Trent Williams ends season-long holdout, rejoins Redskins

[Warthog]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I like an idea that was being floated in yesterday's Redskins Talk Podcast (the second one). With all the money the team has left, given that they missed on Hooper, Jones, and Cooper, they may just give some money to Trent so he stays.

That’s not as unlikely as it sounds. No one is offering a second rounder and no one wants to pay Trent $20 mill/yr. That may get both sides to loosen up and move toward the middle. When Trent sees he can’t get $20 mill anywhere, he may settle for less in order to get the guaranteed money he was concerned about last year.

If this scenario happens, I don’t think this will happen until much closer to the draft. There is no OT left in FA who is in Trent’s class and it is unlikely the team can draft someone at Trent’s level, unless Kyle Smith’s hits a grand-slam home run with a MacLaurin-like, low draft pick.

Near the draft, the pressure on both sides will increase greatly. Trent has to worry that the teams that need him may draft from the very deep OT pool, including the Redskins.
The Redskins have many needs and might want to spend their top draft picks toward other positions - like TE! If they mend fences with Trent then they can afford to use their lower draft picks on OL project players. Signing Trent gives them a couple of years to find a replacement.

So, I think you have a good idea, since we have a great deal of cap money which hasn’t been spent.....



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