Redskins: Five biggest cut day surprises in Washington

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BALTIMORE, MD – AUGUST 30: A Washington Redskins helmet sits on the grass before the start of the Redskins and Baltimore Ravens preseason game at M&T Bank Stadium on August 30, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /

No. 4 – The Redskins released Timon Parris

Let me give you a theoretical scenario. The Redskins are thin at tackle. Trent Williams is holding out and is basically never coming back. 36-year old Donald Penn is your starting left tackle, and behind him, your only swing tackle is Geron Christian, who is terribly underdeveloped and has bad habits that render him a liability on a consistent basis. Pretty messy situation, right?

Let’s say that this theoretical situation was happening right now. Wouldn’t you like to have a backup tackle who at least is somewhat competent? A tackle who has very good traits, and actually showed tangible growth in preseason, from a fundamental standpoint?

In this theoretical situation, one tackle who might solve your problem was actually on the Redskins roster before cut day. Timon Parris. He’s 23 years old, has a 6-foot-6, 315-pound frame, and doesn’t have a crippling false step like Christian. He has a fairly smooth set of mechanics, and throughout preseason, he showed growth, limiting pressure on his side of the line.

Inconsistencies with communication led to Parris looking bad in some spots, but at this point, Parris is a better backup option than Christian, and by a sizable margin at that. But instead of keeping Parris, and reinforcing one of their thinnest position groups, the Redskins opted to trust in Christian as their only tackle depth whatsoever.

Theoretically, this would be, to put it politely, a bizarre display of fatuity. But it’s a good thing this is only a theoretical.

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