Let’s say that your romantic partner broke up with you, but you were determined to get them back. You got a haircut, refocused your attention on your job, cleaned your apartment and overall bettered yourself in the hopes of their return. Is that enough for them to reconsider a relationship with you?
That’s probably the question that the Washington Redskins are asking themselves now. After left tackle Trent Williams ‘broke up’ with them before the 2019 season, choosing to hold out due to a number of disagreements, Washington has chosen to better themselves. They fired their head coach, fired their team president, and fired their head athletic trainer. On top of that, they brought in a highly-respected new head coach and remade their medical staff with a couple of the top minds in that field.
So is that enough to spark the interest of Williams once again? Have the Redskins changed enough to get him to come back and give this thing one more shot? Running back Chris Thompson thinks so.
“From articles and stuff that I read, [Williams] had problems with two people [Allen and Hess],” Thompson said, via NBC Sports Washington. “Now, that’s out the way, I think he would come back now. He always said for him, Dan [Snyder] wasn’t an issue at all, it was more how he was treated medically and how he felt about Bruce and stuff. That’s out of the question now, out of the way now. I think there’s a big chance he’ll come back.”
It’s quite obvious that the Redskins are doing whatever they can to get Williams back in the building, as they completely cleaned house in the first week of the offseason. Of course, that wasn’t all done just to get the seven-time Pro-Bowler back in the building, but it definitely was part of the reason. Now, coming off of a 3-13 year with the postseason out of grasp yet again, the Redskins are looking towards a future that has a handful of dynamic playmakers on offense, and a stout defensive line that could be scary under the right coaching. One of their major areas of weakness is the left side of the offensive line, a position that Williams could turn into one of their strengths.
So did the Redskins do enough to get Williams agree to move back in?
“I wouldn’t see him holding out now,” Thompson said.
