Jaws dropped on Tuesday when word emerged that a notoriously juiced-up jaw-breaker could become the Redskins’ strength and conditioning coach.
But Jason Reid of the Washington Post reports that former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski is not a favorite to get the job for which he’ll interview.
Romanowski was a controversial figure during his 16-year NFL career. Apart from his admitted use of steroids, Romanowski once spit at an opponent -- and Romo rearranged the face of a teammate, who sued him and obtained a six-figure verdict.
In 2001, Romanowski was tried on criminal charges of illegally obtaining prescription diet pills.
After his acquittal, Romanowski said, “I am just so thankful to the jury that they found us not guilty. I take a lot of pride in being a good person and being a role model, and a lot of that was in question in the last two years.”
For more than the past four years, the question has been resolved; Romanowski is neither a good person nor a role model and even the mere granting of an interview to this pill-popping thug is the equivalent of the Redskins shooting another middle finger to the rest of the league, and to its fans.
