The Washington Redskins enter OTAs with two absolutes at the quarterback position ahead of the 2016 season.

Kirk Cousins is the starter. Colt McCoy is the backup.

The question is what will the Redskins do at the position for the third quarterback?

Head coach Jay Gruden gave his take at the NFL Owners Meetings.

“You have your starter. You got your quality backup,” said Gruden. “And you've got to have [another] one in the [quarterback meeting] room—whether it’s your third on the active roster or a practice squad guy—that you can develop.”

The NFL Draft is one great avenue and with the Redskins holding eight draft picks, a quarterback in the later rounds seems like a strong bet at this point.

Through various media reports and speculation, three quarterbacks have been linked to the Redskins in the 2016 NFL Draft class; Ohio State’s Cardale Jones, Stanford’s Kevin Hogan (a Northern Virginia native), and Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg (another Virginia native).

Gruden said that it would be nice to draft a quarterback but that’s ultimately general manager Scot McCloughan’s call.

“You can never have too many good arms in the building and you want a young guy that can develop through the system,” Gruden said. “It can be a college free agent. It would be nice to draft a guy but you know, we’ll see.”

Interesting to note, the Redskins have not drafted a quarterback since the 2012 NFL Draft. The draft that saw Washington move to grab Robert Griffin III with the No. 2 overall pick and Kirk Cousins with the No. 102 overall (fourth round).

