Biggest remaining needs for each NFC East team

Washington Redskins – Offensive line depth

This has been kind of a weird offseason for Washington. First, they traded a third-round pick and a promising young cornerback in Kendall Fuller to the Chiefs for quarterback Alex Smith. This signaled that they were done with the Kirk Cousins saga, as he became a very rich man soon after.

I don’t think this team got better at the position and thinking that they had to give up quite a bit for an older signal-caller, dealing with a team in Kansas City that already had their future guy sitting behind him, was pretty confusing to me. In the draft, they surprised me once again when they decided to select Alabama defensive lineman Da’Ron Payne ahead of guys like Tremaine Edmunds, Derwin James and Jaire Alexander.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the big fella a lot, but I thought all of those three were better positional prospects. However, with Orlando Scandrick coming over from Dallas, Fabian Moreau, who I would have had as a top 50 prospect last year if he was healthy, and D.J. Swearinger leading the secondary, I think they are okay with what they have.

They could have used an upgrade at MIKE, but let’s go back to the offense. Terrell Pryor was ineffective for Washington before going on IR, so they replaced him with Paul Richardson and Josh Doctson should emerge as one of the bright young talents at the position. More importantly, second-round steal Derrius Guice gives them a workhorse at RB.

The Redskins had about 900 different offensive line combinations last season and all they added this offseason was one offensive tackle in the draft. The starting five is looking strong, but they should be cautious. I like Geron Christian, who they selected out of Louisville in the third round, but he is more of a developmental prospect and if they have similar bad luck up front this season, they are doomed.