Even before Scherff's rookie contract expired in mid-March, new head coach Ron Rivera made multiple comments about wanting to bring back the former Iowa Hawkeye.

"We want to bring both guards back," Rivera said during the NFL Scouting Combine in late February, referring to Scherff and Ereck Flowers.

Rivera also told NBC Sports Washington's JP Finlay during the Combine that Scherff is a part of the team's plans for 2020 and that the two sides were continuing to try and work out a deal.

The Redskins were unable to keep Flowers, who signed a multi-year deal with the Miami Dolphins, but they committed to Scherff by placing their non-exclusive franchise tag on him on March 14 -- four days before the start of the new league year.

The team announced Wednesday that Scherff had signed his franchise tender, which keeps him around through the 2020 campaign.