Every NFL coaching staff ends up getting connected with players. Coaching regimes have their men. Often, with the Redskins since Gibbs resigned in 1993, our Redskins coaching regimes have failed with their men.
Jeff George, Deion Sanders, Bruce Smith, Danny Wuerffel, Jon Beck, Kirk Cousins, and most recently with Jay Gruden, Trent Williams and Josh Norman.
It is not too early for Rivera’s regime to get connected with a player. The move the Redskins make with the second pick in this year’s draft will be connected with Rivera’s regime.