We reported earlier that the Redskins have interest in Marcus Mariota. Their New GM did nothing to debunk or dispute that report.
Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan acknowledged Tuesday that he would draft the best available player with the fifth overall pick — even if it means taking a quarterback.
“No one will be handed a job from my standpoint,” McCloughan said. “You have to earn it. That’s what the NFL is about. I don’t have any ties with any of the players. I didn’t draft them. So I’m coming in — prove it to me. Prove to me you deserve to be on the field. That’s the way it should be in the NFL.”
Even if that means adding Mariota and creating what would be more intrigue to Griffin’s Redskins career — and probably reviving the circus atmosphere.
“You never have enough [quarterbacks],” McCloughan said. “When I was in Green Bay we had Brett Favre, who won three MVPs. Every year we drafted a Matt Hasselbeck and Aaron Brooks. It wasn’t that early, but we still took quarterbacks.”
RG3, Cousins and McCoy need to get out of there ASAP.