryland. Allen replaces Vinny Cerrato, who resigned last week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD – DECEMBER 21: Bruce Allen, the new general manager of the Washington Redskins, looks on from the field before the game against the New York Giants at FedEx Field on December 21, 2009 in Landover, Maryland. Allen replaces Vinny Cerrato, who resigned last week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) /

Draft for Need

The very design and intention of the NFL draft system, with its order solely based on the prior year’s standings, is to give bad teams the opportunity to maximize their talent acquisition.

So, if a team would like to maintain their focus on losing, they must stick to this second tenant of “loserism” and chase positional need rather than taking the best player available to them.

After all, to become the best, you can’t afford to have great players backed up by mediocre players. You need to have decent players filling your entire depth chart.

Great players don’t win championships. Great players don’t lift the level of play of those around them as a result of the sheer quantity of attention they require from the opposition. Great players simply make it hard to make everyone on the team feel like they’re equally important.

Your team chemistry is much more important than your overall talent level. The only downside is you might never have anyone to hit with the franchise tag.

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