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Redskins ensure flexibility at linebacker in the 2020 NFL Draft

The primary function of free agency, and the most publicized function, is to fill needs and work closer to contention. But a secondary function, if a team isn’t one year away from competing, or if things don’t go according to plan in the initial wave, is to set oneself up to have flexibility in the NFL Draft, at the very least. The Washington Redskins did this in the 2020 free agency period.

When the Redskins’ efforts to be aggressive failed to accumulate any returns, the team reverted to a more conservative approach, opting to keep some money to roll over in 2021, while spending the rest on low-risk, high-upside depth signings.