Bruce Allen on Reuben Foster: 'I Don't Know Why We'd Expect a Suspension'

Washington general manager Bruce Allen does not think linebacker Reuben Foster will be suspended during the 2019 season. 

"I don't know why we would suspect a suspension," he said, per Grant Paulsen of 106.7 The Fan. Allen also noted the team completed its investigation into the linebacker, although the NFL has not.

Washington claimed Foster off waivers two days after the San Francisco 49ers released him in December following his arrest at the team hotel in Tampa, Florida. Foster was arrested on one count of first-degree misdemeanor domestic violence battery.

The NFC East team released a statement from senior vice president of player personnel Doug Williams after it claimed Foster off waivers that read, in part, "the Redskins fully understand the severity of the recent allegations made against Reuben. If true, you can be sure these allegations are nothing our organization would ever condone."

Head coach Jay Gruden said of the decision to add Foster, "At the end of the day we made the decision and will have to deal with the outcry," per Les Carpenter of the Washington Post.

According to John Keim of ESPN.com, Foster was placed on the commissioner exempt list while the league investigates the arrest, which prevents him from playing in games or practicing with the team.

Keim cited Tampa Police after the arrest who said there was a scratch on the woman's collarbone. "Foster slapped her phone out of her hand, pushed her in the chest area, and slapped her with an open hand on the left side of her face," the police said.

This isn't the first time Foster has made off-field headlines, as Keim detailed. He was arrested in February 2018 on suspicion of domestic violence and possession of an assault rifle, although the domestic violence charge was dropped. He pleaded no-contest to the weapons charge after a gun was discovered on the bathroom floor.

He was also suspended for the first two games of the 2018 campaign when he was still on the 49ers following an arrest for misdemeanor marijuana possession in January 2018.