In the words of Dave Chappelle, what can I say about Renaldo Wynn that hasn’t already been said about Afghanistan? He looks bombed out and depleted. I questioned why the Redskins brought him back for a second stint with the team last season, when he was clearly finished as a player the first time he was let go. Then he went to the Giants and did nothing, and then was brought back to again do nothing with the Redskins for another year.
My prediction for Wynn last season was that he would not accrue a single stat the entire year. I was barely off. Here are his end of year statistics: two games played, one tackle. He did not see action until week 15, when the team was 4-9 and losing to the Giants by double figures. He did not do anything of consequence the entire season. In fact, he was cut twice during the season to make roster space for a spare punter when Hunter Smith repeatedly went down with a groin injury. Why he was brought back after both cuts is beyond me. The Redskins fared no different, got no better, got no younger, and built nothing for the future.
After all that, Wynn is still around. He will turn 36 in September and doesn’t have much left. The Redskins are switching from a base 4-3 defense to a 3-4 hybrid and have no place for him. I don’t understand how he could be in the plans of this organization. I don’t get where this loyalty to him comes from, but I just have a bad feeling it will take just one injury on the defensive line and you will see Wynn brought back for a few weeks in the middle of the season to not even play a down.
