Redskins Preseason Breakout Players: Defense – Preston Smith

Some are predicting a horrible season for the Washington Redskins in 2015 and while it’s possible that their record won’t improve much over last season, the team did have some positive developments in the preseason that could help them win more games this year.

Coming into this season the Washington Redskins knew they needed to add more depth at outside linebacker. Brian Orakpo had left in free agency and while Trent Murphy had a solid rookie season, there still needed to be more depth at the position.

I thought the Redskins would take an edge rusher with the fifth pick of the draft. There were some good ones who would be on the board where the Redskins were picking and they had a need at the…