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Redskins: Best trade back targets in Round 1 and Round 2

By Ian Cummings

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 28: Isaiah Simmons #11 of the Clemson Tigers is congratulated by his teammates after an interception against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the second half during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium on December 28, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 28: Isaiah Simmons #11 of the Clemson Tigers is congratulated by his teammates after an interception against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the second half during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium on December 28, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) /
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JACKSONVILLE, FL – DECEMBER 16: A Washington Redskins helmet is seen before the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field on December 16, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FL – DECEMBER 16: A Washington Redskins helmet is seen before the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field on December 16, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

If the Redskins stay put at No. 2 overall, their decision involves just one or two names. But if they trade back, the complexity of their first-round experience is compounded.

Chase Young is the best prospect in the 2020 NFL Draft, in terms of composite talent and impact per play, and given the Washington Redskins ambiguous needs situation, he’d be a solid, safe pick with proportional upside.

But the Redskins are in a unique situation, in that they have the No. 2 pick, as well as a potential franchise quarterback in place. There’s nothing except Chase Young tying them to that No. 2 pick, and if an opposing team were to present them with an offer tantalizing enough, they could move back, acquire more picks, and sacrifice Young for extra capital.

Given that the details of the trade compensation are purely speculative at this point, we won’t write about that. Instead, we’ll write about the kinds of prospects the Redskins might put themselves in a position to take in Round 1 and Round 2, if they were to trade back.

The word “if” is about to become your least favorite word.

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