A look at the Washington Football Team’s potential first-round draft picks

Other Quarterbacks: Trey Lance (North Dakota State) and Kyle Trask (Florida)

Because the Washington Football Team is in need of a quarterback, a lot of mocks have them choosing one in the first round. If it is not Mac Jones, it is one of these two.

Of them, I am not going to say much about Lance. First and foremost, he will not be available when Washington picks, so unless they trade up, it’s pointless to discuss him. I say that knowing full well that some egregious anti-puppy post could be uncovered from Trey when he was 14 years old, which could cause his stock to plummet.

But I’d be willing to bet that nothing short of his arm literally falling off will prevent some team from taking a flyer on this extraordinarily gifted athlete before Washington’s pick comes up. Whether Washington should consider trading up to be in position to draft him – that too is a question for another article.

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Trask is the Rodney Dangerfield of this year’s draft. After a spectacular year which saw him qualify as a Heisman finalist, Trask has been steadily falling down mock draft boards. Trask has essentially started two full seasons for an elite SEC program and has put up excellent numbers. He has exceptional size and is a very accurate passer.

The knocks on him are that he is not especially athletic and though he is accurate, his arm strength does not match that of other top-tier quarterbacks. Then there is the question of the talent he plays with. How much of his success is attributable to his ability versus how much is a function of his elite teammates (like Kadarius Toney and tight end Kyle Pitts.)

This is the exact same argument that I made when arguing against choosing Mac Jones in Round 1. So I will make it here as well. I think both Trask and Jones would be reasonable choices – in Round 2. Should either of them fall that far, I think Washington would have to consider them. But since that is highly unlikely, I don’t think we have to spend much time on it.