Burner's Burning Questions: Free Agency, Mock Drafts, Camps, Roster Predictions, 2018
Greetings from BBQ. We hope your week is going well. Free agency continues even after draft week, but it is moving along at a slower pace. Signings will continue and we are still here to cover it all.
OTAs, the draft, mini-camps, and training camp will be here before you know it, but we're talking free agency now and all the trades, re-signings, tags, releases, new free agents, and re-worked contracts are becoming known.
Who will we target in free agency? Who will we re-sign? Who will we not re-sign? Who will get released? Feel free to offer your opinions and predictions.
We take the latest chatter from Redskins Park and media pundits as BBQ tries to formulate what could happen in the coming days, weeks and months.
Free Agents Obtained:
Paul Richardson, WR – (Signed Five Year Deal, 3/15/18)
Sam Irwin Hill, P – (Signed Two Year Deal, 3/16/18)
Orlando Scandrick, CB (Signed Two Year Deal, 3/19/18)
Pernell McPhee, OLB (Signed One Year Deal, 3/26/18)
Free Agents Re-signed:
Quinton Dunbar, CB/ST – (Signed Three Year Deal, 1/1/18)
Mason Foster, ILB – (Signed Two Year Deal, 1/25/18)
Deshazor Everett, SS/ST – (Signed Two Year Deal, 3/6/18)
Dustin Hopkins, K – (Signed Three Year Deal, 3/12/18)
Brian Quick, WR – (Signed One Year Deal, 3/14/18)
Zach Brown, ILB – (Signed Three Year Deal, 3/15/18)
Phil Taylor, DT – (Signed One Year Deal, 4/3/18)
Ty Nsehke, OT – (Signed One Year Deal, 4/16/18)
Tony Bergstrom, OT – (Signed One Year Deal, 4/16/18)
Shawn Lauvao, OG - (Signed One Year Deal, 5/14/18)
Exercised Option:
Brandon Scherff, OG
Trade:
Alex Smith, QB
Kevin Hogan, QB
Kendall Fuller, CB (Traded to the Chiefs)
Su'a Cravens, SS (Traded to the Broncos)
Restricted Free Agents:
Exclusive Rights Free Agents:
Contract Extension:
Alex Smith, QB (Four Year Extension, Five Years Total)
Players Waived, Released:
LeShun Daniels, RB
Stephen Morris, QB
Orion Stewart, S
Otha Peters, LB
A.J. Francis, DE
Montori Hughes, DT
Terrell McClain, DE
Chris Bazile, TE
Cassanova McKinzy, LB
James Sample, CB
Orlando Franklin, OG
Pending Free Agents:
DeAngelo Hall, FS – (Very Likely Retires)
Arthur Jones, DT – (Very Likely Walks)
Bashaud Breeland, CB – (Unknown)
Junior Galette, OLB – (Unknown)
Chris Carter, LB/ST – (Unknown)
Possible Release Candidates:
Keith Marshall, RB
Byron Marshall, RB
Jordan Reed, TE
T.J. Clemmings, OT
Arie Kouandjio, OG
Demetrius Rhaney, C
Sam Irwin Hill, P
Phil Taylor, DT
Orlando Scandrick, CB
Rob Kelley, RB
Kapri Bibbs, RB
Ziggy Hood, DE
Maurice Harris, WR
Brian Quick, WR
Tony Bergstrom, OT
Shawn Lauvao, OG
Off-season Updates:
Here are the picks the Redskins now have (by round) in the 2019 draft:
1, 2, 3, 3 (Comp), 4, 5, 5 (Comp), 6, 6 (Comp), 6 (Comp), 7.
As it stands now, the Redskins would have four compensatory picks in the 2019 draft – 3rd, 5th, 6th, 6th.
Free agent DT Johnathan Hankins is likely no longer being considered by the Redskins.
We have added Phil Taylor as a release candidate. The draft selections make this possible.
Reports of Bruce Allen to the Raiders front office appears to be untrue.
Look for the Redskins to add a quarterback sometime soon. He will likely be an UDFA or a young free agent prospect. This player would be no more than a camp arm and a practice squad player at most.
Personal Thoughts:
We don't rule out the possibility of Junior Galette returning to the Redskins. He has very little interest on the open market.
BBQ believes the following UDFAs who signed with the Redskins have a decent chance of making the roster of fifty-three:
Sean Welsh, C
Timon Parris, OT
Simmie Cobbs, WR
We will have a Bashaud Breeland update shortly – and it is very interesting.
Alex Smith was the starter in Kansas City when Kevin Hogan was drafted. Smith obviously sees something in Hogan that many of us don't see. Stephen Morris was never going to be on the final roster.
See you as we go along.
Hail To The Redskins!
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