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They couldn't control the leaks. Seeing as it was either national or individuals outside the market with the news, you can assume the agent was sharing the info with the media. You either do it or you don't. Can't assume your current staff won't find out.

Smith's deal was more cap friendly. Sub Kirk for Smith, and we have about $8M less in cap space. The injury changes the situation though. We don't have a lot of room to invest more to the QB position.

I doubt it. I moved to Dallas recently, and to my surprise..... they don't really care about the Redskins. Cowboy/Eagle/Giant fans in the DMV are aggravating, but after living in Jersey and Dallas for the past 10 years, I've learned that the Redskins are largely irrelevant to the hometown fans of our 'rivals'.

The Manusky situation is interesting. They want to replace him, but it's not an attractive opportunity. I thought about it, and the Redskins couldn't convince me to leave my job to work as their DC and I love the team. It's going to be very tough to attract an elite DC.

It was a package deal and Shanahan had ultimate authority on football decision. http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4799532

Rhule was their #1 choice, but they wanted to select how staff. He wanted to select his own staff, so they went with Gase. It's good to know we aren't the only circus in the league.

Apparently there are some in the building who have a problem with how hard he pushes his players. There's a belief that it's leading to so many injuries on the OLine and it's shortening the careers of some of their best players. Russell mentioned that Bill C is still around largely do to his past relationship with Bruce. I get the idea that Callahan will be out, but he won't be fired because of that relationship. They will mutually part ways or Callahan may retire (my take based on radio interviews and podcasts).

It was Russell who mentioned the frustration of both of those coaches yesterday on Chad Dukes show.

Chris Russell was on with Dukes earlier and mentioned that Tomsula wanted out because of the circus.

I was thinking the same thing last night. Maybe we want Bruce around for 2 more years. True long term planning

That's a narrative I've heard quite a bit lately. Dan had been known to be willing to throw around money for players, but has always been cheap when it relates to all other staff. Sad that they don't truly invest in the entire organization.

Bruce offered him a deal, and he requested more money. The team said no, and went and got Gray. They weren't technically outbid. They were being cheap, and didn't want to pay what he was looking for.

The thought was that he was good, but Tomsula is the best coach on that side of the ball.

Reuben will still likely face suspension, but there is still a lot to learn about the situation.

I usually try to defend the organization, but this is a joke. The entire operation is terrible. Even the decisions I agree with are handled terribly. It's ridiculous