Redskins Chase Roullier growing into a key piece on the offensive line

Heading into 2019, the Redskins have no shortage of issues with their roster.

Some are pressing. Some are minor. But added altogether, they number into the dozens, and a good amount of work must go into fixing the Washington Redskins roster before the start of the 2018. Few groups, perhaps, need more work than the offensive line.

It’s not as if the Redskins offensive line is a complete disaster; it isn’t. But there is uncertainty at almost every position. Trent Williams, still a Pro Bowl-caliber player, is only getting older, and the team’s only semblance of depth, Ty Nsekhe, is older still. A looming void remains at left guard, and at right guard, Brandon Scherff will be tasked with returning from a torn pectoral; far from an easy task, even for one of the league’s top interior linemen.

Add on Morgan Moses’ regression, and the lack of interior depth, to the list of concerns on the Redskins offensive line, and one could make a reasonable case to prioritize the front five in free agency and the draft. The unit’s status is very much up in the air, from left to right.

But not in the center.

There is one stable constant on the Redskins offensive line, and while he goes unnoticed, he provides a greater impact with every passing season. From the moment he was drafted, Wyoming product Chase Roullier was deemed a possible sixth-round steal by the Redskins. He’d end up taking the starting job during his rookie season in 2017, when Spencer Long went down with an injury.

Now, it’s 2019. Roullier is still the starter. He’s the only Redskins offensive lineman to have played every single snap in 2018, and he only allowed one half sack, while being called for just two penalties. He was a solid starter, and at just 25 years old, he’s only getting started.

Roullier isn’t a Pro Bowl offensive lineman (yet), but for the Redskins, who had almost a dozen different blockers start along the line at different points in 2018, they’ll take Roullier for what he is: A guy who gets the job done. Set to cost just $682,000 in 2018, per NBC Mid-Atlantic’s J.P. Finlay, Roullier is a bargain in every sense of the word.

Playing every snap in 2018, Roullier separated himself as a starter in the NFL. He’s proven he has what it takes, and while the offensive line might shift around him, Roullier will only continue to thrive as one of the key pieces of the Redskins most important offensive unit.