Redskins' official statement on Gruden: 'Team has clearly not performed up to expectations'

Washington Redskins team owner Dan Snyder, right, and Washington Redskins team president Bruce Allen, left, talk with head coach Jay Gruden, center, before the start of a NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Landover, Md., Thursday, Aug. ...The Redskins have issued an official statement after owner Dan Snyder and team president Bruce Allen fired coach Jay Gruden on Monday morning.

“Through the first five games of the 2019 season, the team has clearly not performed up to expectations, and we all share in that responsibility,” the team said in a release. “Moving forward we are committed to doing all that we can collectively as an organization to turn things around and…