5. Personnel help

Although Ron Rivera is his own man, he’s not one of those coaches that demands control over every personnel decision. He’s at his best with a strong general manager like he had with Marty Hurney in Carolina. Speaking of Hurney, if he were somehow to come available, he’d be a natural fit. Hurney grew up just outside Washington and was a former Redskins beat writer for The Washington Times. He later went to work in the team’s front office. Getting Hurney might be a pipe dream for Rivera. But the bottom line is he needs a solid general manager who is willing to share power. There’s no need for another team president like Bruce Allen, who yielded tremendous personnel power even though he was more cut out for the business side more than the football side. Let the new president focus on getting a new stadium built and let a general manager and Rivera handle football matters.