Assessing Washington Redskins first-round options: OG Garrett Bradbury

Should the Redskins pick Garrett Bradbury?

This is a question with a fairly subjective answer. It all depends on how one values an offensive line’s purpose for a team, and how one values the depth of the 2019 interior offensive lineman class.

The offensive line is one of the most important units on a team, and that is proven time and time again by the league’s playoff contenders. It’s also proven that lines can be built in different ways. The Colts have three former first-round picks starting on their offensive line, and last year, they had arguably one of the best, most consistent blocking units in the NFL. The Patriots, meanwhile, flourished last season with a fifth-rounder, a third-rounder, a fourth-rounder, a seventh-rounder, and a former undrafted free agent.

It helps to have a good offensive line coach, but the moral of the story is this. There are multiple “right ways” to build an offensive line. Some ways may be quicker, and less risky. And this is the problem the Redskins need to solve, in regards to their consideration of offensive linemen. Do they want to bank on the depth of the 2019 class, and pair Callahan with a project to groom? Or do they want to stop putting the issue at left guard on the back burner, and draft a first-round guard who can start and grow from day one?

There are many questions yet to answer, and depending on who the Redskins pick on draft day, those questions may never be addressed. But one thing, in the midst of all the speculation, is certain: Garrett Bradbury is worth the pick.