Draft Thoughts - The Post-Haynesworth Edition

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Ive been thinking about this subject a lot, and doing some research and ive come to the conclusion that Michael Oher is the only OT we should even consider taking in the first round of the draft. The idea that Andre Smith could fall to us was appealing at first, but i seem to read more and more that teams are doubting his ability to play left tackle. Oher definitely would need some grooming and he Bugel would need to leave a continuous fire under his @ss to keep him perfroming at a high level, but he is the only tackle who will possibly be available when we pick that has the potential to play left tackle.

Under no circumstances, should we use our first round pick on a tackle who can't play on the right side. Oher is much more comfortable on the left side, and drafting him would allow us to move Samuels to the right side this year. An offensive line of Oher, Dockery, Rabach, Thomas, and Samuels would be pretty darn good. However, if we can't get Oher, our first priority should be trading down.

According to the latest Redskins Insider, alot of people in redskins park think Heyer can be an "above average right tackle" in this league. that really surprised me, but if its true, we may be alright in 2009 if we start Heyer. When i started thinking about it, Heyer never really got a chance to start much at RT this year. After winning the starting job in the pre-season, heyer got hurt and Jansen reclaimed his spot and never gave it up. When Samuels went down late in the season, Heyer was starting again, but at left tackle, not right. Heyer made huge strides between his rookie and sophomore seasons. If he makes similar strides this offseason, i would be comfortable with him starting RT for us in 2009 if we were unable to land Oher.