Redskins won't sign veteran RB despite losing Guice

Adrian Peterson and DeMarco Murray's phones will apparently stay silent for now.

Despite being the first team to lose its starting running back to a season-ending injury after Derrius Guice tore his ACL in his preseason NFL debut, the Washington Redskins won't look outside the building for his replacement.

"We have guys here that can play," head coach Jay Gruden on Saturday, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. "We drafted Derrius because he was the best player we thought at the time of the draft... not because we weren’t satisfied with the backs we have."

Eddie Lacy and former Redskin Alfred Morris are among the other veteran runners still on the open market, but it appears Washington is comfortable moving forward with the trio of Chris Thompson, Samaje Perine, and Rob Kelley.

Thompson will likely start, but the scat-back excels when used primarily as a pass-catcher - posting 510 receiving yards in 10 games last year - and is still recovering from a season-ending leg injury. Meanwhile, Perine and Kelley logged poor yards-per-carry averages of 3.4 and 3.1, respectively, in 2017.

The Redskins took the talented Guice in the second round after questions regarding his character caused him to fall out of his expected first-round range.