Top 10 offensive tackles Washington Football Team could add in 2021 NFL Draft
2021 NFL Draft: Offensive tackles the Washington Football Team could pick.
The 2021 NFL Draft is just days away. The biggest remaining event of the NFL offseason will be one of the most exciting ones, as a strong draft class is set to enter the league.
The Washington Football Team is still building their team into a potential contender and has plenty of holes to fill. Luckily for them, the 2021 draft class is pretty well-stocked at their biggest positions of need on offense.
Quarterback, wide receiver, and tight end all have some quality options for the team to target. But the offensive tackle position might be the deepest of all.
As many as seven or eight offensive tackles could go in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. That’s not an exaggeration. With the increased importance of offensive line play across the league — just look at what happened to the Chiefs without their top tackles in the Super Bowl — NFL teams will want to get in on this strong tackle class early and often.
That could include the Washington Football Team. They certainly could use a long-term answer at left tackle even despite Cornelius Lucas’ solid play at the position last year. He’s entering his 30s and is set to be a free agent after the season. Morgan Moses is in the same boat, so don’t be surprised to see the team invest an early pick, perhaps their Round 1 selection, at the position.
That said, no matter where the WFT selects a tackle, they will have a chance to land a solid one that could blossom into a starter. So, we figured we’d take a look at the 10 best tackles in this class that the team could realistically land and see which ones might be the best fit in our nation’s capital.
For the purposes of this exercise, we’re not including players that are highly likely to be gone by the time that Washington picks. Sure, players do often suffer unexpected falls, and Washington could trade up, but it’s better now to focus on realistic targets.
For now, that’s limited to two tackles, so we’ll start off by taking an abbreviated look at those prospects.