The purpose of the NFL draft is to bring youth and talent to your roster. Aging veterans are moved out, rookies are groomed and teams are strengthened.

Washington has not had tremendously successful drafts under Mike Shanahan and have blundered more than a time or two with their selections.

They traded away their second-round pick in 2010 for Donovan McNabb and missed out on Rob Gronkowski and Zane Beadles. Hindsight is 20-20, but even more than some of the players they passed over, the players they missed on should have been alarming.

They were: Josh LeRibeus, Adam Gettis, Tom Compton, Dennis Morris, Leonard Hankerson, DeJon Gomes, Evan Royster, Aldrick Robinson, Maurice Hurt, Markus White, Keenan Robinson, Brandyn Thompson and Jordan Bernstine.

Aside from Ryan Kerrigan, Trent Williams, Perry Riley and Alfred Morris, there aren't many draftees you can point to and say unequivocally that they made the team better or are valuable to keep long-term.

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