Following the 2016 season, the Washington Redskins controversially elected to overhaul their receiving corps. A year after both Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson finished with 1,000-plus yards receiving, neither of them returned to the team. Both players were deemed too expensive and were jettisoned in favor of younger, cheaper players.
On the surface, this may have been the right move for the Redskins, given Garcon’s health issues and Jackson’s ineffectiveness in Tampa Bay. But, the Redskins still dealt with problems in the aftermath of this decision. And as a result, their team’s receivers struggled during the 2017 campaign.