2019 NFL mock draft: Quarterbacks go early after trades

By Brad Weiss | Feb 27, 2019

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: Ohio State (7) Dwayne Haskins (QB) throws a pass during the Rose Bowl Game between the Washington Huskies and Ohio State Buckeyes on January 1, 2019, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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DURHAM, NC – NOVEMBER 10: Duke Blue Devils quarterback Daniel Jones (17) during the college football game between North Carolina Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils on November 10, 2018, at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, NC. (Photo by Michael Berg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

The Washington Redskins have a lot of issues when it comes to the roster, but no bigger issue than the one they have at quarterback. Prior to the 2018 NFL season, the team traded with the Kansas City Chiefs for Alex Smith, who was deemed expendable due to the fact the Chiefs wanted to roll with second-year signal-caller Patrick Mahomes.

Smith did well to start the season for the Redskins, leading them to first place in the NFC East, before disaster struck against the Houston Texans. The Texans pretty much mangled Smith’s leg, tearing his knee up, and not only sidelining him for the rest of the 2018 NFL season, but at least the 2019 season as well.

Heading into next season, the Redskins have to figure out what they are going to do with the quarterback position, and they may want to replace Smith via the NFL Draft. There are a handful of quarterbacks that should hear their name called in the first round, and Daniel Jones from Duke certainly has the arm, and size you look for in a franchise quarterback.

Washington has some solid talent on both sides of the ball, but as we saw last season, they cannot win consistent games without a solid player under center. Jones is a guy who come right in and start at the NFL level, because if the Redskins have to trot out guys like Josh Johnson and Mark Sanchez again in 2019, it is going to be a long year.

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