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Good morning, all. Sorry I am slightly late getting started. I woke up poor J-Reid to get this answer because I didn't know and was feeling bad. Turns out no one knows, so I am not such a dope and shouldn't feel so bad and shouldn't have woken up J-Reid. Oy.

The free safety is going to be Doughty. Or Moore. Or  Horton. In other words, no one knows. Yet. They'll start sorting that out in mini-camp but J-Reid says we won't probably know till training camp.

As for why the Redskins didn't trade for Barron, it's possible they made them an offer they COULD refuse. That I don't know. It's more likely they think one of the guys I mentioned will make it.

See above!

I do expect more free agent pickups. They signed a LB this morning with the great name of Chris Draft. I sort of expected more free agent OL pickups, but there's time.

He could. I think he'll find a comfort level with one or two receivers, like most QBs. But will it be Kelly or Thomas or someone unexpected? Too soon to tell. Looking forward to getting out there tomorrow and trying to read tea leaves, but since everyone throws to everyone it's difficult to say, yet.

Here's a vote for the gold pants. (Yay Gold Pants!) is a great headline, by the way.

There is a lot of sentiment for changing the Wizards' look, which is interesting. Teams love to change looks because of the money that generates, so if I were a fan, I would pass along those thoughts to the new owner. Yes, I would.

I think 8-8 is a good, realistic goal for 2010. As for Haynesworth -- it's hard to tell since we haven't seen the guy, nor will we till June 16. I don't know him well enough to say how he'll be; he was never exactly the life of the party when I saw him last year. He's not Mr. Fun. Although I would point out in fairness that there is the locker room the media sees and the real locker room. He could be Mr. Fun in that one for all I know. But I'd be surprised. I found him to be, hmmm, dour is the right word, I think, last season. But again, that's when the media hordes are around. We shouldn't kid ourselves that the locker room we see is the real locker room.

Well, I don't think we ought to point out those who haven't been in trouble with the law like it's some great achievement. When Jason Campbell is traded, should we write, "Campbell, who was never in trouble with the law ..." That assumes it's some damn big surprise, and is insulting to Jason Campbell, and really to football players.

As citizens of this country, we're not supposed to be in trouble with the law. It's not supposed to be a great achievement that you put on your resume. That's the kind of argument I made as a teenager to my parents when I wanted to do something crazy, like take the car out of town. "I don't do drugs, I'm not in trouble, I get good grades." My dad would always counter with, "You're supposed to do those things." I would counter with, "That's not fair," and he would counter with, "Life's not fair."

He was right about it all.

In the article I read about Clinton and LaVar, I believe it said right up top, maybe second paragraph, that Portis has attended all the voluntary workouts. So I think your comment is perhaps a little unfair.

He looked good at minicamp last month. He's doing what needs to be done. I would argue that he should always have been doing what needs to be done, but clearly he knows Shanahan's limits and he's toeing the line. Good for him. HE'S SUPPOSED TO. I don't get praising a guy for doing his job.

I'm easy like a Sunday morning.

No. The media won't learn much, either. It was quite a surprise at the last one that we were allowed to stay on the field the whole time, so we do at least get to see most of it. But most of it is drills. Nope, I'm afraid a lot of questions -- like the safety question -- won't be answered until camp. But we might get some clues along the way.

He apparently feels that the 3-4 doesn't utilitize him to his full abilities, and he may be right. When he's in and on his game, he's very disruptive. But as I understand this, it's not a typical 3-4. I guess if I were Albert, I'd come to camp and see what the defense actually looks like before I made up my mind. But then, I'm nuts that way. He'll find out in June. And maybe he'll still hate it. We'll see.

I am planning my vacation around Skins mini-camp. How crazy is that? But how can I miss it?

My answers would be no, and I guess so. I don't think they have done enough to the offensive line yet, no. But they must think they have, or they have some other moves in mind. I hope they have some other moves in mind. In my opinion, they do not have the building blocks in place.

I don't drink coffee. I drink iced tea year round. Was that the sound of your mind just being blown?

Tony Wyllie was brought in to help shore up the ridiculous incidents like the cheerleader fiasco. I would give him a little time on the job but yes, my impression is that Snyder realizes he's made mistakes and is trying to mend fences. It's a big job but if he's trying, that's a start. You can't wave a magic wand and fix all the bad feelings, no more than you can wave a magic wand and fix a team in a mess (like the Wizards). These things take time.

Tremendous. I hope you still have them.

I could because Tom is so, so much nicer than me, he'd let me take him. I love Tom Boswell. He is just the best guy to be around.

My secret is simple: I'm a really fast typist. I am slower than I used to be but I can still work a keyboard. So I answer more questions than most. It's that simple.

Testify!

Yeah, it's the modern age. I have colleagues that run freakin' marathons. I smoked back in my youth for a bit but never liked it. Not a big drinker, except for Guiness. Love iced tea. Green. Decaffeinated. Boring. I know. I'll try to develop an addiction to make myself more colorful.

This is great. People will debate anything. That why I LOVE this chat.

If this is a happenin' thing, you can expect them to have an unveiling, of course, and I would think they'd need to get cracking on it. Just a hunch, but it's possibly someone gives that story exclusively to WJLA. That would be my move, if I were in charge.

Again, Mr. Tony Wyllie is here to fix this stuff. Wish him luck. I think he's got his work cut out for him. Hoping to meet him this weekend but no idea if he's in town yet.

Don't know. It's hard to know what's going on for the media; imagine how the Skins front office feels. They sort of have to guess along with the rest of us. You don't want Albert to look like Andre Carter when he's done; he's a big man and needs to stay that way. I thought 20 pounds would help him a lot with his general conditioning. I'm not sure what goals the Redskins gave him, if any. Maybe THEY want him to look like Andre Carter.

Gosh, I've run over. I've got to go track down my floppy hat and sunscreen for tomorrow. Join me on Monday, when I'm pretty sure the topic will be ... yellow pants and iced coffee. Later!