Washington football training camp profiles: Offensive line
By Ian Cummings
Wes Schweitzer
Experience: 5th season
Draft Status: 2016 sixth-round pick, 195th overall
2019 Stats: 15 games, seven starts
2020 Outlook: Wes Schweitzer was a good signing for the Washington football team on paper, but it’s important to note what the Washington football team needed in the 2020 offseason. Unlike playoff contenders, they weren’t necessarily shelling out money for the top options on the market, because that wouldn’t necessarily fit their contention window, or their developmental plan.
Instead, Washington chose to pick a player who could help generate a competition at left guard with other candidates like Wes Martin. Schweitzer serves that purpose well; he won’t run away with the starting job, but he has the experience and skill set that will force Martin to work for the job.
Expected Role: Schweitzer will compete for the starting left guard job, a position he held for two and a half seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. There’s a reason Schweitzer lost that job: He was a replacement-level player. But he’ll provide depth nonetheless, and a change of scenery could bode well for him.
Status: Schweitzer should be a roster lock. Even if he doesn’t win the starting job over Wes Martin, which seems unlikely given the presence of a truncated preseason, he’d be a valuable backup, in the sense that he’d be able to come in and be a quality spot-starter.