The Latest on Trent's Return

Want some kind of definitive word on Trent Williams' future with the Redskins? Well - we don't have that but we do have Ron Rivera saying something.

Ron Rivera is involved in a lot of NFL business. He's on the competition committee. He's the head coach and essentially the President of Football Operations for the Washington Redskins. 

That's a big enough job as it is. 

But he also has to play peacemaker between Trent Williams and the franchise. 

Here's the latest on Williams' return which has been heavily speculated on:

Ron Rivera, leaving NFL competition committee meeting, said nothing has been resolved about the Redskins' attempt to convince Trent Williams to return: "Nothing to share right now."

— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) February 23, 2020

Williams probably will return soon but absolutely nothing should be counted on for sure, as we've said all along. This is complicated and remains complicated. 

Mark Maske doubled down on the semi-ominous tone in his first tweet about a potential re-marriage to Williams.

More on Ron Rivera and Trent Williams: Rivera was not suggesting that discussions about Williams's possible return were not progressing well. He was just saying that nothing has been finalized either way at this point. In fact, it appears that talks so far have been promising.

— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) February 23, 2020

Williams is in an interesting situation too. From what I know, he not only wants to play football but he HAS to play football again. He has a family situation that is private which I've heard about, which combined with losing $14+ million last year, puts him in a bind. 

My understanding is that Williams regularly comes back to the area and may even be here right now, but I do not expect anything in the next day or two.  A couple of cocktails and some good conversation in Indianapolis between Williams' agent and the Redskins might help though. 

He has very little leverage in my opinion to negotiate a long-term deal or a lucrative bonus structure, so that might give the Redskins and Rivera the upper-hand ultimately. 

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