Washington Football Team pre-2021 NFL Draft Reality Checks

What happens at No. 31 or No. 32?

If Jamin Davis is still there, the Washington Football Team should take him. Because I think the value would just be too good to pass up at that point. But otherwise…

This won’t be popular among most Washington Football Team fans, but Ron Rivera, Marty Hurney, and Martin Mayhew should then double-down on their strategy and let a quarterback-hungry team trade up into the first round from a top-seven position in the second round in exchange for their second-round pick next year and their third-round pick this year. That fifth-year option for a quarterback is valuable, and Washington should take advantage of a team like the Lions, Panthers, or Falcons.

This would leave Washington with two second-round picks, three third-round picks, and two fourth-round picks in this draft, as well as and two extra second-round picks next season, when they’ll likely need to move up and draft their quarterback of the future.

With their first seven picks (all in Rounds 2-4) this season, the Washington Football Team should be able to draft long-term starters at FS and LB, as well as at least one additional future starter such as a slot corner or TE, even if they only hit on an average percentage of their picks.

So far, Rivera and company have shown remarkable poise and patience in the roster-building process, and an approach like this would absolutely set them up for the best odds of a successful draft next week. Will they be able to show that much patience? We’ll see.