Washington Redskins Training Camp Profile: C Chase Roullier

What Redskins C Chase Roullier needs to show at camp

Chase Roullier is the Redskins starting center. For now, he isn’t fighting for a job. Behind him, Tony Bergstrom, Casey Dunn, and Demetrius Rhaney are the team’s best centers. As much as I like Bergstrom, from a depth standpoint, I’m only comfortable with Roullier starting, out of that group, and the Redskins likely feel the same way. As long as he comes in and works, nothing regarding his status should change.

Roullier showed quick growth last year, and if that trend continues, Bill Callahan should be able to mold Roullier into a formidable day one starter. Roullier’s in-game experience will bode well for him, as will the confidence and resources from the coaching staff.

That said, Roullier, until further notice, is relatively unproven. While he showed promise in his first season, a season that he shouldn’t have been the starter for, had Spencer Long stayed healthy, Roullier also showed room for improvement. Veteran defensive tackles knew how to beat him, and at times, he was out-muscled, or out-moved on the line of scrimmage.

With another year learning from Callahan, and with one-hundred percent of the first-team snaps coming his way, Roullier, in a perfect world, should be able to continue on his ascending developmental path. That’s what he needs to show in training camp. That things are going as planned, and that he doesn’t plan on relinquishing his starting job anytime soon.