Redskins could be much younger on defense next season
The Redskins could not have asked much more from their 2004 free-agent class, which included CB Shawn Springs, LB Marcus Washington, DT Cornelius Griffin and DE Phillip Daniels. Those four played critical roles in helping the team finish with a top-10 defense in four of the five seasons since then. But it’s almost guaranteed that one of those players, and very likely more, will not return next season.
Joining the list of potential salary-cap cuts would be DE Jason Taylor, who had a disappointing season in Washington. Cutting those five players would save the team more than $20 million in cap room, but the defense almost certainly would take a massive hit in productivity as a result. The team chose to stick with its veterans down the stretch over younger players, but the truth of the matter is that there are few young players on defense that appear to have much in the way of upside who are not already contributing. And with only four draft picks, the Redskins might have trouble adding more help to that side of the ball.
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