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Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams is done with the Washington Redskins. Though employed by the team, it's clear as day that he will not do his job for them due to a series of medical, contractual, and personal disagreements. However, he's not blaming the much-maligned team owner, Dan Snyder.
All shots go towards team president Bruce Allen.
Williams, in a feature piece done by Les Carpenter of the Washington Post, blamed Allen for the Redskins' demise from one of the NFL's grandest franchises to one that appears to be run by a group that graduated from Clown College.
The all-world left tackle said Allen holds money on the heads of African American athletes to gain leverage, citing his placements on the non-football injury list (that took away his salary) when he reported to the team midseason as a reason.
“It just goes to show you how behind the times [Allen] is, and he still tries to use that money to hold it over black athletes,” Williams said.
Williams does not believe his relationship with the franchise can be patched up. The damage is done. The Allen-led front office treated him poorly, despite being one of the NFL's best players at an ultra-premium position.
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“I don’t see how it can be reconciled,” Williams said. “At the end of the day I’m a human being, I ain’t like a dog and you can slap s— out of me and I’m going to come back the next morning with my tail wagging. This was a conscious decision, they didn’t burn the bridge by accident. This was something they felt comfortable doing, so I got to feel comfortable with moving on, too.”
Williams also doesn't believe that the Redskins can be a competitive team under Allen. He questions why he remains employed considering a putrid track record across the board.
“There’s no shortcuts to the top,” he said. “It’s a long, grueling road, and right now I don’t even feel like the organization is on a road, it’s on a track that’s going in circles. You get to a point where you say: ‘All right, we’re about to break through,’ and in less than a year, you’re back to rebuilding,” said Williams.
“I just don’t understand. In any business world, when the employer has someone who is underperforming, he finds another one. I don’t know in the last 10 years if there is a worse record [for] someone who has held their job for 10 years and performed the way they performed and still have a job. I don’t know. That would be good to look up and [see] just who else is in that company. I would be thrilled to find out.”
Recently, reports brewed of Snyder firing Allen. However, the bridges are burned. Williams, in large part due to Allen, will likely take his supreme talents to another team in 2020. Until then, he waits.
