Washington Football Team: Initial reaction to depth chart

As the squad approaches its first preseason game, the Washington Football Team has released its first depth chart.

This rendition of the Football Team depth chart is notably “unofficial,” which should translate to “subject to change.” These next few weeks will allow the coaching staff to really iron out the finite details of the roster.

With that said, however, we are here to bring some preliminary thoughts on the initial depth chart of the Football Team? Is this depth chart largely meaningless? Yes. Does that make these thoughts on this depth rather trivial? You bet.

But this is like most NFL happenings — meaningless until the play on the field occurs.

So before we dive in, it is important to reiterate that this rendition of the depth chart is flexible. It is unlikely the final rendition will look completely the same as this one.

With those thoughts made clear, let’s dive into some thoughts on the first unofficial depth chart of the Washington Football Team.

Initial thoughts on Washington Football Team’s depth chart

The first, noticeable takeaway is that Sam Cosmi opens as the first-string right tackle. While that is not overly surprising, given that Cosmi has gotten almost all of the first-team reps, it is encouraging to see that the coaching staff has initial confidence in Cosmi.

It became clear the coaching staff had confidence in Cosmi following the release of Morgan Moses, but this helps reinforce that confidence.

Sticking to the offensive line, Wes Schweitzer is the starting left guard over Ereck Flowers. Again, not overly surprising. Schweitzer has received the bulk of the first-team reps, with Flowers getting sprinkled in with the ones. It seems though that Schweitzer is winning that battle so far.

Temarrick Hemingway being the second tight end on the depth chart speaks to how impressive he has been in training camp. He has shown potential as a capable move option, as well as an inline blocker. It is safe to bet he makes the roster over Ricky Seals-Jones.

The wide receiver depth chart is not too surprising. An interesting development will be to see which of Cam Sims and Dyami Brown takes Samuel’s place with the ones in the preseason.

Moving to the defense, there are not many surprises on that front. Having Jamin Davis as the Mike linebacker speaks to the confidence the staff has in Davis already. Pencil in Bostic, Davis, and Holcomb as the starting linebackers in the base defense, barring injury, of course.

Having Kam Curl listed as the starting free safety indicates that he is going to be a significant part of the defense in 2021 still. Washington relies mostly on split-safety concepts.

Couple that with the addition of Bobby McCain, who has experience as a single-high safety, this will minimize Collins and Curl’s weakness as a single-high free safety. So do not put too much stock into the strong safety versus free safety designation.

The initial depth chart also points to the coaching staff’s confidence in Benjamin St-Juste. He may not be a day-one starter but St-Juste already being on the second team displays how strong of a camp the third-round corner has had.

The main takeaways from the first depth chart are that many rookies will most likely have a key role with the Football Team in 2021, as well that veterans like Hemingway and Schweitzer are impressing early.

However, as live-action has not even occurred yet, nothing is set in stone yet for Washington. Even if a player like Jaret Patterson, for example, is buried on the roster, it does not mean the preseason can’t help him jump up a few spots.

Have any additional thoughts on this initial depth chart for the Washington Football Team? Disagree with any of my thoughts? Leave them in the comments below!