Cravens return to the Redskins follows both a promising but tumultuous start to his career, where flashes of his unique dime-backer talent were marred by injury, personal adversity, and erratic behavior.
Cravens’ ledger of serial transgressions last season would normally warrant a quick trip to the waiver wire for any other player returning to active duty. The team was indeed pondering that possibility when it placed him on the reserve / left squad list early last year. But the fact that the team hasn’t pulled the plug on him yet reflects the complicated array of factors that bear on his future with the club.