BREAKING NEWS: The Head Coach of the Washington Redskins has terminated his employment with the team today….

It’s all about our competition,” coach Dan Quinn said during the offseason program.

“We want it at every position, and it’s really the central theme in what we do.”

That answer, in response to a question about helping 2023 first-round cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr. rebound after a trying rookie season, sounds generic.

We get the concept of an organization not wanting players, from stars to long shots, assuming anything about the final 53-man makeup or who plays with the first team.

The intrigue this time is that neither Quinn nor general manager Adam Peters has ties to Washington’s past amid recalibrating the team’s future.

While treating player evaluations fairly is expected, neither Quinn nor Peters is burdened with hoping inherited players will contribute at levels that match previous investments.

The same mindset broadly applies to some of the 20-plus free agents who signed one-year contracts since the regime overhaul.

After weeks of organized team activities and minicamp, everyone involved should better understand one another.

In many cases, the period of discovery is far from over.

These variables make a 53-player projection borderline crazy from an accuracy perspective.

The value in the following exercise is recognizing which competitions are real, and why assuming some familiar names are safe is unwise.

Over half of the 2023 roster is gone. More will join them.