After botching contract talks in 2015 and paying top dollar for temporary fixes the next two years, the Washington Redskins faced massive uncertainty at quarterback heading into the 2018 NFL season and had few options, none of them appealing, to stabilize the team's most important position.
They had no young quarterback in their developmental ranks. They had a 31-year-old backup, Colt McCoy, under contract. And their starter, Kirk Cousins, had waited since the day Washington chose him as a fourth-round insurance policy in the 2012 NFL draft to become a free agent and get the chance to choose his employer for the first time in his pro career.