Chase Young, Ryan Anderson and Jonathan Allen
When it comes to NFL roster makeup, there’s not much difference between the youngest roster in the league and the middle of the pack.
Per Jimmy Kempski of PhillyVoice.com, who has covered the Eagles and NFL for years, on the day that rosters were cut down to 53, the Jacksonville Jaguars had the youngest average age at 24.9 years. The Washington Football Team was 14th overall at 25.8 years, not even an average of one full year above Jacksonville.
Essentially age is just a number for charting purposes.
It’s good to be young. It’s good to also have experience. It’s nice to have a perfect blend. That seems to be what coach Ron Rivera’s guys have for the most part. Still, they skew younger than the last few seasons.
Make no mistake about this: Washington will only go as far as the young bucks will take them. That’s why Rivera and his front office decided to cut 35-year-old Adrian Peterson despite his ticket already punched for Pro Football Hall of Fame entry. A surprise move, the day before roster cuts were due to give him essentially his own day, Peterson caught on with Detroit.
Rookie Antonio Gibson, J.D. McKissic, Peyton Barber, and Bryce Love together are a quartet of backs that made the roster and provide hope, even though half of the group are essentially in their first NFL season.
Love missed his entire rookie season as he recovered from torn ligaments in his knee at Stanford. Love is just 23. Gibson is 22. McKissic and Barber are 27 and 26, respectively. The running back position is ideally where you want to be young. Just not too young.
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TIGHT ENDS
TIGHT ENDS
WIDE RECEIVERS
WIDE RECEIVERS
RUNNING BACKS
RUNNING BACKS
QUARTERBACKS
QUARTERBACKS
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Q&A with Ron Rivera, Martin Mayhew and Marty Hurney
Coach Ron Rivera, General Manager Martin Mayhew and Executive Vice President of Football/Player Personnel Marty Hurney met with the media via Zoom on Feb. 3 to discuss the direction of the new front office. The interview is edited for space.
OFFENSIVE TACKLES
OFFENSIVE TACKLES
Never a quiet time for WFT
The dust never settles around the Washington Football Team.
Bargains can be valuable additions
Raise your hand if you muttered derisively last offseason when the Washington Football Team signed free-agent tight end Logan Thomas away from the Detroit Lions.
3 big thoughts
3 big thoughts