Zach Brown‘s free agent tour will continue, as the veteran linebacker will take a meeting with the Redskins on Monday, according to John Keim of ESPN.com (Twitter link).
Brown, one of only four PFR Top 50 free agents who remains unsigned, has been linked to several clubs over the past month, including the Raiders, Dolphins, Colts, and Bills. At one point, Brown was thought to be choosing between Oakland and Miami, but the Fins are now not expected to sign the 27-year-old. Reportedly looking for a multi-year pact in the $6MM range, Brown has yet to find a team willing to match that ask.
Washington, meanwhile, has two starting linebackers returning in the forms of Mason Foster and restricted free agent Will Compton, but Brown would be an upgrade on the latter. Compton ranked as only the No. 74 linebacker in the league last season, per Pro Football Focus, while Brown placed 17th.
Would be an awesome get will Compton is average at best
Inside linebackers very weak need upgrades
Bring this guy on board, and he’ll just make us defensively better!
This guy is not interested in winning or a good situation he just wants the money money. If one team offers one dollar more than the next he will go there! To bad too, because a team on the verge like the Raiders, could really use him.
We need this dude worst then we need safeties, he would be an awesome addition to the skons, he would most likely ginish his career as a skins hof
Nobody has offered him what he wants and his agent has already mentioned an amount and yet the Redskins are interested. This team needs a linebacker, running back, and Nose Tackle. I suspect he is about to sign a contract tomorrow because this will allow the Skins to draft a RB with pick #17 and then draft a NT in round 2 completing the real needs of the Redskins. Of course this would be a logical plan but Bruce Allen doesn’t think like I do.
Well-run teams do not pay up in FA for ILB’s. Just like with C’s, OG’s, and RB’s, they get them on the cheap through the draft. Redskins need to address DL first. We are still thin there. It’s like getting a top RB and having a bad O line, waste of time and money.
If they get this guy and they do nothing to address the line in free agency then I agree it’s a waste. But if they get this guy and draft DL help with the first pick i.e. Caleb Brantley and a NT in let’s say the fourth then this is an AWESOME pickup. Don’t let this guy leave the building!
Newsflash: you’d agree that the patriots are a well run team right?They signed ILB Hightower to $43M with $19M guaranteed. So much for your LB argument. this guy is asking for nowhere near that. Do not let this guy leave the building!!
love it love it love it!!! FINALLY someone else on these comments pages gets it!!! they passed on leonard williams, but since scherff turned out 2 b a pro-bowler that can be forgiven, n then they passed on the 2 alabama guys last year, robinson n reed…GET A STUD D-LINEMAN, tho i dont see a NT that fits the bill in the draft…would have 2 get an end, n shift mcghee to nose, unless phil taylor makes a comeback…then draft a stud RB in the 2nd round, since it’s a deep position this year, n go OLB in the 3rd round, since murphy’s suspended the first 4 games, galette keeps blowing his knee out, n preston smith has underachieved