Washington Football Team 7-round mock draft: Rolling with Taylor Heinicke

The Washington Football Team mock draft mania continues today.

Last time, the Washington Football Team traded up to the No. 7 pick to claim their franchise quarterback. This time, we’re not cutting any corners on our way to the exact other extreme. What if Washington trades back from No. 19, acquires more picks, and instead builds a team around what they already have at quarterback?

For this method, we’ll need to make a few assumptions for maximum enjoyability. Let’s first assume that the Washington Football Team signs a quarterback just good enough to permit them passing on an early quarterback in 2021. Not a starter by any means, but someone to help facilitate a battle with Taylor Heinicke and Kyle Allen. Someone like Mitchell Trubisky, Jacoby Brissett, or Andy Dalton.

Coming into the draft with a deep but unsettled quarterback group would give Washington some flexibility. More importantly, it would give them the option to keep building their young core and wait until 2022 to add their franchise quarterback, if none of the veteran options prove themselves to be the answer.

That’s the main assumption to make here, but you can go crazy with it after that. Maybe Taylor Heinicke wins the quarterback battle and becomes Washington’s long-term starter, falling on the right side of the Matt Flynn-Kurt Warner spectrum. Maybe Kyle Allen follows his name relative Josh Allen to the modern annals of greatness. Maybe they sign Joe Flacco and he finally becomes elite (just kidding, we gotta draw the line somewhere).

There are countless potential outcomes for the Washington Football Team’s quarterback situation in 2021, so don’t feel restricted. It’s your imagination, after all. And with these selections, that imagination should be enabled to blossom freely. If Washington theoretically ends up rolling with Heinicke in an ensuing battle, how can they make the team better around him?