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This is where I'm at. I am extremely optimistic about the future of this team now that the cancer has been removed. But his fingerprints are still on this team going into this year and until those fingerprints are gone, I can't get hyped about the upcoming season like others.

16 teams interviewed him and passed on him. That's a red flag inasmuch as it was a red flag that Wentz was on his 3rd team in three years. The other huge red flag is how terrible the only offense he was solely in control of looked when he was Colorado's offensive coordinator. The reason you didn't hear the same amount of criticism on the hiring of EB is because the national media has been pounding the table for this guy to get a head coaching job for the last 4 years or so whereas Wentz was the punching bag for a lot of the national media.

It's bizarre to me that certain fans will not even entertain this as a possibility. And it has nothing to do with turning on Howell or disliking him. It's reality.

I don't think he should. I also don't think grandiose expectations (like making the playoffs and winning a game) should be placed on him this year. This is the other factor that a lot of people are ignoring this offseason. This guy has more red flags than Wentz did last year. It very well could end up being a disaster; which is a terrible thing for Howell's development.

Eerily reminiscent of last year's training camp. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/07/carson-wentz-commanders-training-camp/

"Don't sleep on Jacoby"

His boneheaded decision to leak the Gruden e-mails to the New York Times, which ultimately led to his selling of the team is the only good thing I can think of that he did.

The cancer that killed the Redskins will be removed today. I'm not necessarily happy because what I once loved was killed years ago and is never coming back. But once Rivera and every single hint of that cancer is removed, I'll be optimistic under Josh Harris.

The 24 year nightmare is finally over. This is such a weird feeling. I never thought he would sell. There is no doubt in my mind that when trying to make Tanya the face of the organization, and when she was booed loudly by the fans, that she was the one who realized it was time to pack it up and was the driving force in getting Dan to sell the team.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/14/dan-snyder-sale-women-washington-football-team/ Put them all in the ring of fame.

It's crazy to me. He's gotten the chance to be the guy twice with the Colts. Both times were average at best. Team immediately had a winning record when Luck was healthy and when they revived Philip Rivers for one final season. I hope we only see him in the preseason.

In 2019 he had 39 total touchdowns. In 2020 he had 35. In 2021 he had 35. He jumped in rushing touchdowns in his last year because as you said, he was carrying the offense. The "he was playing inconsistent" never made any sense to me. Corral was consistently rated higher than Howell going into the draft but when he played in the preseason against Washington's 3rd stringers, he looked completely lost. Howell never did.

I also wonder if Howell falling into their laps in the 5th was more because they had Wentz and his massive salary already on the roster come draft time. They could have had him rated much higher and taken him earlier. He kind of alluded to that in the past after the draft:

Please come true soon

The whole, "this QB was taken in the 5th round is enough evidence that he's no good" talk is starting to get tiresome. I would take Brock Purdy (7th), Gardner Minshew (6th), Mike White (5th) over Zach Wilson (1st), Trey Lance (1st), Drew Lock (2nd), Will Grier (3rd), Baker Mayfield (1st), Sam Darnold (1st), Josh Rosen (1st)...you get the picture. The "most late round quarterbacks don't develop into franchise qbs" can also be argued that most 1st rounders don't either. It's a gamble. Dak Prescott was 5 selections away from being a 5th rounder.

Standing and Sheehan seem to be the only ones locally who think this situation is a bad one. Most others think Howell's a question mark but believe in the potential. Nationally, almost every person I've seen believes Brissett came here because this is the easiest place to win a starting job.

He should probably go to the draft if he doesn't believe in Howell.

I seriously doubt this happens, but if it does, it could mean one of the top 4 QB prospects could slide to #16.

Officially official

The bolded is the wildcard in this scenario. Do they trade up in round 1 to take a guy? Someone in the 2nd or even 3rd? I would say then you've got really strong potential in the QB room. If they add a late round Nate Sudfeld type, I'm still feeling 'meh' with Howell being a huge question mark still. I don't think it's some finality to Howell that means he's going to be a bust and won't be worth trying to develop, but it would raise alarm bells.

Paulsen summed up my thoughts better than I ever could, key difference being I don't "love" the Brissett signing. It's okay to me: