2019 Washington Redskins season
The [2019 National Football League|NFL season|2019 season] was the Washington Redskins' 88th in the National Football League and their sixth and final under [List of Washington Sports teams named Redskins|Redskins head coaches|head coach] Jay Gruden, as well as their final season being known as the Redskins. The team retired the name and logo following the season after years of controversy regarding it. After five straight losses to open the season, their worst since 2001, the team fired Gruden and appointed offensive line coach Bill Callahan as interim head coach. The team finished 3–13, matching their worst 16-game record from the 1994 and 2013 seasons, which was the league's second-worst record that year, ahead of only the 2–14 Cincinnati Bengals.
The team's 3–13 record dropped the team to a combined record of 4–19 following Alex Smith's season-ending injury against the Houston Texans the previous season; Washington had entered that game at 6–3. Smith returned to the active roster in 2020. Following the season's end, team president Bruce Allen and several others within the team's front office were fired.
NFL draft
Notes
- Washington traded their fourth-round selection to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for safety Ha Ha Clinton Dix, and forfeited their sixth-round selection after selecting cornerback Adonis Alexander in the 2018 supplemental draft.
- As the result of a negative differential of free agent signings and departures that Washington experienced during the free agency period, the team was projected to receive three compensatory selections for the 2019 draft. Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 is to be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings.
- Washington was awarded four compensatory picks including their second selections in rounds 3, 5 and 7 and their sole pick in round 6.
- Washington traded their second-round selection to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for the 26th overall selection in the 2019 NFL draft and a second round selection in the 2020 NFL draft.
- Washington traded their third-round compensatory selection to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for picks 112 and 131 in the 2019 NFL draft.
Regular season
Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 3: vs. Chicago Bears
With the loss, the Redskins' seven-game winning streak against the Bears came to an end.
Week 5: vs. New England Patriots
With their 4th straight loss to New England, the Redskins fell to 0-5 for the first time since 2001. As a result, head coach Jay Gruden was fired after the game.
With the win, the Redskins got their first win of the season, and recorded their first ever road win in Miami against the Dolphins. This game was also known by many fans as the "Super Tank Bowl", as both teams entered winless. This was the final win against an AFC opponent as the "Redskins", as the branding was terminated the next summer.
With the shutout loss, the Redskins fell to 1-6. This marked their last shutout loss until 2025.
Week 11: vs. New York Jets
With the loss, the Redskins fell to 1-9 and finished 1-3 against the AFC East.
Week 12: vs. Detroit Lions
This was the only home victory of the season and final home victory as the "Redskins" because the name was retired in the wake of George Floyd protests.
This would become the final victory as the "Redskins", as the name was retired in the wake of social unrest in 2020.
With the loss the Redskins would fall to 3–10 and they were eliminated from the playoffs for the 4th straight season.
Week 15: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With the loss, Washington extended their losing streak against the Eagles to six straight games.
Week 16: vs. New York Giants
In what would turn out to be the last home game for the team as the "Redskins", as the branding was dropped in the wake of the George Floyd protests in 2020, the Redskins were defeated by the Giants in overtime. Resulting in the Redskins getting swept by the Giants & finishing dead last in the NFC East for their first time since 2014. Washington also finished the season 1-7 at home.
Week 17: at Dallas Cowboys
Case Keenum returned to the starting role with Dwayne Haskins suffering an ankle injury the previous week. With the loss, the Redskins finished 3-13 & dead last in the NFC for the first time since 2013. This was Bruce Allen's final game as the president of the team, as he, along several other front office members, were fired. This was also their final game as the "Redskins", as the branding was retired in July of 2020. The Redskins also ended the year 2-6 on the road.