Tag: Dan Snyder

Are the Redskins satisfied with Dwayne Haskins as the QB of their future?

Haskins is 2-3 as a starter for the Redskins, but has he done enough to cement is spot as the starting QB of the future in Washington?

For the fourth consecutive season, the Washington Redskins are entering the last stretch of the regular season without much to play for. They have been officially eliminated from the playoffs, and as they look to the offseason, the organization knows that it will need to fill the head coaching vacancy, and quite possibly a vacancy at the general manager position.

Is it possible that they will be looking to fill the QB1 spot as well?

Through five starts this season, rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins has picked up two wins, and made the necessary plays to stay in games and give a nod to some impressive talent that could be unveiled down the road. But has he done enough to convince the Redskins that he is worthy of their unwavering confidence? Let’s look at the stats he’s put up so far this season:

  • Pass attempts: 160
  • Completions: 88
  • Completion Percentage: 55%
  • Passing Yards: 971
  • Touchdowns: 3
  • Interceptions: 7
  • QBR: 61.2

In a vacuum, those numbers don’t paint the picture of a player that gets a franchise too excited about the future. This is not to say that Haskins is playing for his job in the final three games of the season, but it definitely would benefit him to show some offensive firepower in the last month of the season and give Washington a reason to believe that he is the answer at the QB spot.

In Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers, Haskins showed that he had the heart and the toughness to make it in the NFL by playing through a nagging ankle injury and staying on the field for his teammates. Now he needs to show that he can put up the numbers necessary to get the job done. If he doesn’t, the Redskins will likely have a top-5 draft pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, and there’s a chance they could consider taking another young play-caller that has a better chance to lead their franchise. Will they do it? It’s not out of the question, but Haskins can make the question irrelevant with stellar play to finish the season.

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History doesn’t bode well for Bruce Allen’s tenure with the Redskins

If history were to repeat itself, Bruce Allen could find himself looking for a new job as the Redskins decide to change course.

History always seems to have a way of repeating itself, and if that were to happen in Washington D.C., that doesn’t spell good things for Washington Redskins’ team president Bruce Allen.

Allen saw his team lose yet again on Sunday afternoon, this time by a score of 20-15 to the Green Bay Packers, but it resulted in the Redskins being eliminated from the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, and the ninth time in the last 11 years. Since his tenure in Washington started, it’s been nothing but disappointment and turmoil for a historically successful franchise.

That may be enough on its own to warrant a change, but when you consider the fact that the Redskins will also be looking for a new head coach this winter — a search that is likely to start in late December — they could possibly hope to hire a new president before then, if the position is open. That’s eerily similar to the situation that took place a decade ago, when Vinny Cerrato was relieved of his duties on December 17th, 2009. The following is an excerpt from an NBC Sports Washington post about the situation.

Vinny Cerrato once seemed like the football executive that could not be fired. The Redskins struggled for wins during Cerrato’s leadership, but he stayed on in his job for years. Until December 17th, 2009, when Snyder explained he felt it was finally “time for a change” after nearly a decade of Cerrato.

Could it be time for a change yet again in Washington? Not if you ask Allen; he says that the culture is “damn good,” and that the team is “close.” Snyder may have different thoughts on the matter, though, and with the holiday season closing in, he may decide that the time for giving is also the time for change in Washington.

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Ravens-49ers game heavily trumps Redskins in D.C. area ratings on Sunday

The Ravens vs. 49ers game was much more popular in the D.C. area than the Redskins game, according to local TV ratings.

What happens when a game between the Washington Redskins and Carolina Panthers goes up against the game of the year in the NFL?

The ratings never lie.

The league’s potential Super Bowl preview between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers was scheduled to go up against the Redskins game on Sunday afternoon, and in Washington D.C., it drew a much, MUCH bigger audience than the Redskins did.

While Washington was busy picking up their second straight victory, much of the local fanbase was tuned in to watch Lamar Jackson and Jimmy Garoppolo duel it out in the driving rain in a game that came down to a walk-off field goal as time expired. The contest lived up to all of the billing, but the problem still resides in D.C.

In the past, we’ve written pieces about the disturbing decline of interest in the Redskins around the league, especially when it comes to a younger demographic. These ratings paint a very clear picture.

Even while the Redskins are as hot as they’ve been all season, and things are finally starting to click for rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins and the offense, the fans are showing little interest. When there’s an option between watching Washington slog out another game, or turning over to Lamar Jackson and the high-flying Ravens, it’s not even a question as to who fans would rather give their time to.

Dan Snyder better be paying attention to this, and he better start thinking of a plan to fix it soon.

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Report: Bruce Allen’s future is in doubt with the Washington Redskins

Team owner Dan Snyder is going to evaluate every part of the front office this offseason, and that could mean that Bruce Allen is out.

Members of the #FireBruceAllen club in Washington D.C. might be getting their wish soon.

According to the NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder is seriously evaluating Allen this season, as the Redskins have had one of the worst showings in recent memory. Garafolo says that things have reached “rock bottom” in Washington, and according to the sources he’s talked to, everything is up for evaluation this offseason.

Garafolo says that he has not spoken to Snyder directly and that he has run his reporting by several people with the organization and they refrained from commenting. However, he has spoken to several sources, and they all said the same thing — that absolutely everyone in the organization will be up for evaluation this offseason.

It may not be the perfect answer, and as long as the team is owned by Snyder, the losing ways may continue. But over the years, it’s grown apparent that Allen is not the man for the job, and the owner may finally be realizing that.

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Trent Williams was trying to get new helmet when Redskins placed him on NFI

Williams says that he was in the process of finding a suitable helmet when the Redskins placed him on the NFI, ending his season.

Would you believe it if someone told you that, after failing his October 29th physical because of discomfort when putting on a football helmet, Trent Williams was actually looking for a suitable option so that he could play football again?

According to an interview with The Athletic, Williams said that he was in the process of working with Riddell in order to find a helmet that worked for his head, and wouldn’t irritate the scar that remains after having a growth removed from his scalp earlier in the year.

While he was waiting to receive a new helmet from Riddell, the Washington Redskins placed him on the Non-Football Injury list, assuring that his season was over, and he would not be paid by the team.

The left tackle did acknowledge that day that his injury was a non-football injury, though he did say in the Thursday interview that the team’s move to place him on NFI caught him off guard. He was actually looking forward to having a new helmet from Riddell that Monday that would hopefully address the discomfort he felt when he tried on two different helmets to no avail on Oct. 29 and subsequently failed his physical two hours after initially passing it.

Of course, just because he was looking for a suitable helmet doesn’t mean that he had any intention of using said helmet with the Redskins, but the optics are still terrible.

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Trent Williams says he will ‘never be a Redskin again’ after being placed on NFI

It was understood that Williams would never play in Washington again, but his placing on the NFI was the nail in the coffin.

According to Trent Williams, the current, yet also former left tackle for the Washington Redskins, owner Dan Snyder had a problem with the seven-time Pro Bowler speaking out about his recent dust-up with the Redskins.

It was this event that led the Redskins to place Williams on the NFI list, assuring that he would not get paid for the remainder of the season.

In an interview with The Athletic — one in which Williams’ said that he will “never be a Redskin again” — the long-time veteran said that despite the strong relationship that is still in place between himself and the team owner, it did not go over well that he pulled back the curtain and told his side of the story, detailing the events that have taken place over the last six years, all of which led up to Williams holding out from the team for months on end.

“Obviously, me speaking out about it, (Snyder) wasn’t too happy about it,” Williams said, via The Athletic. “Obviously, no matter what I said or how I felt about him, just speaking out against the organization and kind of putting people on notice about how things are going around there. I don’t think he was particularly happy with that, which led to them putting me on the NFI list prematurely and choosing not to pay me.”

Whether or not a solid relationship remains between the two, it is growing increasingly clear that Williams will no longer be a Redskin after this season, so there isn’t much need for good blood anymore.

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