1. The Redskins added seven “football players” to their roster.
It’s a phrase Redskins fans have become familiar with from McCloughan since joining the team last winter as general manager: “he’s a football player.”
In McCloughan’s eyes, a football player is more than someone that just straps on a helmet for a living.
A “football player” is someone who has “the personality, the competitiveness, the passion for the game, understands it’s about team, understands that we’re going to take care of each other no matter what, it’s huge to me.”
“The one thing that I really, really respect about the guys we took?