The Washington Redskins caused some controversy on Tuesday when they claimed Reuben Foster who was just arrested for domestic violence to their roster. The NFL has put him on the exempt list which means until their investigation is over on the charges, he won't be allowed to play, and as Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk points out, this is clearly a play for next year, not the next few weeks.

Reuben Foster is owed $257,000 for the rest of the year, and that is just the rental price that they will have to pay to get a shot at his talents next year.

This move clearly isn’t about getting help down the stretch, because it’s highly unlikely that both the legal process and the NFL’s investigation will be resolved within the next month or so. Instead, the legal process will move at its own speed, the NFL at the appropriate time will impose discipline, if any, and Foster will be eligible to play at some point in 2019, after Foster serves whatever unpaid suspension is imposed on Foster by the NFL.

This is a big risk for the Redskins in a couple of different ways. Not only do they have to pay a guy who might never play a down for them, but it's also a huge PR hit for their team.

Foster has been accused of domestic violence a few times already, and now he has the Redskins named attached to him. If he messes up again, it's going to look bad on the team.