Redskins owner Dan Snyder reportedly evaluating Bruce Allen’s status
By Ian Cummings
Per reports, Redskins owner Dan Snyder is evaluating Bruce Allen’s status with the team. Could a meaningful change be made at the end of the 2019 season?
The Washington Redskins have been non-competitors throughout the entirety of Dan Snyder’s tenure as the team’s owner, and in the near-decade that team president Bruce Allen has overseen football operations, the team has somehow sunk to a new low; a ruthless reality in limbo.
Under Bruce Allen, the Redskins have been unable to sustain any fleeting glimpses of success they might have experienced, and those glimpses have been used as proof, that the team was never too far away from competing. Allen’s famous “it means you’re close” quote from the offseason of 2019 has undergone immense scrutiny, with the Redskins now 2-9 with five contests left in the 2019 regular season.
Allen’s most recent blunders attract the most attention, but his entire career in D.C. has not been one to envy. Allen comfortably owns a losing record, and a reputation that sinks even lower. Now, at the end of another disappointing campaign, there’s talk that Dan Snyder could be pondering a change in his football operations.
Per NFL insider Mike Garafolo, Snyder is reportedly evaluating Bruce Allen’s status with the team moving forward. Garafolo stated that the Redskins are at rock bottom, and “everything is up for evaluation in Washington”. When a fellow reporter remarked that Bruce Allen likely wasn’t under evaluation, Garafolo doubled down, insinuating that even Allen isn’t safe from this accumulation of failure.
Garafolo conceded that nothing is a guarantee, but went on to say that he’d spoken to sources with connections to Snyder, who said that Snyder understands a drastic change needs to occur after the 2019 season. Garafolo referenced the stadium’s dwindling fan participation, as well as the #FireBruceAllen Twitter movement, which Snyder has apparently been made aware of.
Garafolo concluded by saying “I’m telling you, for the first time, I feel like they’re evaluating Bruce Allen going forward.”
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For now, this is only a smoke trail, but the old adage persists. Smoke accompanies fire, and it’s possible that Snyder could move toward making a high-profile firing of his own. Stick with us; we’ll keep you in the loop with any updates. But we might have to wait until after Week 17, to get the updates we need.