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Redskins: Doctson’s uneven year should be graded on a ‘rookie’ curve

As a former No. 1 pick in his second year in 2017, Josh Doctson looked like a bust.

But if you look at this season as Doctson’s rookie year — a more realistic way, many in the Redskins organization insist, to evaluate the wideout’s progress — he looks like a guy with potential.

An Achilles injury hampered Doctson, the Redskins’ 2016 first-rounder out of TCU, to just two games in his first year, and he was also sidelined with a hamstring injury during training camp.

But Doctson made it through this season mostly unscathed — playing all 16 games, catching 35 balls for 502 yards with a team-high six touchdowns.