Trent Williams last suited up for Washington in 2018. The team has not replaced the perennial Pro Bowler with a long-term option, but that will be the goal going into the draft.
Washington will look to add a new starting left tackle, with John Keim of ESPN.com noting the team believes it can do so in the first three rounds of this draft. While Washington should be on the radar for a quarterback trade-up, the team sticking at No. 19 and drafting a tackle or trading down and selecting one soon after appears to be firmly in play.
Cornelius Lucas and Geron Christian split time there last season, and Pro Football Focus graded Lucas as a top-25 tackle over the course of the season. Washington has Lucas signed through 2021, with the former UDFA agreeing to a two-year, $3.8MM deal in 2020. Washington only used the 29-year-old blocker as an eight-game starter last season; Christian started six games. PFF graded the latter 60th among tackles. The team drafted Saahdiq Charles in last year’s fourth round, though Keim notes it views the LSU product as a tackle or guard. Charles played one game last season.
While Williams battled myriad injuries as his Washington career waned, the team did not have to worry about adding at this spot. Ron Rivera has since said the O-line is a priority. If Washington either trades up for a passer or does not end up with a tackle fairly early, the team could look to longtime Steelers starter Alejandro Villanueva. However, Washington will not consider the veteran until after the draft, Keim adds.
Beyond Penei Sewell and Rashawn Slater, Scouts Inc. grades Oklahoma State’s Teven Jenkins and Virginia Tech’s Christian Darrisaw as first-round prospects. The likes of Jalen Mayfield (Michigan), Liam Eichenberg (Notre Dame) and Texas’ Samuel Cosmi profile as possible second-round selections. Stanford’s Walker Little once loomed as a potential first-round prospect, but his stock has dropped due to a season-ending injury in Week 1 of the 2019 campaign and the fact that he opted out of the 2020 season.
If we see Penei slip, WFT should move up.
1. Lawrence
2. Wilson
3. QB
4. Pitts
5. Slater
6. Chase
7. Waddle
8. Smith
9. QB
10. Surtain
11. Parsons
12. DB
13. Chargers take Penei
So if they get to 11 or 12 and trade with the Giants or Eagles, they’d get him.
Problem is both those teams could use him too and being in division don’t see them doing that
Cincy goes Penei Sewell or Jamarr Chase. I doubt they go Slater over Sewell. Willie Anderson the best LT to play for the Bengals was from Oregon and he personally was sent to scout him.
Dust online it says Anderson played rt not lt
I’m saying this is the only way I see the WFT getting up to get Penei, they won’t trade up to 4 to leap the Bengals. So if the Bengals go WR or Slater, Penei could fall. Giants and an enigma and Eagles seem content to stockpile picks. And still end up taking a Corner at 19.
Your point about sending Anderson to scout Sewell still stands, but Anthony Munoz was the best LT to ever play for the Bengals, and perhaps to ever play the position, period.
If Sewell really fell out of the top 10, and I seriously doubt that happens, I’m hoping the Vikes trade up for him. Maybe with their extra third rounder.
It seems like a perfect time to see what Scherff looks like as an NFL LT to me. He played it at a very high level in college. I get that his body type and nastiness in the run game are best suited to G in the NFL, and with someone like Trent Williams on the roster, it never made sense to try it. Short of moving up to get Sewell or Slater or hoping one of them has a huge slip on draft day, it seems like something at least worth exploring in camp and the pre season, and if it isn’t working, just switch him back to G.
Per the WFT Locker Room Attendant, the team is also in need of RIGHT GUARD !!
The Redskins should not trade up for a QB this year. They aren’t ready to really compete yet, so they should wait until next years draft.
There is no need for that racist word, you are just being a jerk.
There’s nothing derogatory about the Redskins team name. Trying to entirely erase Native Americans from the public eye is the real racism.
There is 100% something racist about a racist word. Your comment makes no sense. That is like trying to say, there is nothing offensive about the word f***, it is just an offensive word.
imagine being this soft lol
WTF should be trying to add a team name and logo.
I like the Washington Football Union or Washington FU
Winner Winner!!! I mean, it’d still be Football Team’ish! Instead tho, it’d also be like .. Wash?; F U!!