Washington Football Team: Self-grading 2020 offseason evaluations
By Jonathan Eig
Draft Picks
My debut piece on this site was all about why the Washington Football Team should pick Chase Young at No. 2. Injury may have slowed him a bit, but otherwise, he has done nothing to make me think this was the wrong assessment.
On the other hand, I did not have high hopes for Antonio Gibson. I actually thought he’d be playing wide receiver for this team if he played at all. Of course, that was back when guys named Guice and Peterson were still in the backfield mix. Remember them? I don’t either. Anyway, Gibson is better than I thought he’d be.
I doubted very much that a 21-year old fourth round pick could step in on Day 1 and start at left tackle. Saahdiq Charles may or may not turn out to be a good player, but higher hopes for him at the start would have been misplaced.
On the other hand, I did not see Kamren Curl making this team. I have a feeling that come 2021, Curl will be only safety remaining from this year’s roster.
Small college receivers who run 4.6 are generally not saviors. I did not think Antonio Gandy-Golden would be. The fact that he was unable to step up after Kelvin Harmon, Cody Latimer, and Emanuel Hall all fell by the wayside is a little worse an outcome than I predicted, but this is about where I saw him.