There was definitely a way for the Redskins to move past the Reuben Foster signing without creating additional bad PR. Sure, the team deservedly got a lot of attention for claiming a man that had been arrested on domestic violence charges just days before, but there was a way for them to absorb the blow of the bad PR and make the move purely about football.
That didn’t end up happening.
In the Redskins initial statement about the move, the team made it abundantly clear that Foster would have to earn his role with the squad. And if he was guilty, he would never play for the Redskins.