WFT Rookie Done For The Season

Washington Football Team rookie offensive lineman Saahdiq Charles is reportedly done for the season with his knee injury. Now what?

ASHBURN, Va. - Saahdiq Charles' rookie season was a nightmare and now it's apparently over.

Charles, the Washington Football Team's first of two fourth-round picks, had more injuries than snaps played in his first NFL season.

Three injuries compared to two offensive snaps. That's not a joke.

The news was first reported by NFL Network on Monday afternoon and confirmed with other reports.

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The knee that he injured on his second snap at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey just didn't get better and now the former LSU tackle will get things cleaned up, repaired, and hopefully ready for an offseason program of some sort in 2021.

He's going to need it. Early in his first training camp, Charles suffered a calf injury that kept him out of practice for a few weeks.

Just as he was about ready to make his NFL debut (Week 2 in Arizona), Charles somehow came up with a thigh injury.

Charles slowly worked his way back from that injury over the next few weeks while not playing against Cleveland, Baltimore, and Los Angeles.

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Wes Martin struggled so badly at left guard that Washington got Charles ready to start at that position instead of his natural left tackle spot.

Some NFL personnel people felt Charles would be better at guard than tackle long-term and clearly the WFT were willing to explore that as well.

Charles looked good on his only two snaps, pulling to the right side on the play he got injured and that ended his season.

He already had some alleged character issues to clean up from his time at LSU, but now a couple of questions have to be asked.

Can he stay healthy? The early returns are obvious.

Is he a left tackle or guard? Our guess would be is that the WFT is going to try and get their premium blue-chip left tackle in the draft or (less likely) free agency and go forward with Charles as a guard or at least a backup tackle option.

It's hard to imagine Geron Christian still being around next year and Cornelius Lucas is only on a one-year deal. 

Charles was the pick made right after Washington finally divorced themselves from Trent Williams. Do we know that he is the replacement? No. Charles has to stay on the field first. Then it can be determined if he's worthy of remaining there.