Paul Richardson was an early signing for the Redskins when free agency frenzy broke out on the 14th of March. There were a number of very large contracts handed out to Wide Receivers that weekend, and, while the 5-year, $40m deal that Richardson got from the Redskins might have sounded incredibly high at $8m per season, it paled in comparison to Sammy Watkins ($15.8m) and Allen Robinson ($13.9m), who were signed the same day.
After the Richardson signing, the Redskins free agency news stopped coming — or at least slowed to a dribble. The team eventually made a few more moves, bringing in Pernell McPhee and Orlando Scandrick, and trading for Kevin Hogan, but the clear #1 headline free agent signing for the team in 2018 was Richardson.