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The Kevin Sheehan Show

Gruden Should Have Voice in QB Decision

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Kevin Sheehan, Blue Wire

Sports, Football

4.84.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2019

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Kevin opens the show with discussion about Jay Gruden's influence on the Redskins' offseason QB decisions. Scott Van Pelt joined Kevin and talked pay for college players and Terps' basketball. Andy Pollin joined the show to talk Robert Kraft's pending arrest and the signing of Albert Haynesworth 10 years ago this coming week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You want it. You need it. It's what everyone's talking about. The Kevin Sheehan Show. Now here's Kevin.

0:09.0

All right. I am here. Aaron is here. This show is presented by Window Nation. If you're in the market for Windows, call 86690 Nation or go to Window Nation.com and tell them we told you to call. Van Pelt will be on the show today. We'll talk about, you know,

0:22.3

the Duke Carolina, the Zion Williamson thing. I've got a little bit more on that as well. Andy

0:26.3

will be on the show today. He wants to talk about an important anniversary date as we do all the time

0:33.5

with Andy on Fridays. A few things to start, and I'm going to start with a Redskins-related topic.

0:39.4

If it's true that there was Redskins' interest in Joe Flacco, it certainly wasn't Jay Gruden's

0:47.1

idea. That's what I've got to start the show. Not much more other than what most of you think,

0:52.1

and what I've talked about on this show, going back to

0:55.0

really the day that Doug Williams admitted his surprise about the Alex Smith trade, and Jay Gruden

1:01.7

admitted that he never even looked at any of the quarterbacks that were potentially available

1:05.8

in the 2018 draft. That was about a year ago, you know, right around a year ago. Not even a quarterback that could have been taken in the mid to late rounds in the 2018 draft. That was about a year ago, you know, right around a year ago. Not even a

1:11.5

quarterback that could have been taken in the mid to late rounds in the 2018 draft. Jay Gruden

1:15.9

said he was never asked and never looked at any of the quarterbacks. And Doug Williams

1:19.4

admitted that he was surprised about the Alex Smith trade. What we learned then and what we

1:25.0

know now is that Jay Gruden's influence on who the

1:29.3

quarterbacks are on the Redskins roster, his influence is minimal.

1:35.0

Bruce Allen, who in recent weeks has tried to subtly sell the fans and media on his insignificant

1:42.8

influence on decisions related to things like coaching staff

1:46.9

and players is the key decision maker when it comes to coaching staff and key players.

1:53.2

I don't know Aaron and have not been able to confirm that there was indeed legitimate interest

1:59.0

in Joe Flacco, but I'll believe the reports that have already been out there over the last week, that at the

2:05.7

very least, someone in the organization was doing some poking around with Baltimore about the

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