Amid a chaotic draft season with disparate big boards across the league, it seemed that Chase Young was one of the few prospects who almost everyone could agree on. The Ohio State EDGE rusher was good enough to keep Washington standing pat at No. 2 despite trade-up interest in both the slot and the player.
With Young, Ron Rivera makes his first significant move to reshape a franchise in shambles. After bottoming out in 2019, Washington turned to the long-time Panthers head coach not only as a coach but as the CEO of a football team that had been buried underneath one season of administrative ineptitude after another.