Regardless of what the Washington Redskins choose to do on the night of April 23rd, it’s a foregone conclusion that Chase Young won’t be waiting very long to hear his name called.
While NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said on Wednesday morning that the Redskins have reportedly opened up the possibility of taking a quarterback with the No. 2 pick, be it Tua Tagovailoa or Justin Herbert, it’s hard to imagine that Young will fall past the No. 3 pick in the draft, where the Detroit Lions would take him and run.
Rapoport’s suggestion that the Redskins are open to a QB at No. 2 is a bit confounding, as they’ve led all signs to point elsewhere. With the belief that Dwayne Haskins will be ready to step up this fall, plus the addition of backup QB Kyle Allen to the mix, there is little room for a third competent passer in Washington. You have to assume that, if the Redskins did draft Tua, they’d likely be forced to trade away either Haskins or Allen ahead of the 2020 season, which seems highly unlikely, considering the picks that they gave up to get both players.
Regardless of what Rapoport was really saying about the Redskins intentions at No. 2, his point was this: Chase Young is not falling past No. 3. If you had plans of Washington trading down to No. 4 or 5 and still snagging him, you can stop dreaming. If they want Young, they’ll have to grab him at No. 2, and that’s exactly what I think they do.
