Offseason Moves & Mock Draft
April 28, 2021
By Noonefromtampa
In this post, I’ll look at the Washington Football Team’s free agency moves versus the suggestions I made and my mock selections for the upcoming draft.
Free Agency Summary
The table below shows the player (with annual dollars) I picked as faux GM, the actual team they signed with actual dollars per year and lastly the players that the Washington Football Team front office signed during free agency and their annual average contract amount.
Let’s review the moves that I recommended:
| Position | Noone’s Player | Noone’s $ | Actual Team | Actual $ |
| G | Brandon Scherff | $14M | WFT | $18M |
| CB | Ronald Darby | $8M | Broncos | $10M |
| LB | Kevin Pierre-Louis | $3M | Texans | $3.5M |
| TE | Dan Arnold | $1.5M | Panthers | $3M |
| WR | Keelan Cole | $4M | Jets | $5.5M |
| FS | Tre Boston | $6M | none | |
| $36.5M | $40M |
The moves made by the WFT front office:
| Position | WFT Player | WFT $ |
| G | Brandon Scherff | $18M |
| CB | William Jackson III | $13.5M |
| LB | David Mayo | $5.5M |
| TE | Sammie Reyes | $660K |
| WR | Curtis Samuel | $11.5M |
| QB | Ryan Fitzpatrick | $10.4M |
| $59.6M |
While I recommended re-signing three of their own free agents, Washington was only able to retain Scherff on his franchise tag. Jackson and Samuel represent significant upgrades (with associated greater costs) over Darby and Cole. The major difference was the signing of Ryan Fitzpatrick to a one-year deal to man the quarterback position.
Draft Predictions
Note: This mock was prepared before the trade between WFT and the Miami Dolphins of April 27th.
This draft was conducted using the Pro Football Network mock draft simulator.
Round 1
Pick 19: Trade with the Saints for picks 28, 98 (3rd round), 255 (7th round)
Pick 28: Zaven Collins, LB, Tulsa
Round 2
Pick 51: Kadarius Toney, WR, Florida
Round 3
Pick 74: Spencer Brown, OT, Northern Iowa
Pick 82: Kellen Mond, QB, Texas A&M
Pick 98: Trade with the Ravens for picks 104 (3rd round) and pick 171 (5th round)
Pick 104: Ben Cleveland, OG, Georgia
Round 4
Pick 124: Andre Cisco, S, Syracuse
Round 5
Pick 163: Charles Snowden, LB, Virginia
Pick 171: Shakur Brown, CB, Michigan State
Round 7
Pick 244: Malik Herring, EDGE, Georgia
Pick 246: Rakeem Boyd, RB, Arkansas
Pick 255: Deommodore Lenoir, CB, Oregon
Synopsis
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah and Christian Darrisaw were off the board before pick 19, so I elected to trade back and take Trevon Moehrig, Jamin Davis or Zaven Collins. Collins was the only of those three players left at pick 28. I was able to use the trade back to generate extra picks in the 3rd, 5th and 7th rounds.
Overall, in the draft I was able to address linebacker, wide receiver, offensive line, quarterback and safety positions, while getting some possible depth players in later rounds.
Feel free to voice your praise or condemnations in the comments. I fully expect to have gotten zero picks correct in my mock which will only be one less than I did in free agency.
Sources: Spotrac.com, profootballnetwork