Redskins 7-Round Mock Draft: Team goes offense heavy, grabs QB early

The Redskins have to add some depth at tackle. While they seem willing to give last year’s third-round pick Geron Christian a chance to win the swing tackle job in the absence of Ty Nsekhe, they still need to find developmental depth. They can wait until the later rounds of the draft to do that, as there are some intriguing candidates.

William Sweet is a player that could fit the bill for Washington in the seventh round. Sweet has a nice frame but needs work before being a contributor at the NFL level. However, his potential is very solid, so teams may take notice of his as a late-round flier.

I recently outlined Sweet as one of my Day 3 gems that the Redskins could target. Here’s what I said about Sweet in that piece.

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"Sweet has a sold 6-6, 313-pound frame and had a decent showing at the combine. He has enough length needed to find success at the NFL level and while he isn’t anything more than an average athlete, he won’t need to be more than that to find success in the NFL. He will just have to focus more on becoming a strength-based player who wins with his technique. That may be difficult for him to do, but it remains possible. That said, there’s a reason that Sweet may fall deep into the third day of the draft, and maybe to the ranks of the undrafted. Sweet’s biggest issue is his lack of movement skills. He simply doesn’t move well in space, which is a major issue, especially for a player at tackle. He did suffer an ACL injury in 2017, so perhaps the lingering effects impacted him last year. But, if Sweet ever wants to become a quality starter, he will need to show an ability to move and sharpen up his mediocre technique."

At this point late in the draft, Sweet is worth picking. He can serve as the fourth tackle on the roster or spend a year fine-tuning his technique on the practice squad. As a seventh-round pick, there is little risk in adding a player like him, and it will be interesting to see if Bill Callahan will be able to do anything with him.