With a 45th selection, the Redskins have chosen defensive back from Mississippi State,

Fred Smoot.

Yeah, Smoot was supposed to be in that 2001 draft, a first-round pick.

But there was a big old party in Starkville a few weeks earlier, and the league was looking

into Fred's role in it. He ended up going in the second round to Washington and Marty Schottenheimer,

who was making the picks that particular year. Smute joined me the other day on my podcast to talk draft.

Here's how it went.

Overall, before we get to a couple of these players, what did you think?

I loved it.

Like, listen, because I have been very intrigued in studying Adam Peters in the way he

do things.

And I didn't look at this draft and worry about what players we got because he did such a

masterful job in free agency.

So let's supplement what we really got in this draft.

We really got Larry McConnor, our all- pro, left tackle with a third-round pick.

We got Debo Samuels with a fourth round pick.

We got a left tackle, a right tackle that can play left.

That's the one of the best, if not the most athletic, kind of Lee is, a tackle in this draft.

Used to play running back in junior high school and high school.

This dude is,

look up his athletic numbers.

They blow you through the room.

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