Assessing Washington Redskins first-round options: OG Garrett Bradbury
By Ian Cummings
How Garrett Bradbury fits the Redskins
Bradbury would fit well in the Redskins zone scheme. He offers the mobility the Redskins generally seek from their linemen, and he has the well-rounded skill set to flourish in any kind of situation.
There is a lack of clarity, somewhat, in terms of whether Bradbury fits the Redskins mold at guard. The Redskins generally prefer guards with bigger size; in recent years, they’ve almost exclusively followed a blueprint that entails interior linemen 6-foot-4 or taller. There have been some exceptions, but the Redskins generally like length at guard.
While Bradbury has length, as evidenced by his ability to maintain separation on tape, he’s just under 6-foot-3 in terms of height. It wouldn’t be reasonable for the Redskins to take him out of consideration simply because of his height, but some teams have standards, and the Redskins, with the No. 15 pick on the line, could defer to those standards.
The Redskins also signed 6-foot-6 lineman Ereck Flowers recently, and reports suggest that they intend on trying him out at guard in 2019. Flowers doesn’t offer as much immediate utility or as much upside as Bradbury, but as a former top ten pick, he could be the apple of Bill Callahan’s eye. Depending on the team’s view of Flowers, they could bypass all interior linemen early in the 2019 NFL Draft.