Redskins reportedly decline Reuben Foster’s fifth-year option

The Redskins decided not to pick up the fifth-year option on linebacker Reuben Foster. Here’s why it was a sensible move.

Reuben Foster has been with the Washington Redskins for about a year and a half. He has yet to play. At the time the team elected to claim him off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers, Foster was dealing with accusations of domestic violence. That wasn’t enough to scare off Bruce Allen and though the whole situation was a PR nightmare for the team, Foster was eventually cleared after being suspended at the end of the 2018 season.

It was expected that Foster would start at linebacker for the team in 2019. However, just a few plays into OTAs, Foster suffered a catastrophic…