Redskins News & Nuggets

The Redskins really never stop making some sort of news. That's good for you. There's always something to chew on.

Thursday was no different as Ron Rivera was a guest of J.P. Finlay and Mitch Tischler on the "Redskins Talk" podcast.

Ron Rivera live on the stream, Chase Young 1on1, if you’re a #Redskins fan and not tuning in you’re missing out - we’ll finish out the week tomorrow 12-1 on My Teams pic.twitter.com/GQMJ01EZ6l
— Mitchell Tischler (@Mitch_Tischler) February 27, 2020

Per Finlay, Rivera mentioned the following:

Ron Rivera tells me that Ryan Kerrigan is part of the Redskins plan for 2020
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) February 27, 2020

So, Ryan Kerrigan, as was expected is a part of the Redskins plans in 2020. As I always say - just because you have 'plans' doesn't mean they will turn out.

Kerrigan is in a no-mans land to some degree.

If the Redskins give him a multi-year contract extension, they could be in some big trouble to get out of it, if Kerrigan doesn't recover from his first bad year in his NFL career.

A one-year extension is more palatable but still has some significant risk.

My spin all along has been no extension, play things out and absorb the $11.5 million cap hit, knowing full well that that you can adjust some things later.

One fan misinterpreted what I was saying on 106..7 The FAN on Wednesday, when I talked about this issue, that was first reported by John Keim of ESPN (a possible contract extension).

aww poor @Russellmania621. I guess he will go off tonight on this because he ranted that he would get rid of Kerrigan..
— McLovinLife_HTTC (@br123474) February 27, 2020

Finlay also mentioned that Rivera confirmed that Brandon Scherff is more than in the plans, as everyone expected.

Ron Rivera on Brandon Scherff: "Brandon, most certainly, is somebody that we really believe is a big part of our offensive line."

READ: https://t.co/3jJhgpKBnc pic.twitter.com/nVlPN8uTAL
— NBC Sports Commanders (@NBCSCommanders) February 27, 2020

Chris Russell is the Publisher of RedskinsReport.com & Sports Illustrated's Washington Redskins channel. He can be heard on 106.7 The FAN in the Washington D.C. area and world-wide on Radio.com. Chris also hosts the "Locked on Redskins" Podcast and can be read via subscription to Warpath Magazine. You can e-mail Chris at russellmania09@Gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @Russellmania621.