Redskins hired Jay Gruden as their head coach on a five-year deal.
In 2011, Gruden left the UFL to take over a Bengals offense that ranked 20th in the league the previous season. He leaves them as a top-10 unit despite the uneven play of quarterback Andy Dalton and somewhat vanilla schemes. Gruden, the 46-year-old younger brother of ESPN's Spider 2 Y Banana, gives Redskins owner Dan Snyder the name value he always seeks and GM Bruce Allen the man he knows from their time together in Tampa. Skins tight ends coach Sean McVay is expected to be promoted to offensive coordinator, while holdovers Jim Haslett and Raheem Morris have both been named as candidates for the defensive coordinator job. The Bengals' three straight first-round playoff exits and Gruden's public hesitancy to run the read-option surprisingly did nothing to extinguish his market. He'll install a pass-heavy scheme, but it's not an upgrade for the prospects of Robert Griffin III.