Here is what you need to know on this Wednesday, April 8, 22 days before the Washington Redskins go on the clock at the NFL draft.

Question of the day

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Today's question comes from Twitter:

@Rich_TandlerCSN We have a corps of young players now...what do you think is Gruden's biggest obstacle year 2? (QB aside) — W!ll (@DominyMe) April 6, 2015

One thing before I answer your question. I’m not so sure you can confidently say that the Redskins have a core of young players just yet. Yes, most of those added in free agency are on the youthful side and some holdover young players will play key roles. But lot of the 26-and-under crowd on the team is unproven and I’m not sure you can say it constitutes a “corps” just yet. Maybe after a successful draft or two the “corps of young players” will be a more apt description of the team.

Gruden’s biggest obstacle outside of the quarterback position is the fact that what should have been a one-year changeover ended up stretching out over two years. They now have an organization that seems to be on the same page from the GM through the head coach down through the assistant coaching staff. But what they should have done is cleaned house in January of 2014.

After Mike Shanahan, who was in charge of all football matters, was fired the right move to make would have been to get rid of everyone, all of the coaches and start from scratch. Instead of Bruce Allen taking over football personnel decisions for a year they should have found the best personnel man available. Instead of keeping around Jim Haslett and Chris Foerster and Raheem Morris, they should have let everyone go and found a solid group of replacements right away.

Those coaches are now gone and their replacements are in place. But rather than having a new staff going into its second year, it’s a mixed bag with Gruden and Sean McVay settled in but Joe Barry, Bill Callahan, and Perry Fewell needing players to wear “Hello, my name is ___________” tags around Redskins Park while they learn everybody’s name. And instead of building on his 2014 draft, the general manager (Scot McCloughan may or may not have been available in January of 2014 but other very competent personnel men were) is just starting to build the team the way he thinks it should be built.

Add in the that the final 53-man roster is likely to have about 20 players who were not with the organization in 2014 and you have another year of transition. All NFL coaches have to deal with change from year to year but Gruden’s biggest challenge will be dealing with major upheaval for a second year in a row.

Timeline

—It’s been 101 days since the Redskins played a game. It will be about 158 days until they play another one.

—Days until: Redskins offseason workouts start 12; 2015 NFL Draft 22; Redskins training camp starts 113

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