JLC blog:
Redskins Insider
Posted at 2:26 PM ET, 02/26/2008
Quick Update
Back from a mini vacation of sorts, or at least a day. Anyway, the Skins redid Chris Samuels's contract the other day after doing Jansen's as well - combined the deals created $6.3 million in cap space, so the Skins are roughly $3 million under and still have 3-4 other contracts they could rework to create more room.
Briefly, I expect the Skins to continue to pursue several trade options with the free agent market limited. I'll post on that later in the week. They have interest in several players who are being floated.
Also, heard from league sources that the Redskins have made major changes to their medical staff. Ray Thal, the longtime surgeon, is no longer with the club, and was not with the team at the combine, sources said. The Skins are looking for a new orthopedic specialist and were working as usual with James Andrews, who is on the sidelines at Skins games, to land a new local surgeon.
As I wrote about in a story outlining the offseason about 2-3 weeks ago, the Redskins will also make official soon the creation of a new segment of their medical team specifically for rehab, with a focus on the kind of muscle injuries that plagued them last season. They will make hires in that regard as well.
I'm on Washington Post Live on Comcast as well, from 5-6, so email in any questions.
Good to be back.
Cheers.