Redskins 2016 Draft Results

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Redskins Trade Down; Land Talented Prospects Part 1 of 2
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By Rich Tandler | May 2nd, 2016

The 2016 NFL Draft on Thursday started off with a bang, as the Rams and Cleveland traded up to the 1st and 2nd spot respectively.​

The Redskins started going the opposite direction, trading down from the 21st overall pick to the 22nd overall pick. Redskins then traded their 4th round pick for a 5th round pick and an additional pick next year in the 5th. Redskins continued to make trades, trading one of their 5th round picks for a 4th round pick in next year's draft.

In the first round, with the 22nd overall pick, the Redskins surprised many by taking the 6'2" 202 lb WR out of TCU instead of going defense first. He finished his career at TCU with 209 receptions for 3,119 yards and 32 receiving TDs.

Doctson doesn't have 4.4 speed (ran a 4.5 40 at the combine), but his ability to catch almost anything that comes near him, no matter how difficult the catch, makes up for that as well as his lack of field awareness and raw route running. While he certain has room for improvement, the Redskins' General Manager Scot McCloughan had this to say about the Doctson pick:

Now you guys understand what I preach about: I’m sure none of you thought we’d pick a receiver, because we’ve got depth. But that was the best football player on the board. He's very, very talented but also the [quality] person. It was a slam dunk [pick].

Watch below to hear what the experts at NFL.com had to say about the talented young WR.

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In the second round, with the 53rd overall pick, the Redskins selected the 6'1" 226 lb MLB out of USC. He's a solid LB that will have the duty of filling in at the MLB spot. He finished his 3 year career at USC with 207 tackles, 34.5 tackles for a loss, 10.5 sacks, 9 interceptions, and 4 forced fumbles.

Cravens has talented speed for a MLB and possesses enough strength to hold his own against the run. Cravens possesses one of the best abilities to shed blocks and pursue the play on the team. While his ability to diagnose the play is raw, he is fully expected to be the starter at the Will position opposite of Perry Riley Jr. Scot McCloughan had this to say about the Cravens pick:

I mean, the guy is a really good football player. And, again, I go back to it all the time -- ‘football player’ -- but he’s smart. Day 1 he walked in the building [at USC], he started there; played in a lot of big games and made a lot of big plays.

Watch below to hear what the experts at NFL.com had to say about the pick.

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In the third round, with the 84th overall pick, the Redskins selected the 5'11" 187 lb CB out of Virginia Tech. He finished his 3 year career at Virginia Tech with 119 tackles, 7 tackles for a loss, 3.5 sacks, 8 interceptions, and 2 forced fumbles.

Fuller has the type of talent that would have had him projected at a late 1st or high 2nd round pick, but he ended his junior year with Virginia Tech early with a knee injury that limited him to just 3 games last year. The injury made many drop him down their board, meaning he fell directly into the Redskins' lap. Fuller is one of the fastest guys on the team and definitely one of the fastest corners on the team. A talented leaper with solid tackling abilities, Fuller will most likely see time in Dime situations. Fuller is strong and very good at pressing his opposition, but he will need to work on his raw play recognition abilities, something that practice and film room work can allow him to make significant strides. Scot McCloughan had this to say about the Fuller pick:

It doesn’t really change. The thing that’s cool about it is that it gives us another good football player on the field. You can never have enough corners, ever. As you’re well aware, I want to build through the draft, and I want to build with young guys. So no, it doesn’t hold us back, because you can never have enough. There’s injuries that happen, and there’s trades that happen. Stuff like that happens. You can’t just say, ‘OK, we’re great there. Let’s just forget about it.’ No, I’ve been in situations like that. All of a sudden a guy gets hurt or two guys get hurt, and you’re like, ‘Son of a gun, we had that really good player that we passed on because of a need.’ We’re going to take a football player. A corner? We’d love to.

Watch below to hear what the experts at NFL.com had to say about the pick.​

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And that wraps up part 1 of our 2 part series breaking down the 2015 NFL draft for the Washington Redskins. Come back tomorrow for part 2!

 

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Redskins Trade Down; Land Talented Prospects Part 2 of 2​

By Rich Tandler | May 3rd, 2016

Welcome back for part 2 of our 2016 NFL Draft breakdown for the Washington Redskins. Let's get right back to it!​

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In the fifth round, with the 152nd overall pick, the Redskins selected the 6'3" 299 lb DT out of Temple. He finished his 3 year career at Temple with 112 tackles, 30 tackles for a loss, 10 sacks, and a forced fumble.

Ioannidis is your blue collar, hard working DT that will work his butt off to stay on the squad. Ioannidis has the raw abilities to be the starter on the squad at the NT position with enough speed to easily play all three line positions in the base 3-4 defense. Though Ioannidis lacks the play knowledge of the veteran players on the squad, he could quickly become one of the late round gems of this draft. Scot McCloughan had this to say about the Ioannidis pick:

In base, we’re looking at him more at nose, but he can still play the three [technique]. But in sub, which we’re in a lot more than base, he can move around the line. The thing about him too, again, he’s not the prettiest, he’s not the best athlete, but he’s a football player. You know what, he’s a tough son of a gun that I respect a lot.

Watch below to hear what the experts at NFL.com had to say about the pick.

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In the sixth round, with the 187th overall pick, the Redskins selected the 6'6" 234 lb QB out of Indiana. He finished his 4 year career at Indiana completing 60.3% of his passes for an impressive 7,879 yards, 61 touchdowns to only 20 interceptions, and running in another 8 touchdowns.

Sudfeld had a breakout year in 2015, leading the Big Ten in passing touchdowns [21], total touchdowns [32], passing efficiency [151.0], and total yards [3,634]. Sudfeld has the throwing power to make any NFL throw and at 6'6" has the prototypical body to make it happen. While not fast or agile, he does possess the skills necessary to run a pro style offense with roll out passes and play action movement even if he does lack the ability to convincingly pull of such plays while running them. With the proper amount of film study and patience, Sudfeld could progress up the depth chart, where he currently will likely sit at the third QB position or possibly on the practice squad. Scot McCloughan had this to say about the Sudfeld pick:

There’s never too many quarterbacks. Not saying first round, fifth round, seventh round, a college free agent … Who knows? The thing that we’re going to do is identify, have a value for that position and that player, and that’s when we’re going to take him.

Watch below to hear what the experts at NFL.com had to say about the pick.

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In the seventh round, with the 232nd overall pick, the Redskins selected the 5'11" 243 lb MLB out of Boston College. He finished his 4 year career at Boston College with 266 tackles, 29 tackles for a loss, 10.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, and a forced fumble.

Daniels is incredible raw, as most would expect sixth and seventh round picks to be. He's not fast or agile, but is very strong with good leaping ability and fundamentally a good tackler. He brings incredible ability to wade through defenders to get to the ball, better than his higher rated counterparts. Lacking in play awareness, he will need a great deal of film study to have a chance of making it on the final 53 and will likely only see the practice squad if anything at all. Scot McCloughan had this to say about the Daniels pick:

Whoever he hits goes backwards. That’s just a physical strength that you can’t develop it. You either have it or you don’t have it. He’ll knock his own players out if he has to trying to get to the ball.

Watch below to hear what the experts at NFL.com had to say about the pick.

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And last but certainly not least, in the seventh round, with their second pick in the round at the 242nd overall pick, the Redskins selected the 5'11" 219 lb RB out of Georgia. He finished his 4 year career with 1,379 yards on 253 attempts [5.5 yards per career average], with 12 rushing touchdowns.
Marshall ran the fastest 40 at the 2016 combine [4.31] but he's coming off of numerous injuries that he suffered during his tenure at Georgia. Marshall has exceptional speed, agility, and quickness, making him the fastest player on the team. But he certainly doesn't only have speed available to him, as he has the ability to run you over as well with his stocky frame though he lacks the technique to make use of it. Marshall has a secure hold on the ball when running with it, only fumbling the ball once in his 253 carries. Marshall makes good use of his quickness and speed, giving him the ability to wiggle his way through traffic and around defenders. Marshall has solid hands out of the backfield, making him a possible 3rd down back with decent route running skills. Unfortunately where he really lacks is his blocking skills, making him being left in as a blocker on 3rd down passes not likely to happen. Marshall lacks the vision required to be an every down back for the team, but his speed and quickness will always be a welcomed change up. Scot McCloughn had this to say about the Marshall pick:

[He was] highly, highly recruited coming out. He fell behind [Todd] Gurley and [Nick] Chubb at Georgia, two really good football players. But he can run like the wind and he has got size. He has pretty good ball skills and had some success early in his career there before the other two took over, but it’s not like it was a shot in the dark because of the height/weight/speed. He has some tape, and the thing about it is I think he has a chance to be a pretty good special teams player.

Watch below what the experts at NFL.com had to say about the pick.

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And with that, we wrap up our breakdown of the 2016 NFL draft for the Redskins. We're all excited to see the impact these young men make on the football field this coming season!

 

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Great job