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Spencer Long
This organization has been trending towards trying to keep its own draft picks in recent years. A big exception, of course, is the QB they drafted in 2012. Another exception appears to be Long, their third-round pick in 2014.
The word is that they will let Long, who started 13 games at left guard in 2015 and 18 games at center in 2016-2017, find a new home in free agency. There didn’t seem to be much dissatisfaction with his performance. Long wasn’t a candidate for the Pro Bowl or anything but his level of play was adequate. It should be noted, however, that the only year that Long went into a season as the starter was last year. In 2015 he replaced the injured Shawn Lauvao and he again started the next year on the bench before center Kory Lichtensteiger was injured. He was the starting center throughout the 2017 offseason program and into the regular season until knee and quad injuries sent him to injured reserve.
The main concern might be how much it will cost to keep Long in Washington. They already are paying premium salaries to tackles Trent Williams and Morgan Moses. Brandon Scherff will soon be one of the top-paid guards in the league. The hot interior linemen on the free agency market will make in excess of $10 million per year. Long won’t be as coveted as Andrew Norwell and Josh Kline but his market may be strong enough to warrant something approaching $8 million per year. That’s enough to leave the Redskins in something of a cap bind along the O-line (especially if they have to pay Nsekhe more than they'd like to) and perhaps that is why they may look to the draft or a cheaper free agent to fill the left guard spot.
This organization has been trending towards trying to keep its own draft picks in recent years. A big exception, of course, is the QB they drafted in 2012. Another exception appears to be Long, their third-round pick in 2014.
The word is that they will let Long, who started 13 games at left guard in 2015 and 18 games at center in 2016-2017, find a new home in free agency. There didn’t seem to be much dissatisfaction with his performance. Long wasn’t a candidate for the Pro Bowl or anything but his level of play was adequate. It should be noted, however, that the only year that Long went into a season as the starter was last year. In 2015 he replaced the injured Shawn Lauvao and he again started the next year on the bench before center Kory Lichtensteiger was injured. He was the starting center throughout the 2017 offseason program and into the regular season until knee and quad injuries sent him to injured reserve.
The main concern might be how much it will cost to keep Long in Washington. They already are paying premium salaries to tackles Trent Williams and Morgan Moses. Brandon Scherff will soon be one of the top-paid guards in the league. The hot interior linemen on the free agency market will make in excess of $10 million per year. Long won’t be as coveted as Andrew Norwell and Josh Kline but his market may be strong enough to warrant something approaching $8 million per year. That’s enough to leave the Redskins in something of a cap bind along the O-line (especially if they have to pay Nsekhe more than they'd like to) and perhaps that is why they may look to the draft or a cheaper free agent to fill the left guard spot.
