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10. Washington Redskins: Julio Jones, WR, Alabama

Written by NFL Bloggers on 03 April 2011.

By Anthony Brown of Redskins Hog Heaven

The Washington Redskins have so many glaring needs that any well-chosen first round talent will help. Targeted players at quarterback, Cam Newton and Blaine Gabbert, and pass rushers, Von Miller and Robert Quinn, are off the board. That drives the 'Skins to the best player available strategy. Three players look good in that scenario: WR Julio Jones, DE DaQuan Bowers and CB Prince Amukamara.
 
A head feint towards Jones might trigger a best-case scenario where St. Louis or Detroit offers their first and third round pick for Washington's tenth overall selection. That preserves the Redskins' shot at Bowers or Amukamara while backfilling the third round pick traded to New Orleans for OL Jammal Brown. Mock drafts don't allow for draft order swaps. So the Redskins select Julio Jones, hoping that this upgrade at wide receiver will make Donovan McNabb palatable for one more season.

Here's the scouting report on Jones and following is the analysis of this pick, both courtesy of Eric Galko of Optimum Scouting:

The Redskins could have a lot of options to fill their needs here at the bottom of the Top 10. With their biggest needs being receiver, quarterback, and pass rushing, they could target Robert Quinn, who could be deadly opposite Brian Orakpo, Jake Locker, who they loved last year and I think is a very strong possibility based on how he fits in Mike Shanahan's offense, and Julio Jones, the likely best player available here on most teams' boards. Jones can be a Calvin Johnson type number one receiver for the Redskins as they hope to find their franchise quarterback (Matt Stafford) in future years. Jake Locker is a very real possibility as well as Daniel Snyder's love for high potential defenders, but Jones would be hard to pass on for the Redskins here at #10.