MVN writers mock draft: 21. Washington Redskins - DT Trevor Laws, Notre Dame
NFL
With the 21st pick in the MVN writers’ mock draft, the Washington Redskins select defensive tackle Trevor Laws.
One of the big things that a successful GM can do most every year to ensure that he has one of the best teams is to make sure that every pick is at a position of eventual need, and is a value pick. Unfortunately, the MVN Football writers didn’t leave any value for the Redskins.
In an ideal situation, the Redskins would turn and deal this pick down 5-10 spots–very literally for whatever they could get for it. In this mock however the pick must be used.
My top-notch Hog Heaven scouts, Brian Mulholland and Anthony Brown universally agreed on two things with this pick: 1) It was necessary that the Redskins address one of the lines with this pick, and 2) Trevor Laws is a better prospect than Kentwan Balmer.
We also like Lawrence Jackson, the defensive end from USC, but Defensive Coordinator Greg Blache has stated time and time again that he believes that interior pressure is his defense’s greatest need. That doesn’t mean Jackson wouldn’t have filled a hole nicely on this team, but the Redskins feel that between 35 year old incumbent starter Phillip Daniels, 28 year old Demetric Evans, who is in a contract year, and 25 year old sack specialist Chris Wilson, the Redskins can get away at LE for another season.
It would have been nice to grab the LT of the future in this slot and make him the LG of the present for the time being, but the MVN Football writers pretty much ended any hopes of that happening: Gosder Cherilus is the top lineman available.
So, with all that said, the Redskins are happy to add Trevor Laws, who we feel is an undervalued prospect and belongs at this slot talent-wise, anyway. Though it would have been nice to drop to the top of round two and grab him there, and pick up another pick, Trevor Laws will be the cornerstone of the Redskins’ Defensive Line in the future.
Greg Trippiedi is a columnist for MVN’s Washington Redskins site, Hog Heaven.
This entry was posted
on Saturday, April 19th, 2008 at 12:00 pm and is filed under Trevor Laws, Mock Drafts 2008, 2008 NFL Draft.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
MOCK DRAFT PICKS
- Trippiedi’s Final Two-Round Mock Draft
- MVN writers mock draft: 32. New York Giants - S Tyrell Johnson, Arkansas State
- MVN writers mock draft: 30. Green Bay Packers - CB Antoine Cason, Arizona
- MVN writers mock draft: 29. San Francisco 49ers - T Gosder Cherilus, Boston College
- MVN writers mock draft: 28. Dallas Cowboys - WR Mario Manningham, Michigan
- MVN writers mock draft: 27. San Diego Chargers - T Sam Baker, USC
- MVN writers mock draft: 26. Jacksonville Jaguars - DE Quentin Groves, Auburn
- MVN writers mock draft: 25. Seattle Seahawks - RB Jonathan Stewart, Oregon
- MVN writers mock draft: 24. Tennessee Titans - DT Kentwan Balmer, North Carolina
- MVN writers mock draft: 23. Pittsburgh Steelers - CB Mike Jenkins, South Florida
- MVN writers mock draft: 22. Dallas Cowboys - RB Felix Jones, Arkansas
- MVN writers mock draft: 21. Washington Redskins - DT Trevor Laws, Notre Dame
- MVN writers mock draft: 20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - WR Devin Thomas, Michigan State
- MVN writers mock draft: 19. Philadelphia Eagles - WR Limas Sweed, Texas
- MVN writers mock draft: 18. Houston Texans - OT Jeff Otah, Pittsburgh
- MVN writers mock draft: 17. Minnesota Vikings - DE Phillip Merling, Clemson
- MVN writers mock draft: 16. Arizona Cardinals - CB Leodis McKelvin, Troy
- MVN writers mock draft: 15. Detroit Lions - DE Derrick Harvey, Florida
- MVN writers mock draft: 14. Chicago Bears - RB Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois
- MVN writers mock draft: 13. Carolina Panthers - OT Ryan Clady, Boise State
- MVN writers mock draft: 12. Denver Broncos – OT Chris Williams, Vanderbilt
- MVN writers mock draft: 11. Buffalo Bills - CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Tennessee State
- MVN writers mock draft: 10. New Orleans Saints - CB Aqib Talib, Kansas
- MVN writers mock draft: 9. Cincinnati Bengals - DT Sedrick Ellis, USC
- MVN writers mock draft: 8. Baltimore Ravens - QB Matt Ryan, Boston College
- MVN writers mock draft: 7. New England Patriots - LB Keith Rivers, USC
- MVN writers mock draft: 6. New York Jets - RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas
- MVN writers mock draft: 5. Kansas City Chiefs - G/T Brendan Albert, Virginia
- MVN writers mock draft: 4. Oakland Raiders - DE Vernon Gholston, Ohio State
- MVN writers mock draft: 3. Atlanta Falcons - DT Glenn Dorsey, LSU
- MVN writers mock draft: 2. St. Louis Rams - DE Chris Long, Virginia
- MVN writers mock draft: 1. Miami Dolphins - OT Jake Long, Michigan
- Mock Draft 3.0: Round 1
- Mock Draft 3.0: Round 2
- NFL Draft University Mock Draft 2.0: Picks 1-7
- NFL Draft University Mock Draft 2.0: Picks 8-15
- NFL Draft University Mock Draft 2.0: Picks 26-31
- MVN NFL Mock Draft - First Round Picks 1-10
- MVN NFL Mock Draft - First Round Picks 11-20
- MVN NFL Mock Draft - First Round Picks 21-31
POLL
ARCHIVE
SPONSORS
Online Seats
Arizona Cardinals Tickets Cleveland Browns Tickets
Ticket Specialists
Dallas Cowboys Tickets Minnesota Vikings Tickets
2 Responses to “MVN writers mock draft: 21. Washington Redskins - DT Trevor Laws, Notre Dame”
April 19th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Just the pick I would have made. And just the logic Vinny Cerrato and the Redskins front office will use come draft day.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
[…] round grade). I don’t often plug my own stuff, but I feel that this is relevant in this case: NFL Draft University | MVN - an NFL Draft blog » Blog Archive » MVN writers mock draft: 21. Washingt… __________________ Defense wins championships, but Tom Brady gets the credit.–(Don M, […]
Leave a comment