Redskins young OL will be strength next year

If those guys pan out in whole or at least in part, it should help to create some quality depth by those displaced.....very encouraging

Depth. A wonderful consequence of building through the draft.

2012 Smith LT, Williams RT.

Shanahan has always been great at developing o-lines; looks like we're starting to see his players come together.

Wasn't it just one sack yesterday? And that came off of Young missing a block.

Not sure I am ready to cede the starting role to Lichtensteiger without serious competition come training camp. Both Hurt and Polumbus have played well at guard in his absence. I would make him earn back the starting spot...Polumbus was pretty dreadful yesterday. He's also Tyler Polumbus so that shouldn't come as a surprise. And Hurt hasn't played well at all this season, but at least because he's a rookie, you can excuse that on general inexperience.

I also thought Willie Smith was more down than up yesterday, but at the end of the day, the overall protection on Grossman was good. Just the one blown assignment that was off the left side with JPP where the backs didn't get over in time and Niles Paul and Willie Smith had that miscommunication on the slide.

Blown protections were a big problem in the Zorn days and even going back to the end of Gibbs 2.0. Under Kyle, they've been pretty minimal. Which has exposed bigger flaws throughout the passing game, but this is a digression.

Wasn't it just one sack yesterday? And that came off of Young missing a block.Young's primarily at fault, but because we were in a slide right with Niles Paul on the edge of the line, and Niles didn't chip and left Young in a bad spot. Just a breakdown by inexperienced players. And JPP crushing Grossman unblocked.

one win and all of a sudden they're pro bowlers... eh, adn no way willie smith is displacing a healthy trent williams. not from anything i've seen.

one win and all of a sudden they're pro bowlers... eh, adn no way willie smith is displacing a healthy trent williams. not from anything i've seen.

Nope, but they're definitely playing much better than I think we all expected.

At the very least our depth looks good, and that's always a positive. And who knows, maybe at least one of these young guys will be ready to step in and start next year. Jammal Brown seems very replaceable.

Have to love the way this unit has held together the last 2 weeks w/its best player out. Some good signs for sure, but I still think interior OL early (rnds 2-3) + RT in later rounds would be draft picks well spent.

one win and all of a sudden they're pro bowlers... eh, adn no way willie smith is displacing a healthy trent williams. not from anything i've seen.

Smith went against Andre Carter last week, he had a rough start at first giving up a sack but after that he controlled him. Yesterday he faced Pierre-Paul who has 12.5 sacks and is currently the Giants best pass rusher and controlled his ass. I agree 2 games is not enough to make an assessment, but I have a very good feeling about Smith and his intangibles.

The coach praised the play of rookie left tackle Willie Smith, who went up against Giants’ lineman Jason Pierre-Paul. The coach said there were obvious mistakes and growing pains, but said he’s encouraged by Smith’s development.

Read this:

A two-year starter at left tackle, Smith is a remarkable athlete with a lot of upside. He earned All-Conference USA honors each of the past two seasons, and might have a higher ceiling than any tackle prospect in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At this point in his development, Smith is too raw and inconsistent to project as a rookie starter in the NFL. Some offensive line coach is likely to be convinced he can coach Smith to block like Walter Jones every play, not just in spurts, and his draft status will reflect that potential of a probably Pro Bowler in two to three years.