Here is what you need to know on this Tuesday, February 2, 22 days before the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.

Five free agents the Redskins will not sign

C Alex Mack, Browns—You won’t find him on free agent lists but he can void his current contract and become a free agent. Mack is due $8 million in salary this year and if he does opt out he will expect to get at least that much. He would be an upgrade in the middle but I don’t see the Redskins paying that much at center.

WR Alshon Jefferey, Bears—He’s what the Redskins are looking for, a 6-4 wide receiver who can go up and get the ball in traffic. But the Bears are unlikely to let him go a year after letting Brandon Marshall walk away to the Jets. They almost certainly give him the franchise tag if they can’t make a deal by the deadline.

S Eric Weddle, Chargers—The two-time All-Pro won’t expect the same $8 million average he got in his last deal but he’ll want something pretty close. Any safety acquisitions the Redskins make need to be of the younger, up and coming variety. Weddle still has some left in the tank but at age 31 he is on the downhill side and just more of the same of what the Redskins have had at safety in recent seasons.

RB Chris Ivory, Jets—I think most realize that Scot McCloughan isn’t going to chase after the likes of Matt Forte and Doug Martin or other higher priced options at running back. But even the 28-year-old Ivory, who gained 1,070 yards last year and still is one or two tiers below the top, probably is not on the Redskins’ radar. I think they would re-sign Pierre Thomas before they paid the $4 million per year or so necessary to land a back like Ivory.

NT B. J. Raji, Packers—He could be a viable alternative to Terrance Knighton if the Redskins decide to let Pot Roast walk. But while the Packers don’t spend any money on outside free agents they always have cap space to pay their own and it doesn’t seem that they are inclined to let Raji walk.

Timeline

—The Redskins last played a game 23 days ago. It will be about 222 days until they play another one.

—Days until: NFL Combine 23; NFL free agency starts 37; 2016 NFL draft 87

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