Gruden's single biggest mistake as head coach has been his decisions on the DEFENSIVE side of the ball in re coaches.
When he came in he was presented with Jim Haslett and should have said NO before he took the job. Haslett already proved he was a mediocre coordinator.
But then he followed it up with hiring Joe Barry when given a chance despite the fact there were proven defensive coordinators who were willing to be interviewed and take the job.
Manusky has been the best of the lot so far. The defensive talent has improved as well, so that I can see with some additional talent via the draft, some luck with injuries and resigning Zach Brown the 2018 Redskins defense might be a strength on this team.
But again, it has taken a good long time for the team to improve after the 'one step forward, one step back' kind of development we have seen.
In my mind you bring back Gruden in 2018 and see what the team can do with a more talented defense (with injured starters back) and with some improvements at WR and RB on offense.
Gruden needs to stop messing around at running back and go out and find an every down back, whether in FA or the draft.
We also need to admit we are looking at an offense that lacks a
#1 receiver and unless we are going to take a
#1 pick again to select a WR, we probably need to go free agent here as well.
Crowder has been more productive the past 3 weeks and he insists his early lack of production was due to the groin and hamstring injuries he was playing through.
OK, I buy that.
I also buy that Josh Doctson is going to improve.
But what I don't see is either player becoming the 'Larry Fitzgerald' type of cornerstone
#1 wide receiver we need going forward.
Doctson and Crowder to me are
#2 and
#3 wideouts.
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