An NFL arbitrator has ruled for the Redskins in a grievance dispute between the team and former general manager Scot McCloughan, as Liz Clarke and Mark Maske of The Washington Post write. McCloughan was seeking to collect on approximately $2.8MM, the amount left on his four-year deal at the time of his firing in 2017. There is no avenue of appeal under the NFL’s system, so it appears that the case is closed. 
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The Redskins enjoyed back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in 19 years on McCloughan’s watch, though the Redskins asserted that he was fired “for cause.” After he was let go, the Redskins’ team-owned radio station speculated that he was fired for alcohol abuse. An anonymous team official later told a local paper that McCloughan was canned because he came into the office drunk.
McCloughan, who is well-regarded by many in the league, now runs a private scouting service from his home in Colorado. The Browns enlisted his help in the 2018 draft and it’s likely that other teams have also leaned on his advice.
None of his draft picks in Washington really stood out, other than the USC safety who went AWOL, then flamed out in Denver. Why GM is ‘well regarded’ going literally 0-2 in drafts only underlines why so many teams are terrible. They prop up average people as ‘difference makers’.
If I’m not a good accountant at company A or B, why would I be good at company C?
Plus he’s a drunk
Have a few shots and forget about it Svot