Throughout the first offseason of the Commanders’ franchise reset, no position on the roster generated more anxiety among fans than offensive tackle. Relative to the investment of draft capital at QB and free agency spending on the interior offensive line, the single third round pick expended at OT struck many as unreasonably modest.
As the first three games of the season unfolded, fans have started to breathe sighs of relief. The worst fears of the new regime’s most vocal critics do not appear to have materialized, and there is a growing sense that the offensive line is far from the rebuilding team’s worst problem.