Washington Redskins stay quiet in 2019 NFL Supplemental Draft
The Washington Redskins were quiet during the 2019 NFL Supplemental Draft and didn’t make any selections.
A year after spending a sixth-round pick in the 2018 NFL Supplemental Draft on cornerback Adonis Alexander, the Washington Redskins stayed quiet in the 2019 supplemental draft.
The biggest prize of this year’s five-player group was safety Jalen Thompson. The Washington State safety, thought to be a potential Day 2 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft but more likely a Day 3 pick, was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with a Round 5 pick.
While the Redskins could use some depth at safety, they elected not to select him and will roll with Deshazor Everett, Troy Apke, JoJo McIntosh, and Jeremy Reaves as their depth behind Montae Nicholson and Landon Collins in the upcoming season. In all likelihood, the team will keep four players at the position during the season.
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The other player that the ‘Skins could have considered was West Virginia receiver Marcus Simms. However, the team already has a good number of potential-based receivers on the roster, so passing on him definitely made sense. He ended up going undrafted.
The Redskins will likely roll with the six-man crew of Josh Doctson, Paul Richardson, Trey Quinn, Terry McLaurin, Kelvin Harmon, and Cam Sims as their unit in 2019. They do have some other players who could fight for spots including Brian Quick and Robert Davis, but the six players mentioned previously seem to have the upper hand at the moment. In a unit that has depth but not top-end talent, it didn’t make sense to add a guy like Simms to the roster via the draft, but perhaps they could bring him aboard as an undrafted free agent and groom him for a practice squad spot.
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Either way, the Redskins decided not to use any of their 2020 picks to add talent in this year’s supplemental draft. While they may have benefitted from adding a guy like Thompson, it was sensible for them to avoid the risk and keep their 2020 assets in place, especially given that the team is currently lacking a second-round pick in next year’s draft.