The Washington Redskins aren’t taking it easy on first-round rookie Montez Sweat.
As seen in the tweet above from Pro Football Focus’ Nick Akridge, the Redskins dropped Sweat into coverage 12 times during the loss to the Eagles — to predictable results.
One wouldn’t expect defensive coordinator Greg Manusky to take it easy on Sweat at this point, not with the season lost and things fully in evaluation mode.
But the verdict here isn’t too hard to see — Sweat needs to be getting after passers. In time, maybe he develops into a versatile all-around player who can drop into coverage seamlessly.
There’s a broader problem here if the Redskins keep banging their head against the wall and hoping for this to change soon after spending so much in the way of assets to trade up and get Sweat in the first place.
For now, testing it out makes sense.
