Greg Manusky isn’t going anywhere after all. The Redskins explored other candidates for their defensive coordinator position, but they now plan to retain Manusky instead, according to Les Carpenter of the Washington Post. 
Over the last couple of weeks, the Redskins have been reportedly mulling ex-head coaches Gregg Williams, Todd Bowles, and Steve Wilks for the DC job. They talked to all three men, but ultimately decided to keep Manusky in order to maintain consistency in the locker room. Someone with knowledge of the Redskins’ plans told Carpenter that head coach Jay Gruden was simply looking for “different perspectives” in those conversations, but it sounds like they would have liked to replace Manusky with Williams.
The Redskins’ D showed promise in 2018, but things fell apart on both sides of the ball after the club’s 6-3 start (of course, Alex Smith‘s injury played a significant role in their drop-off). According to Carpenter’s person in the know, the Redskins are aiming to keep the momentum moving for defensive tackles Daron Payne, Jonathan Allen, Matt Ioannidis, and other young defenders in 2019, despite the occasional hiccups experienced last year.
In 2018, the Redskins allowed the 17th-most yards in the NFL but were tied for tenth in turnovers with 26. Both were improvements over 2017, so things are trending up for Manusky’s unit.
It’s not the coaches, or GM’s, or presidents/other executives, nor the players’ fault for what’s happening in DC; it Dan Sydner’s fault.
Miss my team. Miss competing and winning for division titles, & Super Bowls.
I think they would have won the division this year if Smith didn’t get hurt
I agree
Yeah I seem to remember the Defense being the strength of this team, and it only folded after the entire team seemed to go on the IR. It is insane to me that this was even considered with how good they were doing.
They need to be taking a QB in the first round this spring. Regardless of Smith.