When the Washington Redskins hired Ron Rivera as head coach, a widespread idea went out nationally right away — he might be able to salvage the Trent Williams situation.
Williams, one of the league’s best left tackles, didn’t play a snap for the Redskins this past season after a gap between the player and organization over various matters, including the medical side.
But Rivera would still like a crack at sitting down with Williams, according to JP Finlay of NBC Sports:
“We got to get Trent in, we got to sit him down, see where he is, see how he is, healthwise too. We have not really had the contact we need to have to know…He’s still our guy.”
Rivera managing to fix this situation would be a massive win for a Redskins team trying to get the most out of Dwayne Haskins under center. Attempting to add a starting-caliber left tackle isn’t exactly an easy thing to do.
But with the front office entirely changed and Bruce Allen gone thanks to offseason movs by Dan Snyder, there’s at least a ray of hope Rivera might be able to mend this relationship.
Presumably, such a meeting would occur soon before free agency or the draft.
