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Report: Redskins investigated Junior Galette when news broke about his release

Well it sounds like the Washington Redskins were ready to pounce on Junior Galette before the New Orleans Saints officially released him.

Mike Jones of the Washington Post reported on Friday that the Redskins started checking into Galette’s background as soon as they heard he was going to be released by the Saints.

Source said #Redskins began investigating Galette’s past once word broke of his impending release. Allen and McCloughan burned up the phones

— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) July 31, 2015

Once it was reported that the Saints were going to release Galette, they actually had to wait a few days to make things official, since he had to report to training camp and take a physical.