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NFL free agency 2019: Grades for every team

By Kevin Parvizi

PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 25: Odell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants yells prior to the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on November 25, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 25: Odell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants yells prior to the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on November 25, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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SANTA CLARA, CA – NOVEMBER 12: New York Giants strong safety Landon Collins (21) runs in action during the NFL game between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers on November 12, 2018 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CA – NOVEMBER 12: New York Giants strong safety Landon Collins (21) runs in action during the NFL game between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers on November 12, 2018 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Washington Redskins

Key Additions: SS Landon Collins, QB Case Keenum, OL Ereck Flowers

Key Departures: EDGE Preston Smith, WR Jamison Crowder, S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, ILB Zach Brown, OT Ty Nsekhe

Grade: F

Although Landon Collins was worth spending $84 million overall and $45 million in guaranteed money on, Washington did not have a productive free agency this year. With Alex Smith injured and Case Keenum slated to start at quarterback, this is a team at risk of being one of the NFL’s worst in 2019, and it’s already somehow even more obvious that Bruce Allen is incapable of running an NFL franchise.

Washington’s idea of boosting its offense was signing Keenum at quarterback after a disastrous season with the Denver Broncos in which he failed to move the ball for an offense and signing Ereck Flowers, potentially the NFL’s most exhausting and incompetent starter.

Keenum should have a good ground game behind him, but it’s not like that did him in any help in Denver last season. And with Crowder leaving, Paul Richardson and Josh Doctson, two extremely talented and underrated players, are his only options at wide receiver, but they are injury risks. Furthermore, Doctson has yet to truly put it together in this league after being a touted first-round pick in 2016.

Collins is a massive addition to Washington’s secondary, but with Preston Smith gone, the only other playmaker on this defense is veteran edge rusher Ryan Kerrigan. Washington has holes across its roster, and they really only addressed one by spending on Collins.

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