In the wake of an 0-3 start punctuated by Saturday's 41-0 loss at New England, the Washington Redskins didn't bother waiting until today's deadline to cut 12 players to reach the NFL's maximum roster size.
Tight end Robert Johnson, who got into one game last year, was the only one of the 12 who had played for Washington. The Redskins, like Johnson's three previous employers, decided injuries trumped the potential of his 6-foot-6, 278-pound body. Johnson missed the preseason opener at Cincinnati after spraining an ankle in the Aug. 5 scrimmage with Baltimore and missed the Patriots' game after reinjuring the ankle against the New York Jets on Aug. 19.
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