Tremaine Edmunds over Da'Ron Payne? It would be a close call

It wasn’t an easy decision, and if the Washington Redskins face the same scenario, it wouldn’t be one for them either. In the NFL Nation mock draft, I selected Virginia Tech linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, but did so over another player the Redskins also like: Alabama defensive lineman Da’Ron Payne.

Other players, especially defensive backs Minkah Fitzpatrick and Derwin James, were gone. If the board actually fell this way, my strong hunch: The Redskins would do what they could to trade back. In our mock, we couldn’t trade. However, the Redskins like a couple players in this range and they could position themselves to draft another player in the top three rounds. If there was no trade, the…