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Why the Redskins shouldn’t be so quick to run Trent Williams out of town

By Marc Lande

LANDOVER, MD - OCTOBER 04: Trent Williams #71 of the Washington Redskins celebrates after beating the Philadelphia Eagles 23-20 at FedExField on October 4, 2015 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Evan Habeeb/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - OCTOBER 04: Trent Williams #71 of the Washington Redskins celebrates after beating the Philadelphia Eagles 23-20 at FedExField on October 4, 2015 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Evan Habeeb/Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – OCTOBER 23: Trent Williams #71 of the Washington Redskins enters the field to take on the Philadelphia Eagles during their game at Lincoln Financial Field on October 23, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

Recent Redskins strategy

Say what you want, but this feud between the Redskins higher-ups and Trent Williams has always been about money.

The Redskins, through the past decade, did not have too many stars to pay. And in recent years, the Redskins have been committed to building the team through drafts and avoiding high priced free agents for the most part (save for their trade and extension involving Alex Smith).

Unfortunately, because of all the dysfunction, we have all seen the futility of the Redskins over the past three decades minus a few seasons. Since Gibbs 2.0, this blueprint has caused multiple rebuilds, especially at quarterback (Jason Campbell, Patrick Ramsey, Mark Burnell, Robert Griffin III, Kirk Cousins, Alex Smith, etc.).

Furthermore, I believe, most of this past decade, the Redskins have been talking “culture change.” But the team changed directions from the Bruce Smith and Deion Sanders-type signing a long while ago. And yet they still seem to be going from one rebuild to the next.

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