If you are good at reading between the lines, then you might have come away with one key takeaway from Chase Young’s media session on Thursday — the OSU pass-rusher wants to play for the Redskins.
He didn’t out-right say it, but he said enough.
When asked on Thursday morning about his potential draft position, and if he had thought at all about where he would like to play in the NFL, Young went with the chalk answer, saying that he will play wherever he is asked to play. He also mentioned that the Redskins potential meeting with Tua Tagovailoa and Joe Burrow doesn’t worry him. He knows that the Redskins want him, and he seemingly wants them, a familiar team from his childhood growing up in the D.C. area.
Young added that his favorite players to wear the burgundy and gold were Sean Taylor and Clinton Portis, which feels fitting. He also mentioned that he has been in constant contact with Redskins QB Dwayne Haskins, who was his college teammate at Ohio State.
“Me and Dwayne, we talk all the time,” Young said, via NBC Sports Washington. “I’ve known Dwayne since high school. He definitely loves the organization and obviously, he wants me to come play with him. I just think we’ll see how this whole thing turns out.”
Even if this were a recruiting trip, and Young got to choose which NFL team he wished to play for, you might get a feeling that he would consider the Redskins. When you factor in that Washington can have him if they want him, and they seemingly want him, this should cool a lot of doubts for Washington fans.
