When the Redskins hired Jay Gruden away from the Cincinnati Bengals sideline, I found the silver lining, but I had been writing for weeks at the time in favor of hiring his defensive coordinator counterpart there, Mike Zimmer. My thought at the time was that the Redskins could benefit from developing a defensive identity that would lead this team into the next era (it was still technically the RG3 era). After Gruden’s first five seasons in Washington, I find it interesting (maybe more amusing) that we are heading into a year counting on a talented defense to keep us in games and lead this team.
