Redskins roster bubble stock report: Darvin Kidsy dares team to drop him

Stock Falling – Redskins OL Timon Parris and Ereck Flowers

It was not a good day for the Redskins offensive line. In reality, the stock of just about every backup went down at least a bit, but some players in that group, like Geron Christian and Tony Bergstrom, aren’t likely to lose their spots.

Two players who are very expendable, however, are offensive tackle Timon Parris and offensive guard Ereck Flowers. Both players severely underwhelmed against the Browns, drawing penalties and consistent pressure from the defensive line. Parris, often lauded as an intriguing developmental tackle, was turned around far too often on the right side, and Flowers’ lack of physicality and bend again proved to be his downfall on the interior, just as it was at tackle.

Putting Flowers on the roster bubble is a judgement call by me; he was bad enough in training camp for beat reporters to consistently single him out, likening him to falling Jenga towers, and he was bad in early preseason action. The Redskins did spend $3.25 million on him, with $1.5 million slated as dead cap, but it’s quickly becoming apparent that the “first-round pick upside” might be more of a hopeful catchphrase than a physical quality present. I don’t like to throw around the words “good” and “bad” without context, but he might just be, well, bad.

Nonetheless, Flowers has that buffer, in the sense that the Redskins may want to wait longer to get more out of that investment. Parris doesn’t have that, which is why he’ll need to step it up next week. Parris showed some promise in training camp, and given the team’s lack of depth at tackle, his fate isn’t sealed yet. But he needs to show tangible development, or else the team will invest its time elsewhere.