Like most positions on most NFL teams, projecting the roster “locks” at a position group isn’t usually very difficult. The hard part of roster projection is figuring out what happens at the last one or two spots where the coaches are evaluating four or five backup players who may be largely comparable to one another in terms of overall skill level. Often, there’s very little that separates the three or four guys competing for the one or two roster spots that will finish out the position group. These are the guys who are “on the bubble”.
With Washington’s cornerback group, let’s first quickly identify the roster locks, and then we can get to the challenging task of figuring out who will win the competition for the backup roles.