The Redskins overhauled their receiving corps this offseason, cutting former leading receiver Jabar Gaffney and signing Pierre Garcon and Josh Morgan. They also have 2011 3rd round pick Leonard Hankerson back and healthy and ready to compete for a starting job. Meanwhile, veteran Santana Moss, a 33 year old in June who has spent 7 years with the team, is on the roster bubble after missing a large portion of last season with injury.
It’s unclear how it will all shake out right now, except that Pierre Garcon will probably be Robert Griffin’s #1 receiver. Many beat writers are listing Leonard Hankerson as the starter over Josh Morgan and Santana Moss, including CSN Washington’s Rich Handler. Hankerson played barely as a rookie, but has tremendous physical gifts and caught 8 passes for 106 yards in his final game before going down with a hip injury.
Hankerson starting leaves Morgan, who signed a 12 million dollar deal over 2 years this offseason, in the slot, which leaves Santana Moss on the outside looking in. Due 2.65 million this year, that might suggest that Moss would be let go, but Handler also mentioned at the same time that he considers both Santana Moss and Chris Cooley, another candidate for release, as guys who will make the final 53. Cooley would be a pure backup to Fred Davis if that were to happen. It’s certainly a very interesting situation and one to monitor in Training Camp. I certainly don’t see Moss and Cooley as locks at this point, but a Garcon/Hankerson/Morgan trio makes the most sense to me in that order.
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