Heading into the 2019 NFL trade deadline, there was some hope that the Washington Redskins would start to look toward the future. The team is at the halfway point in the season with a record of 1-7. Their only win was a one-point victory over the lowly Miami Dolphins.
With the team not looking like a contender now, they should have started preparing for a rebuild. They could have achieved that by offloading some of their veterans to acquire draft capital in hopes of filling some of their biggest needs in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Instead, the team decided to stay pat.