Cerrato: "You never know. I think, sitting where we are at 13, there is a chance because there are people who could come up for the third quarterback, their running back, corner, so it might be a spot where people want to come up to. You can't trade back if nobody calls. I mean, we've been in that situation before too."

On if they will try to trade down if their top identified players are gone at pick 13:

Cerrato: "That's usually what happens. You look to see if somebody falls. When you are sitting at 13 you are kind of reacting to what happens the first 12. If something crazy happens, if somebody falls to you, you take them. Or, if you get such a good deal to trade back and you are getting a bunch of picks, then that is advantageous too. The time when you get more picks is if a couple teams want your spot. There is somebody that both teams are coveting or whatever and they want, then there is a chance to get a better deal. Kind of like last year. We really didn't know that Atlanta would call until the last minute and we did that. You don't know. We won't know until we're on the clock."

On how important it is to keep next year's draft picks:

Cerrato: "It is always the goal to hang on to draft picks."

On having the 13th pick:

Cerrato: "There will be a good football player at 13. There will be somebody that can come in and start for our team."

On dealing with Jason Campbell amidst other quarterback rumors:

Zorn: "From my perspective, I'm not talking different things to different people. With Jason, we are going full speed and he is every bit being handled as though he is our starting quarterback, both through word and deed if you will, so we are handling it that way. We are also encouraging Todd Collins and Colt Brennan in their positions as well to get better. It is our off-season program so we are going as thought nothing has changed. With the draft, again, part of knowing who is out there and what is available, we've got to get to know these players a little bit and if there are any opportunities to better our football team, we want to talk to those guys too. Nothing is etched in stone. Again, I think a lot of it is exactly what Vinny said. It is a wait and see and we want to make sure we are ready when the opportunity, or if the opportunity, might arise."

On if they have the ability to move up to the top five of the draft:

Cerrato: "I think anything is possible. It's what you are willing to give up."

On addressing specific needs in the draft such as left end and strong-side linebacker:

Zorn: "You've identified two of the needs that we think we'd like to address and whether it's the first pick or a pick down the road, that just depends on who's there and how we feel about those guys compared to who else is there. There is always more than one guy there that you have to make a decision about. It happened that way in our first round. Those three guys that we picked in the second round last year (Devin Thomas, Fred Davis and Malcolm Kelly) were just glaring sitting there and it was easier to pick them because of who they were and where they were at."

Snyder: "Back to the defensive end that you mentioned, obviously Phillip [Daniels] is back, so we don't want to discount that at all. I think he is a heck of a teammate and a heck of a Redskin. He is making a lot of progress on all his rehab and getting back into some of his leadership role. He's there and we also signed Renaldo Wynn who is really in great shape."

On if Phillip Daniels and Renaldo Wynn can play the defensive end this year if one is not drafted:

Zorn: "Again, every indication is that Phillip Daniels is going to fully recover and be a part of our program this year. That doesn't mean if somebody is glaring, sitting out there that we wouldn't address to help us. One thing that I sort of have seen over the years I have been in the league and also with us today is the defensive line, these guys rotate. So, you might have a starter but there is going to be another guy coming in to fill that guy. So we are looking for a solid group. So if we added a defensive end, a defensive tackler, a strong-side defensive end, these guys are going to be in the rotation. It's not to replace somebody. It is to enhance our position. That is really what happens on the d-line."

On if he feels more comfortable going into the draft this year than last:

Zorn: "I do. I know our players. I am going into the draft knowing our players a lot better. I know our staff. I feel far more comfortable than I did last year. We were just trying to do several things in learning the vocabulary, teaching the vocabulary to our coaches and players and just trying to get to know who they were. So, yeah I feel a lot more comfortable and more prepared I would say."

On Mark Sanchez:
Zorn: "I would rather wait to talk about any player evaluations that I might have on a guy that is not even on our roster. That just has to wait until after the draft."

On if the team is releasing information to throw-off other teams:

Cerrato: "I think there are enough people doing that themselves. If you tell the truth now, nobody believes you."

Zorn: "That is an interesting question. I haven't felt like we are trying to manipulate or be coy. Hopefully we are sound in our thinking and who we are talking to."

On having one pick in the first 79 right now:

Cerrato: "It is what it is. We made a trade last year and gave up our second round pick. To me, at the time we did it, it was the right thing. The way it turned out, you wish Jason [Taylor] would have stayed healthy. To have one pick, that is why, we knew that going in. That is probably why we were a little more active in free agency and stuff the way we did it because you have to look at the whole picture. You can't just be focused on this. Last year we had ten picks and we did nothing in free agency. We added through the draft. There are a lot of different ways of acquiring players so you have to look at the whole thing and evaluate it when you are starting the season, about how you acquire all your different players."

On what positions have are the strongest later in the Draft:

Cerrato: "I think you can find probably, you can find probably any position later in the draft because everybody is grading them differently. Everybody looks for a different thing. I think that you can find pretty much any position throughout. I think probably one of the hardest ones to find would be offensive guard. Usually o-line goes quickly. Usually the big guys go fast."

On if more trades will be made before the draft because of the 4:00 PM start time:

Cerrato: "I think people are reacting to what happens in front of them. If somebody starts to slide then people get excited about we have to have that guy. Some teams may do something. That just want to get out and they don't care, but to me it all happens within the ten minutes."

On if the price could ever be too high to get a franchise quarterback that can win a Super Bowl:

Snyder: "First of all, a lot of teams have won because of their defense. It's across the board for the Super Bowl. That Pittsburgh defense this year was pretty spectacular. Obviously they have a heck of a quarterback, but without that defense I'm not sure they would have done that. So I don't think you can quite say it that way.

"In terms of willingness to go up or down the Draft, everything Vinny said is pretty accurate. We're always flexible. I think last year even you guys were a little surprised because we moved so far back and ended up with three two's that will hopefully do very, very well this year. As you also know, it takes time to develop players. We'll have to see what happens Saturday."

On if not drafting many defensive linemen in the early rounds is a philosophy or coincidence:

Cerrato: "I would say it's more of a coincidence, because if you look at when we picked. Like when we had the sixth pick with Sean Taylor, I don't think there was a defensive lineman worthy of what Sean Taylor was and the same was when we picked LaRon Landry. It just depends on how we have them graded."

On if he plans to handle this year's draft class differently than last year:

Zorn: "No question. When we had our mini-camp last year, I thought we had three guys that were going to be able to contribute. What happened was we had some young guys that were learning how to get involved and learning how to prepare. I think they have done a tremendous job, throughout the season actually. I mean, they started soon after training camp to try to get themselves ready to play and even by the end of the season, two out of the three were contributing. They are looked for to contribute a lot more this season.

"But, the newer guys coming in, we will be having more specific conversations about that. And really, you learn from people's experiences. I will be relating those kinds of experiences to these guys so that when they come in they just have a little bit maybe, different picture of what is going to be in front of them. Now we will do that during [training] mini-camp and then they will also be available the second set of OTAs to come in and work as well. We will get on them pretty good about being prepared."

On what issues raise a red flag during the evaluation of a player:
Cerrato: "I think if it is a continual thing. If it's a number of red flags or it's a repetitive thing of the red flag. If they just continue to do the same thing over and over throughout their career, through high school, through college and it hasn't changed, then the odds are it's not going to change. If it's a one-time thing it's much easier to look at as a mistake. If it's just continual boom, boom, boom, every year is something, then more than likely you're going to get something, so you would like to say away from something. You like to add quality to a good locker room. Don't bring something negative into a good locker room. Just keep adding more good pieces to a good locker room."

On how hectic the draft can be, with so many split-second decisions in ten minutes:

Cerrato: "It can get very hectic. I mean, last year, it was -- probably because it was the first year with ten minutes -- I think we got the trade done with Atlanta with, I don't know, I think we had six seconds left or eight seconds left. I mean, it can be very hectic. Because you've gotta do a lot of things in that time. You've gotta talk to the teams back and forth and then if other teams are calling, and then you've gotta get the league on the phone to complete the trade, and then you've gotta get your card up with who you're gonna take and all those things....

"So there's a lot of things that can go on. It can be hectic."

On how draft day feels to the owner -- perhaps like acquiring a new company, or enjoying a successful round of golf:

Snyder: "It's definitely not either of those. It's ... you just have to be patient. It takes a long time to get there. It's ... for us, I think it's probably a little bit slower, you do all this work, it's sort of 'hurry up and wait.' But it turns out to be exciting and fun. We've been fortunate to get what we want many a time.

On if it compares to how fired up he was after the Eagles and Cowboys games:

Snyder: [dryly] "It's not quite as good as beating the Cowboys or the Eagles."

Zorn: "Let me add to that too, because I think the added element and the idea of being patient and waiting for the right times ... you've gotta be level-headed. And I think that in our room, the thing that I noticed last year was ... being awrare. You know, there's kind of a heightened awareness about everybody and I think that's a very important element to the draft room, is being very alert and very aware, even though you're calm and patient. You've gotta be able to be aggressive in any situation that can come up. And that's what I saw in our room last year, and I imagine it'll be the same."

On the pressing nature of finding an offensive tackle:

Zorn: "Well, right now, we're hoping that Stephon Heyer and Jon Jansen battle. I mean, the position is open on that side. but we have improved the offensive line since the offseason. I mean, we acquired Derrick Dockery, who has worked very hard. Randy Thomas is definitely improved with his surgery and his program, he is going great guns. And then, I don't know if people noticed, but last year, mid- to the end of the season, we acquired a couple of guys -- we lost a couple too, but we acquired a couple of guys that look to be in the mix as well. Addressing the right tackle or an offensive line position, I think, is improtnant to us. But whether it's specifically right tackle, right guard, left guard, center, whatever ... I mean, Chris Saamuels is sitting there pretty solid at left tackle. We can strengthen our offensive line by acquiring a lineman, no question."

On the deciding factor if Zorn and Cerrato like one player and Snyder likes another:

Snyder: "Doesn't work like that. The board: we go by the board, like we've said year after year. The reason that we have a scouting department, and the reason we have all the coaches involved throughout the entire process, start to finish, is to assemble a Redskin grade, and to assemble a Redskin board. And then we work the board.

"And back to what Jim said about the draft picks last year, because we had such a high grade on Devin or Malcolm or Fred, you really have to make the decision not just for a need, or you're gonna make a mistake. You really take the player based on the board and the grade and that's how we do it, and it's been pretty good for us."

On the significance of Mark Sanchez only having one successful year in college:

Zorn: "I think it's a factor in his positioning, if you will."

On how those factors affect draft positioning:

Zorn: "That's why we do take a lot of time to study each player. What's interesting is, we have area scouts. They go out and they do a very detailed kind of drawing of this player. And then we send another guy in at another time, different time of the year, to look at his drawing. And then we send another guy in. And then the coaches look. And then everybody has watched video and we've interviewed these guys. We've gone out to see 'em, we've had 'em in, and that's exactly what you're expressing. We try to look at all sides, so that as much as we can to make a great decision, we try to do that."

On the possibility of veterans being traded on Draft Day:

Cerrato: "Yeah, I don't know about the trading of players -- I'm sure there'll be some. Maybe Boldin and Braylon Edwards, those two guys maybe go, which could change some parts of probably the back half of the draft. But I think there'll be a lot of trading because I think what people are doing in this draft is they're kind of identifying who they want and then kind of going to get that person. Especially people coming up from the twenties and the teens to get what they're looking for."

On what happens when one player knocks your socks off during draft evaluations:

Snyder: "I think there's always sort of the top players that the consensus is the league and the media and everyone sees as some of the top players. And I think that those are sort of right there in front of you. I think what interests me is more the work that the scouts and coaches and Vinny's group puts in all throughout the year to see what it really comes up as, moreso than sort of a 'hot' guy or whatever. That doesn't really do for us. I mean, we really believe in putting the work in. It's what Jim said -- it's about visits to the campuses, the investigation work we do, the thoroughness of the process. And I think, one of the things I'd ask the media to be is patient with draft picks too. Across the board, there's always overanxious feeling that that guy's gotta be a Pro Bowl player for ....

"It takes a lot of development, particularly in some of the skill positions. I think we're gonna be excited about last year's draft this year."

On if there have been any conversations with reps for Braylon Edwards or Anquan Boldin:

Cerrato: "No."

On it being Daniel Snyder's tenth draft with the team:

Snyder: "You're getting old, [AP writer Joseph White]. So am I."

On what he has learned over that decade:

Snyder: "I've learned regarding the draft to let it flow naturally. And let the work that everyone put in throughout the year speak for itself at the end. And we've been fortunate, I think, people have talked about our drafts, etc., and I think had Sean [Taylor] not gotten murdered I think we'd probably be one of the top teams drafting in the first round. Chris Samuels has been to six Pro Bowls, and that's worked out quite well for us. LaVar got hurt but went to three. So I think ... I feel like I've learned to just let it come natural, probably a little less urgency, a little more patience."

On the group of elite tackles in the draft:

Cerrato: "I think when you take a guy that high, at a premium position like that, I would imagine that you'll see them starting. I there was .. what, were there seven left tackles drafted last year, I think, in the first round? And I think all of them started. So I think when you're drafting early like that, and the money that you're spending, they're a starter. So I think that those four tackles, you'll see starting this fall, just because of the money that's involved.

"And with the teams that are taking them, there's a huge need for those teams also."

On how difficult it is to predict how the draft will fall:

Cerrato: "I think you kind of have a feel for what group of players have a chance of being there, you know? And to me that's the best that you can do, because you don't know what the other teams are gonna do. At thirteen, you're reacting."

On using the draft to get guys to fit in with the other offseason acquisitions and help the team consistently win:

Snyder: "It's a good question. I think, obviously we were disappointed with some of our late season games last year. And we got close, as everyone knows, we got a little beaten up in terms of injuries, but that's no excuse. I look forward to us improving. I think that we're positioned pretty well to improve. I'm pretty pleased at where we came in, obviously, at some certain areas like defense, etc. We still want to improve that.

"So I think that we're trying to do what we can to win. I'm always gonna be aggressive to try to win and ... I didn't buy the team for investment, I bought the team to try to win the Super Bowl, and that's what I'm trying to do.

"I think if you saw what Albert Haynesworth -- you mentioned Albert -- or DeAngelo Hall ... they're here. They live in the building working out. These guys, I mean, really, the commitment back has been great. I'm really pleased with that. Dockery's in great shape. Great shape. And really has matured in his role, so it's been exciting for us."