But someone is talking about Nsekhe, at least.

“Ty, in my personal opinion, he would start on over half the teams in the league at left or right tackle,” GM Scot McCloughan said, unprompted, during his Monday appearance with SiriusXM NFL Radio. “And he’s our third right now. And he started two games last year, and one was Dallas, and he locked [Greg] Hardy down bigger than life. Threw him out there, it was like ‘Okay, wow, what’s going to happen?’ But no, he’s a football player.”

That phrase means McCloughan likes you. And he isn’t the only one. When Shawn Lauvao was asked who on this roster might surprise the outside world this season, he chose, of all people, the backup tackle.

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“Ty Nsekhe, man,” Lauvao said on ESPN 980 on Tuesday morning, while acknowledging he might not even get a chance to play. “Ty is definitely a really good player, man.”

And then McCloughan came on ESPN 980, where he again had strong praise for Nsekhe.

“It’s unique,” the general manager said. “When I first got here, I didn’t know him. He was a CFL guy, he was 29 years old, I had no clue who he was, and I never saw one bit of tape on him. We were talking about, ‘Okay, he’s one of the guys we’re gonna cut,’ because we’re drafting guys, we’re signing college free agents. And [Director of Pro Personnel] Alex Santos kept fighting for him and fighting for him. So I’m like, okay, he’s a big kid, I’m cool with that. . . . But he right now is our third tackle, swing tackle, which is cool. As you guys are well aware, he started two games last year, and played well, played really well.”

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So is the hulking tackle now one of Washington’s five best offensive linemen, despite not having a starting role?

“Overall, yes,” McCloughan. “Yes.”

And so, two hypotheticals. First, could Nsekhe possibly play left guard? That position is seen as the biggest question mark on the offensive line. (Bear in mind, this is largely an early-August space holder, but hey, it’s still kind of interesting.)

“We feel pretty good at guard right now if Shaun stays healthy. Of course, we’ve got Brandon [Scheff] and then Spencer [Long],” McCloughan said on 980. “We feel pretty good right there. But if he needed to, he could. I mean, he’d be a really big guard, but I’m cool with that.”

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And then, even wackier: If Nsekhe is one of the five best linemen, could you theoretically start him at tackle and move Pro Bowl tackle Trent Williams to left guard?

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“Well, you could,” McCloughan said on 980, prompting at least one chuckle. “No, you could,” he repeated. “We could put Trent anywhere on the offensive line. But the thing about it is, he’s a really good left tackle, and that’s why he goes to the Pro Bowl. The thing about Ty, he’s a good football player, but so is Morgan [Moses] and of course Trent. But I’ve gone through and done it in my head, and even with the little magnets on my board that I move around. I mean, Trent would be a dang good guard, because you know he could pull, you know he can run. But he’s a really good left tackle.”

In any case, Trent Williams makes far too much money to play left guard, right?

“No,” McCloughan said. “No, no, no, no, no. No. He’s a football player. He’s a good football player that helps us win games, and that’s all that matters.”