Published 7/1/2009
at Redskins Insider
I thought today we would do the position breakdown a little differently, ignoring the current starting five, er . . . four, offensive lineman and getting right down to the nitty-gritty of the unknown involving this position: the backups. The offensive line is a unit that as a whole has been largely ignored in the early parts of the draft by the Redskins. That has come back to bite them on more than one occasion, with several starters hit by injury over the past couple years and few players ready to step in and compete. It's easy to make the argument the decline in the second half of last season went hand-in-hand with that of the offensive line, which wore down playing against some of the league's top defenses and in a rugged NFC East. Considering the median age of the starters last season was 33, you can't really be
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