Doug Williams: Redskins' Front Office United In Foster Decision

Redskins Senior VP/Player Personnel Doug Williams today said that the franchise's "key decision makers were united in their decision to claim" LB Reuben Foster on Tuesday. Williams, speaking publicly for the first time about the decision, said that he and the team "expected the widespread criticism after they were the only team to put in a claim on Foster." Williams: "You’re taking a high-risk chance. The high risk was the beat-up that we’re going to take from PR. We understood that from a PR standpoint, and we’re taking it."

Williams also addressed the "larger issue of the mistreatment of women in this country." Williams: "We’ve got people who are in high, high, high, high places that have done far worse, and if you look at it realistically, they’re still up there. This is small potatoes (compared to) a lot of things out there" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 11/29).