Redskins: 2012 Off-Season-Free Agency/Trades

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

With a guy his age I can understand letting him play out his contract.

Could they have approached him last year at some point. Definitely. Do we know if they did or not?

It was definitely a decision they made to let him play out his contract. We know from mid season last year, perhaps as early as October, that the Fletcher camp was wondering what more the Redskins wanted London to show them.

In the end, I think they'll either re-sign or be able to replace him, but I doubt the Redskins will be better off at the LB position than they were a year ago, and good organizations try to make their strengths stronger every year. It sure seems like the Redskins are going all in on offense and pretending like the defensive side of the ball will just take care of itself.

At least, that's one way of interpreting Shanahan's excitement over stuff like getting Jarvis Jenkins back. We've heard little (if anything) about trying to upgrade Hall or Atogwe, so it sure appears like the plan is lose/replace Fletcher and Landry and then rest on the accomplishments of the other players.