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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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MIAMI, FLORIDA – JANUARY 30: NFL coach, Ron Rivera, of the Washington Redskins speaks onstage during day 2 of SiriusXM at Super Bowl LIV on January 30, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM )
MIAMI, FLORIDA – JANUARY 30: NFL coach, Ron Rivera, of the Washington Redskins speaks onstage during day 2 of SiriusXM at Super Bowl LIV on January 30, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM ) /

Why the Redskins need coaching and Williams to be competitive

All this talk of players is overrated. Obtaining a draft pick, young players, or veteran players, it’s all overrated. It comes down to coaching.

The NFL is about execution. A good system and you can plug in two or three deep and see the same production without not much of a drop-off.

You see that in the great organizations such as New England, Green Bay and Pittsburgh over the 2010s. The Redskins will be fine this decade if they get the right coaches in here.

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Why we are saying this next year is going to be a long year? By the end of this season, we could have 5, 10, 15 blue-collar players looking towards paydays down the road.

It is not rocket science. It is about good coaching getting execution. Good coaches get players to react instead of thinking.

Hopefully, Rivera can get this out of his team. He apparently has in the past. On these poorly coached Washington Redskins teams for most of the last decade, the one consistent star has been Williams when healthy.

His play most often seems to be reacting as opposed to thinking. Even in the seasons when Williams has played with injuries, he has still produced near sack-less stretches and still been voted to Pro Bowls. Why is that?

He knows how to react. He knows how to execute.

And I would like to argue there is a history of Redskins lineman virtually playing on one leg and still getting the job done well. Williams fits that mold. Williams is a super hog.

While I believe most players are coachable, I believe there are a few players that are elite and you need these players to win championships. Williams is one of those elite players.

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