ANALYSIS/OPINION
Of course the Washington Redskins would still use Scot McCloughan’s player evaluations as part of their draft strategy. Why wouldn’t they? He is very good at evaluating players — like when he drafted Ricky Jean Francois in the seventh round of the 2009 draft for the San Francisco 49ers, and then, two years ago, shortly after taking the job as the Redskins general manager, signed him as a free agent for Washington.
So, like many in the football business — and like a lot of Redskins fans — Francois was stunned when Washington, for reasons that had nothing to do with his ability to judge talent, fired McCloughan.