Jay Gruden has been enamored during his term as coach with guys like Ryan Grant and Mack Brown.
We kept marginal NFL players around and seemed content to have them on the roster as backups in case the starters got hurt.
Shawn Lauvao is another example of a 'protected' player the organization can't seem to do without, even though 31 other teams passed on him in free agency.
Until these kinds of players are 'competitively' pushed off the roster, the Redskins are going to be a middling club.
I see some moves in the right direction overall since Williams and Kyle Smith took over for Scot McCloughan whose 2 year reign produced some real gaffes. But we are not there yet.
We need a LG and offensive line depth. We need a wide receiver corps - no joke I think we need not only a
#1 but also a strong
#2 .
I don't think we have either on the roster right now.
On the other side of the ball, we have some good young draft picks that are playing well.
But is Josh Norman worth $15M?
We are paying him as if he is a 'shutdown' corner but in reality he is no more than a 'solid' NFL corner.
Couldn't we have found this type of player cheaper in free agency or the draft?