Redskins Reality Checks: Cancer, Haskins, and an afterthought on Sunday in Buffalo
By Tim Payne
2. The Reality Is, The Redskins have totally blown the Trent Williams holdout.
Let’s aside who is right and who is wrong about the actual medical treatment and diagnosis of Trent Williams’ cancerous tumor since a third party review will determine who’s right and who’s wrong on that front. Regardless of all that, the Redskins should have traded Trent Williams the first time there was even the first indication of his displeasure with the medical staff.
They should have acknowledged the toxicity of that relationship and the foolishness of trying to force a high-value, high-priced veteran to play for a team ill-equipped to win this season. If they were adept at self-evaluation, they would have realized that accumulating future assets was much more valuable than proving a point about “living up to your contract”.
The fact they couldn’t get him traded this week is not a surprise…they were negotiating from an upside-down perspective.
My Prediction: This will get uglier before it is resolved. It will end up being the largest black eye Bruce Allen and Dan Snyder have yet inflicted on the organization and will damage the team’s reputation with the NFLPA, player agents, and their current and any potential future players.