Report: VP of football ops Eric Schaffer will leave Redskins in May
According to a report, SVP of football operations Eric Schaffer will be leaving the Redskins in May.
It was always expected that the Washington Redskins would make a lot of changes after a very disappointing 3-13 season. They fired Jay Gruden after Week 5 and they made the decision to fire Bruce Allen as well after 10 years with the squad.
But beyond that, the team has continued to remove people who have been with the organization for some time. Head athletic trainer Larry Hess was fired after 17 years with the franchise.
But on Tuesday, reports surfaced that the team would be parting ways with Eric Schaffer after 17 years in the front office. While rumors of his firing were eventually debunked, ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio reported that Schaffer will leave the team in May. He’ll stay on for the offseason — free agency and the draft — before leaving the organization.
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This is a stunning development, as there were some who thought Schaffer may actually be favored to step into the head front office role that was previously occupied by Bruce Allen. And instead, it appears that he might not be a part of the team’s long-term plans.
Schaffer had been primarily responsible for contracts in free agency over the past few seasons, and he has done some excellent work with them. Among his best was Landon Collins’ deal, which had a very low cap hit in his first season to ensure that the ‘Skins could afford to make other upgrades to their team.
If Schaffer is leaving, there is now a hole atop the Redskins front office that needs to be filled. It’s well within the realm of possibility that the team could internally promote guys like Doug Williams and/or Kyle Smith to help fill it. But the team could target an outside executive and get a fresh start with a team assembled to win with Rivera.
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We’ll see if the Redskins choose to let any other members of their front office go. Schaffer’s impending departure is surely a surprise, though, and it may signal that the Redskins want to add an external candidate to run their front office in 2020.