It has been a terrible year for the Washington Redskins and it’s only been 4 games into the new season.
Not only does the team have to deal with facing the undefeated New England Patriots, but they have to deal with some widespread controversy of videos circulating on social media appearing to show head coach Jay Gruden smoking and sitting on the ground talking to a young woman at a party.
JP Finlay of NBC Sports spoke with somebody with the team and they promptly declined to comment.
It’s unclear when the videos were filmed, but a source with knowledge of the situation told Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk the footage is more than a year old.
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The timing of the video release came hours after he announced that Colt McCoy would be the starting QB for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots.
Gruden is rumored to be on the hot seat as the team is on the road to miss the postseason once again this season. Since his hiring in 2014, the franchise has qualified for the postseason just once.