If there’s any team that has the assets to move up in the 2020 NFL Draft in order to draft the player they want, it’s the Miami Dolphins. It just so happens that the Dolphins are also the team that’s arguably most likely to try and move up to get who they want — Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa.
Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said at the Senior Bowl earlier this week that his team has “more than enough” to trade up for an earlier-round pick in order to snag the QB that they desire. As it stands now, Miami holds the 5th, 18th and 26th picks in the draft, as well as two second-rounders (39, 56). Obviously, they likely wouldn’t package all three of those first-round picks in order to move up a couple of spots, but they could undoubtedly offer a king’s ransom for the ability to draft Tua.
And the Redskins might just need to hear them out.
With the No. 2 pick in the draft, Washington is almost a lock to select DE Chase Young out of Ohio State. It’s not a pick for need — they are currently pretty set at the pass-rushing position — but rather for upside. Many think that Young is the best defensive prospect to come out of college football in years, and some are pegging him to be an absolute game-changer in the NFL.
But would they pass up on that upside if offered a number of early-round draft picks? At what point does the offer become too juicy for the Redskins to say no?
Obviously, we’re dealing in hypotheticals now, which can be dangerous at times, but let’s try to feel this out. Say the Dolphins call Washington and offer the No. 5 pick, and both second-rounders this year for the Redskins No. 2 pick. That’s a no, right? What about Nos. 5 and 26, plus a second-rounder? Hmm… Nos. 5 and 18, and 39?
That’s becoming incredibly hard to turn down.
With their move up in the draft last year in order to draft DE Montez Sweat, the Redskins are left without a second-round pick in the 2020 draft, and a trade back would help replenish their assets going forward. Of course, it would also mean that they lose out on Young, who undoubtedly wouldn’t make it past the No. 3 pick if Miami were to pick Tagovailoa at No. 2.
There’s no simple answer here. Whichever way the Redskins choose to go, you could argue that it was either a great move or a terrible decision. We are not lobbying for one or the other, but simply pointing out that anything is possible. It seems like a foregone conclusion that Chase Young will be wearing a Redskins jersey when the 2020 season rolls around, but if we’ve learned anything from the NFL Draft in years past, we know that crazy things can, and are likely to happen.
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