It doesn't look like a banner draft for elite QB's, and we'd be ill-advised to waste a high pick by overreaching for anyone not deemed a sure star.
The tea leaves are leaning slightly toward Kolb returning as as a starter next year. If so, the best possible scenario would involve Hoyer, as #2, earning the right to push Kolb for the starting role (with one of the 2 clearly emerging as "the man" and our cherry-picking a QB in rounds 2 or 3 who clearly has the potential to take charge of the offense and lead the team to the playoffs a year or two down the road).
I realize this sounds eerily like Kolb - Skelton - Lindley, but the hoped-for presumption would be that (1) Kolb doesn't kill us, (2) Hoyer is better than Skelton and (3) our drafted QB is better than Lindley.
I also would be loathe to count on any QB drafted after the 4th round to represent any future solution. (Sure, we could get lucky and come up with a late-round gem, but to exclusively base our QB strategy on that thread of hope would be pretty risky).
After the Redskins took RGIII last season, they had another one fall to them in the 4th Rd. I believe it was, and they nabed the Mich. St. kid Kirk Cousins. He also has good potential in this league.
I wouldn't mind seeing us do that in this draft, where someone like Mike Glennon or Tyler Bray fell to an area in the draft where the reward vs. risk was tremendous. This after taking one of the better prospect by round 2 or later in round 1 with a trade back or up.
This could be a good strategy (trading back) if they're targeting either T. Wilson, Nassib or Barkley later in the 1st and don't care which one they draft as they might grade out very close.
This would give them an extra pick at least to pull that trigger on a 2nd QB pick if they don't think Hoyer will stick and haven't signed another vet by draft day.
It could hedge their bet somewhat if anything happened to the 1st Rd. pick.
The other strategy they could use is, stay put take the best non-QB prospect on their board 1st pick and hope like heck someone they;'re high on makes it to them in the 2nd RD. Or don't risk it and trade up using a 3rd or 4th Rd. pick and get they guy you want. That'd also work. But you better be sure he's the guy you really want and is a pretty good distance away from your next highest rated QB.
