If you were to ask 100 people what the Washington Redskins are going to do with the No. 2 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, it’s safe to guess that 99 of them will tell you that Ohio State defensive end Chase Young is going to be the next member of the Redskins.
That one other person, however, is defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, and they only reason his answer wasn’t Young is that it’s too early to say just yet.
Del Rio talked to the Washington media for the first time on Wednesday via a conference call, and when asked about the prospect of the team drafting the generational talent to be added to his defense, he replied that it’s way too early to be talking about that just yet, as the scouting process for the draft is still fresh.
“Honestly, I am not going to be providing my evaluation for the world anyway,” Del Rio said, via The Athletic. “We will work at it. We will start with evaluating our roster first and learn our guys first. Then, we will prep for potential free agents and turn our attention to the draft. We have a lot of work to do in terms of the evaluation that will be ongoing throughout this offseason.”
There are several options open to the Redskins with the No. 2 pick. They obviously could take the easy route and draft Young; they could trade back for an assumed massive haul of picks and bolster their early-to-middle round stock of picks; they could select Clemson LB Isaiah Simmons and focus more on need than talent; they could even choose to draft a top QB prospect, assuming that they aren’t yet sold on rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins.
No matter what they do, though, it’s clear that Del Rio is not keen on letting fans and media members alike privy to the information.
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