Redskins SVP of Football Ops Eric Schaffer STILL EMPLOYED!

It's been an insane Tuesday already as Ron Rivera was reportedly hired and then longtime Redskins broadcaster and former player, Rick "Doc" Walker, initially reported that SVP of Football Operations, Eric Schaffer, was let go by the Redskins. Doc later corrected his reporting. Here's the details.

Chris Russell Redskins Maven

I've seen a lot of crazy things in 11 plus years around the Redskins and certainly the last two days, have been incredibly wild and interesting. 

Eric Schaffer, who earlier on Tuesday, was reportedly fired, apparently is still with the organization. 

Correction on my earlier report on dismissal of Eric Shaffer. I just spoke to Eric and he is still in.

— Rick Doc Walker (@RickDocWalker) December 31, 2019

Bryan Manning, a great contributor for us here at Redskins Maven has been monitoring the developments over the last hour or so.

Adding new details and reports, we now also have this:

The leak is Schaffer himself. Who told people on Monday that he’s out. https://t.co/7finAbU3xk

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) December 31, 2019

Our first report is below: 

I am totally stunned. Nothing much stuns me. This one does. 

Eric Schaffer isn't perfect but he's the smartest man in the entire building at Redskins Park, by far and now he's reportedly been fired.

Per Rick "Doc Walker of The Team 980 and the Redskins Radio Network, who I worked with for many years, Schaffer, who just completed his 18th season is OUT. 

I have no idea what happened here and Schaffer did not immediately return a text from Redskins Maven, asking to confirm. 

The only things I can think of is this: Schaffer has wanted to be President or President of Football Operations for a long time. 

If Dan Snyder told him no or that someone else was being hired to take that job and Schaffer squawked, maybe that's what led to his dismissal? 

That is pure speculation on my part but clearly it is a new day and era with the Washington Redskins. 

Or did Schaffer get blamed for some of the massive problems with Bruce Allen? 

Schaffer was being pursued by at least one team last winter for their President position and I was told by multiple sources that Dan Snyder reassured him and sweetened his contract to some degree. 

Over the last few days, reports or speculation by Mike Garafolo of NFL Network and others were certainly counter to what has apparently happened.

Interested to see what the #Redskins do with Eric Schaffer. Currently a senior VP for them, he handles contract negotiations and more. A well-rounded guy, he could gain more power soon. For all the negatives you hear out of Ashburn, Schaffer is the one who is often praised.

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) December 29, 2019

Now that appears to have gone sour. Wow. Of all the moves, I didn't think this would happen. 

Chris Russell is the Publisher of Maven & 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.