Adam Schefter, citing league sources, reports that Redskins LB Reuben Foster has agreed to remain on the Commissioner’s Exempt list and not appeal the league’s decision until his pending legal matter is resolved.
According to Schefter, the Redskins claimed Foster with the sole idea that he could be a linchpin on their defense next season.
The commissioner exempt list prevents a player from practicing or attending games, but he’s allowed be at the team’s facility and take part in meetings, individual workouts, therapy and rehabilitation, and other permitted non-football activities.
Washington claimed Foster off of waivers from the 49ers last week, even though he was arrested last weekend for another domestic violence incident.
It’s still possible Foster could be facing discipline from the NFL in the form of a suspension.
Foster has had multiple off-the-field issues since entering the NFL including a second-degree marijuana possession and a domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend, who later recanted the allegations against him and the judge found no other evidence to support the charges.
Foster, 24, is a former first-round pick of the 49ers back in 2017. He was in the second year of his four-year, $9.03 million contract and set to make base salaries of $875,708 and $1.28 million over the next two years of the agreement when the 49ers waived him on Monday.
The contract includes a fifth-year option for the Redskins to pick up in 2020.
In 2018, Foster has appeared in six games for the 49ers and recorded 29 tackles and a pass defense.
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