Tag: Trent Williams

What is the Redskins’ biggest need in the 2020 NFL Draft?

With an eye already towards the 2020 NFL Draft, the Redskins need to look at filling several holes in the offensive line.

With an eye towards the 2020 NFL Draft already, the Washington Redskins should start looking at their roster and determining what some of their biggest needs are going forward.

With a projected pick that’s high on the board, it’s unlikely that the team will draft for need early in the first round when it makes more sense to take the best player available. That will likely be Chase Young, a dynamic and generational pass-rusher out of Ohio State. However, in the rounds after that, the Redskins need to do the best they can to fill out their roster and find guys that fit their needs.

According to Pro Football Focus, that means they need to draft offensive lineman above anything else.

With no more Trent Williams and Brandon Scherff hitting free agency, the Redskins offensive line went from strength to liability in the blink of an eye. Left tackle, left guard and right guard all need addressing.

You could argue whether or not the Redskins really have a hole to fill at left guard, as Ereck Flowers has been surprisingly good this season, but there are still several places in the front five that need improving. After a top-talent is taken in the first round, look for Washington to focus mainly on the big boys upfront.

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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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The Trent Williams situation gets another comment from Bill Callahan

The interim coach had some interesting comments about the star left tackle.

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By now, much has been said about the ongoing saga between the Washington Redskins and Trent Williams.

In the latest stretch of spat between the two parties, the Redskins decided to put the left tackle on the NFI list and opted not to pay him.

With the bye week over, interim coach Bill Callahan got back on the podium in front of the media and understandably had to tackle these questions.

According to JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington, Callahan said “I have nothing but the utmost respect for Trent.” He also noted he was compassionate of the situation but otherwise didn’t want to comment.

And at this point, Callahan is just trying to steer a largely sinking ship on an interim status. It’s expected he’ll comment on his relationship with Williams as a person but leave the business side out of the discussion.

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What is the most disappointing aspect of the Redskins’ 2019 season?

The Redskins have been historically bad this season but it’s made worse by their inability to take advantage of a historically bad NFC East.

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If someone were to ask you to name what you thought was the most frustrating thing about the Washington Redskins 2019 season, what would you say?

Is it the Trent Williams situation, or the tempered development of Dwayne Haskins? Maybe another year of questionable planning from Bruce Allen and Dan Snyder? Perhaps it’s all of those combined, which have culminated in one giant mishap for the Redskins:

They missed out on taking advantage of a historically dreadful season from the rest of the NFC East.

Washington’s division has long been one of the toughest in the NFL in recent history. Along with the Redskins, the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, and New York Giants have combined to be the most successful division in the NFL since the 1970 NFL merger, with 21 NFC championship wins and 13 Super Bowl victories. You wouldn’t know that by looking at it thus far in 2019, as the division has a combined record of 13-24 just past the midway point in the season which ranks dead last in the NFL. The next worst division is the AFC South, which sits at 15-21 while being boosted by an 0-9 start from the Cincinnati Bengals.

While the Redskins aren’t the only team to blame for the abysmal season in the NFC East, they surely get a big piece of the pie. However, looking around them and seeing the turmoil felt by divisional rivals does almost more harm than good, as it shows what could have been possible if the team could have put together a few wins this season; if they could have found a way to put points on the board and actually resembled a professional football team with a path forward. Those are two big ‘ifs,’ but the point stands.

The Eagles — who won a Super Bowl in the last two seasons — sit at 5-4 without a capable defense. The Cowboys — who are one of the NFL’s most historically successful teams — sit at 5-4 with a question mark at the QB position. The Giants — who have a future Hall of Fame running back and a QB who is growing more capable by the week — sit at 2-8 with another chance at a top pick in 2020.

Then there’s the Redskins, sitting there at 1-8 with no answers for the present, and no plan for the future. When they look around at the rest of the division, it’s unlikely that they’ll smile and utter the adage that misery loves company; rather they’ll see this all as a big missed opportunity. If they couldn’t find a way out of this dogpile version of the NFC East in 2019, then how will they ever do it in the future?

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