2018 NFL Mock Draft: Complete first round through Pro Days
Washington Huskies. player. 58. Defensive Tackle. Vita Vea. 13. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis
The first player at this position that needs to go off the board is Washington Huskies defensive tackle Vita Vea. The overpowering nature of Vea makes him a can’t miss prospect for the first team with a primary need at defenisve tackle.
Landing Alex Smith earlier int he off-season and already ditching Kirk Cousins to the Vikings, the Redskins are ready to move forward and continue to contend in the ever busy NFC East. It seems right for Vea to go from one Washington to another to further his promising football career too.
Last season, the Redskins had a ton of trouble stopping the run. Drafting Vea fixes that issue to the best degree that it can be in this draft class. The NFC East has a ton of solid rushers between Ezekiel Elliott, Jay Ajayi, Corey Clement, etc.
A few of the picks in this mock are just the common sense move, and that’s what the Redskins would have optioned to them here. They’d get the most physically overpowering run stopper that you can add to the defensive line to anchor things down that comes as a rookie in 2018.