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Report: Shanahan was ready to leave Redskins in January

 

 

In many American workplaces, an employee who fears being fired will quit pre-emptively.  For an NFL coach, that maneuver comes with a cost.

 

Specifically, the coach will say bye-bye to his buyout.

For Redskins coach Mike Shanahan, the word emerging as he closes in on getting fired with a year left on his contract is that he almost quit.  In January.

 

According to Dan Graziano of ESPN.com, Shanahan cleaned out his office prior to the wild-card playoff game against the Seahawks, due to the relationship between owner Daniel Snyder and quarterback Robert Griffin III.  Per Graziano, “Shanahan had grown tired of the way Snyder empowered Griffin and openly esteemed him above all other players.”

 

If true, wow...I don't even know what to say. Him running RG3 into the ground last year would make a lot more sense. There seems to be a lot of smoke surrounding Shanahan right now. And where there's smoke...

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