(Sports Network) - This is a critical draft for first-year head coach Jim Zorn, who needs to have more hits than misses to keep owner Daniel Snyder from ruining team chemistry with a hasty free agent buying spree next winter. Zorn must locate a good possession receiver for Jason Campbell to throw to in the club's new west coast scheme, and the team's offensive line corps is average at best as currently configured. Another of the Redskins' four early picks is likely to go to a pass rusher, since Washington again ranked near the bottom of the league in sacks a year ago. At the back end of the defense, a secondary playmaker should be coveted, as five of the team's 14 interceptions of 2007 were recorded by the late Sean Taylor. Also, some depth behind 33-year-old middle linebacker London Fletcher would also be a good thing.

2007 Record: 9-7

First Pick: No. 21

Number of Selections: 9 (1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7)

RECENT FIRST ROUND HISTORY: 2007 - LaRon Landry (DB, LSU); 2006 - none; 2005 - Carlos Rogers (CB, Auburn), Jason Campbell (QB, Auburn); 2004 - Sean Taylor (S, Miami-Florida); 2003 - none; 2002 - Patrick Ramsey (QB, Tulane); 2001 - Rod Gardner (WR, Clemson); 2000 - LaVar Arrington (LB, Penn State), Chris Samuels (OT, Alabama); 1999 - Champ Bailey (CB, Georgia); 1998 - none; 1997 - Kenard Lang (DT, Miami); 1996 - Andre Johnson (OT, Penn State); 1995 - Michael Westbrook (WR, Colorado); 1994 - Heath Shuler (QB, Tennessee); 1993 - Tom Carter (CB, Notre Dame); 1992 - Desmond Howard (WR, Michigan); 1991 - Bobby Wilson (DT, Michigan State); 1990 - none.