Case Keenum is be D.C.-bound. On Thursday, the Redskins and Broncos hammered out a trade to send the quarterback to Washington, as Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. 
The trade will send Keenum and a Broncos 2020 seventh-round pick to D.C. in exchange for a 2020 sixth-round pick, according to Mike Klis of 9News (on Twitter). Meanwhile, Keenum has agreed to rework his contract in order to facilitate the deal.
Keenum had the opportunity to earn $21MM in ’19 under the terms of his old contract, but the revised pact will give him $7.5MM in total. The Broncos will pay Keenum a $500K restructure bonus and contribute $3.5MM towards Keenum’s $7MM salary. Meanwhile, Washington will pay their $3.5MM half of the tab. Ultimately, the Broncos saved themselves a few million and the Redskins found an inexpensive veteran to compete with Colt McCoy for the starting gig.
Keenum, 31, joined the Broncos on a two-year, $36MM deal prior to the 2018 campaign. Unfortunately, his season with Denver did not go as planned as the Broncos slumped to a 6-10 mark. This offseason, he was squeezed out of his starting job when the Broncos acquired Joe Flacco from the Ravens.
With the Redskins, Keenum may have an opportunity to take over for Alex Smith, who is fighting his way back from a gruesome leg injury. He’s not long removed from leading the Vikings to the NFC Championship Game during a 2017 season in which he ranked second in Total QBR, seventh in adjusted net yards per attempt (the passing metric most correlated with winning), fifth in interception percentage, and seventh in sack percentage.
On the flipside, Keenum’s 2018 marks tell a different story. Among 33 qualifying quarterbacks, Keenum finished 30th in Total QBR, 28th in ANY/A, 21st in interception percentage, and 11th in sack percentage. A year after ranking first in Football Outsiders‘ DVOA (meaning he was extremely effective on a per-play basis), Keenum fell all the way to 29th in 2018.
With the No. 15 pick in the draft, the Redskins are unlikely to land either Kyler Murray or Dwayne Haskins, so a short-term solution such as Keenum might make the most sense for them. There’s also the free agent market to consider, but Smith’s $20.4MM cap hit could be prohibitive in the pursuit of someone like Nick Foles.
Don’t the Redskins have to get rid of some contracts to fit Keenum under the cap?
Every year the redskins don’t draft a QB is another wasted season.
Only 2 worth drafting this year and neither will be around when the skins pick so might as well tank this year for Tua or Jalen.
They SHOULD have tanked last year
The Skins saved money in the long run by Keenum reworking to 7.5 mil. Better than trading a top pick for unproven Rosen
$3.5 million as the Broncos are paying half.
Guess it is a year later than expected but we switched quarterbacks with the Vikings let’s see who ends up with the better deal,neither made the playoffs last year.Game on!!
It’s only going to cost them 3.5 million. That’s less that what McCoy is getting paid.
WHY ?? Wouldn’t we be better off with Colt , Fitzmagic or Tyrod , and then spending that money on linemen and AP ?
You won’t need AP. Guice is the real deal
Yep
Who’s AP?
Adrian Peterson?
Case Keenum is be D.C bound
What? Do you even edit bro?
Guess they are not trading for Josh Rosen now. lol
Does this bring them back into AB discussions
I know Snyder loves to make splashes
Doesn’t make much sense 2017 was a fluke year and he’s not that much better than McCoy seems that money could’ve been used better
Agree, he basically IS Colt
They have a lot of uncertainty at the position but Keenum and his big cap hit is not the answer. Its proven that Keenum is a 1 year flash in the pan.
Why would he agree to take such a big pay cut? Wouldn’t Denver have owed him that money if they cut him?
The guaranteed portion is not the same as the cap hit. I think he was guaranteed something like 10m, so he gave up 2.5m-ish for a better chance to start.
To agree to go from 21MM to 7.5MM in ’19 just to play, wow. Not many people would do that. I sure wouldn’t.
From the looks of it he is only guaranteed 10M with 3 million of that being a prorated roster bonus. The other 11 million would have been forfeited once the broncos cut him. Damn unguaranteed contracts. In the end, he gave up 2.5 mil for a chance to start which if he succeeds could be worth a hell of a lot rather than just be a bench guy.
link to overthecap.com
He could have made the broncos cut him got the 10m then entered free agency and signed a 7m deal with Washington and made 17m that season.
Even if he only landed a backup role itd be few mil.
Makes you wonder if Keenam has some serious health issue he’s keeping a secret. A QB taking a cut that size really makes no sense otherwise.
Awesome trade for the skins. Keenum isn’t the big name you want but he’s literally better than every QB on the roster. For those of who who think he’s another Colt McCoy, is nonsense. He’s a career back up for a reason and basically a 3 rd stringer. They are gonna be a run first team next year with Guice, and he Keenum is better on teams that run primarily. As long as you don’t ask him to thro voluminously, they will they will be fine.
Keenam thrived in 2017 for the Vikings only because a number of factors taken in their entirety came together to take maximum advantage of his strengths.
1) Shurmer tailored the offense to Keenam’s strengths.
2) Keenam was at his best throwing on the move which he had to do because of the porous offensive line.
3) Keenam was a threat to run the ball.
4) Keenam had receivers that were good route runners.
5) The receivers were able to get open when the called play broke down.
6) The receivers were able to make catches in tight windows and with a high degree of success.
This was not the “Case” for Keenam in Denver.
If it is the “Case” in DC, Keenam will have success.
One factor you didn’t mention is that Keenam has a 10-3 record and 107.7 rating when playing in domes but is much less effective when not in a climate controlled environment. This could pose a problem in Washington.