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  • • Ron Rivera on Cam Newton: Nothing is off the table
    The Washington Football Team’s brain trust addressed the team’s quarterback situation in depth Wednesday. Ron Rivera, Martin Mayhew and Marty Hurney appear ready to turn over every stone to find their quarterback of the present and/or their quarterback of the future. Near the end of the interview session, Rivera was asked about the possibility of [more]...2021
  • • Marty Hurney on WFT QB: It’s a team game, you can’t isolate one position
    Washington Football Team executive vice president of football/player personnel Marty Hurney said on Wednesday that the team has a lot of work to do when it comes to the quarterback position, but he also noted that the team’s offseason can’t focus on one position at the expense of all the others. The team made a [more]...2021
  • • Washington Football Team executives want to be 'smart and aggressive' in finding a new quarterback
    Washington is firmly in the mix for a new quarterback, but doesn't want to mortgage the future...2021
  • • Marty Hurney: We’ve got a lot of work to do at quarterback
    The Washington Football Team held an introductory press conference for their new top personnel executives on Wednesday and the quarterback position was an early topic of conversation. Four different quarterbacks started games during the 2020 season and 2019 first-round pick Dwayne Haskins was released before the year was out. Alex Smith, Taylor Heinicke, and Kyle [more]...2021
  • • Jason Wright is correct: Washington Football Team name isn’t “weird”
    The football team in Washington has been known for a full football season as the Washington Football Team. That could be the permanent name, or maybe some other name will be adopted. Some apparently don’t like the WFT name. In an interview of Washington president Jason Wright, Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei called the [more]...2021
  • Washington Football Team president Jason Wright on name: 'I don't think it's that weird'
    • Washington Football Team president Jason Wright on name: 'I don't think it's that weird'
    Washington Football Team president Jason Wright said there's precedent for a placeholder tag becoming a permanent moniker.        ...2021
  • • Several other teams pursued Matthew Stafford
    The Rams got Matthew Stafford. Several other teams wanted him. Peter King of NBC Sports reports that the Panthers were “very interested” in Stafford, and “competed for him.” Other teams, per King, who were interested in Stafford include the Broncos, Colts, and 49ers. Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post reports that the Washington Football Team [more]...2021
  • Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera announces he is cancer-free
    • Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera announces he is cancer-free
    During a checkup on Thursday, Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera received the news that he was cancer-free.        ...2021
  • Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera is cancer-free
    • Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera is cancer-free
    Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera was unable to guide his club past the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a Jan. 9 playoff game. He nevertheless is a big winner as the end of the month approaches....2021
  • Rivera's family says WFT coach is cancer-free
    • Rivera's family says WFT coach is cancer-free
    Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera is cancer free, his wife and daughter announced Thursday on Twitter....2021

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  • • Ron Rivera’s daughter says her father is free of cancer
    Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera underwent his final treatment for squamous cell cancer last October and he went for a checkup with doctors on Thursday. The tests they did came back with positive results. Rivera’s daughter Courtney announced the good news on Twitter on Thursday afternoon. The younger Rivera thanked supporters for love [more]...2021
  • Buccaneers RB Ronald Jones game-time decision vs. Saints
    • Buccaneers RB Ronald Jones game-time decision vs. Saints
    Jones returned to practice Thursday after not playing a single snap for Tampa Bay in its 31-23 wild-card win over the Washington Football Team due to a quad injury....2021
  • • Lions claim Shaun Dion Hamilton off waivers from Washington
    The Detroit Lions claimed linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton off waivers from the Washington Football Team on Tuesday. Hamilton was waived from Washington’s injured reserve list on Monday. An elbow injury after a Week 15 loss to the Seattle Seahawks landed Hamilton on the injured list. Hamilton has appeared in 46 games for Washington over the [more]...2021
  • • Ronald Jones did not practice Wednesday
    Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones wasn’t on the practice field on Wednesday. Jones was active for last Saturday night’s game against the Washington Football Team, but he did not play because of a quad injury that went from a minor issue to a major one in the hours leading up to kickoff. Head coach Bruce [more]...2021
  • • Alex Cappa fractured his ankle Saturday
    The Buccaneers won’t have right guard Alex Cappa in the lineup as they continue their playoff run against the Saints in the divisional round. Cappa left Saturday night’s win over the Washington Football Team with an ankle injury and head coach Bruce Arians said on Monday that tests showed a fracture. He will not play [more]...2021
  • Alex Smith (calf) will not play in Washington Football Team wild-card game against Tampa Bay
    • Alex Smith (calf) will not play in Washington Football Team wild-card game against Tampa Bay
    A lingering calf injury may prematurely end season for WFT QB, who's had one of the most memorable comebacks in league history.        ...2021
  • • Washington promotes Dontrelle Inman for Saturday’s game
    The Washington Football Team has added a wide receiver to the roster ahead of Saturday’s home playoff game against the Buccaneers. Dontrelle Inman has been summoned from the practice squad. The Football Team listed wide receiver Terry McLaurin as questionable to play with an ankle injury, but head coach Ron Rivera indicated on Thursday that [more]...2021
  • • Buccaneers rule LeSean McCoy out, promote Deone Bucannon
    Buccaneers running back LeSean McCoy was listed as questionable to face the Washington Football Team on Thursday’s injury report, but he’s been downgraded to out. The Bucs announced that McCoy will miss the game because of an illness. McCoy did not play in Week 17 and has only touched the ball nine times since Week [more]...2021
  • • Taylor Heinicke takes most snaps at Washington Football Team practice
    Washington coach Ron Rivera says he might use both of his quarterbacks, Alex Smith and Taylor Heinicke, on Saturday against Tampa Bay. In practice, Heinicke is getting most of the work. Smith is still not 100 percent healed from a calf injury, and Rivera told reporters today that Heinicke took most of the snaps at [more]...2021
  • • Washington scores on opening possession for the first time this season
    Terry McLaurin is back and Washington has an early lead on Sunday Night Football. After missing last week’s game with an ankle injury, McLaurin capped Washington’s first drive with a five-yard touchdown catch. Until that play, the Football Team hadn’t scored on an opening drive all season. Washington used a 15-play, 91-yard drive that took [more]...2021

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Football Team trade, contract, salary rumors

  • • FanDuel, Washington Football Team announce partnership
    The Washington Football Team and FanDuel Group announced the first-ever market access partnership between a NFL team and an online sports gaming platform in the U.S. Under the terms of the agreement, FanDuel and the team launched legal sports betting Thursday in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Under Virginia’s sports wagering law, the Washington Football Team [more]...2021
  • Dwayne Haskins signs with Pittsburgh Steelers one month after being waived by Washington Football Team
    • Dwayne Haskins signs with Pittsburgh Steelers one month after being waived by Washington Football Team
    A month after his release from the WFT, Haskins signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who might soon be looking to replace Ben Roethlisberger.        ...2021
  • Heinicke's effort wows WFT: 'Plays with no fear'
    • Heinicke's effort wows WFT: 'Plays with no fear'
    Washington Football Team quarterback Taylor Heinicke didn't win Saturday's playoff game against the Bucs; he did, however, win over a team -- and maybe more. "I deserve to be in this league a little longer," said Heinicke, a pending free agent....2021
  • • Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos
    Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hockey is finally back — and if all goes well, it’s back for good. The NHL saw teams kick off their shortened training camps on Sunday, January 3rd, as all 31 clubs prepare for a sudden kick-off to the 115-day, 56-game season set to begin on January 13th. The Avalanche are one of the teams who managed to escape an off-season full ...2021
  • Washington releases Haskins day after benching
    • Washington releases Haskins day after benching
    The Washington Football Team has released quarterback Dwayne Haskins a year after selecting him in the first round of the NFL draft....2020
  • • Hall of Famer Kevin Greene dies at 58
    The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the death of Kevin Greene on Monday afternoon. Greene, who was 58, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016 after starring as a pass rusher over a 15-year NFL career. The road to Canton started when Greene walked onto the Auburn football team and was drafted [more]...2020
  • • Report: Washington optimistic Alex Smith can play this week
    Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera said on Monday that he’s confident Dwayne Haskins will be ready to play if Alex Smith‘s calf strain keeps him out against the Seahawks this weekend, but the team reportedly doesn’t think that’s how things will play out. Rivera didn’t offer much of an update on Smith’s condition [more]...2020
  • • Chase Young: We’re not satisfied
    The Washington Football Team drafted defensive end Chase Young with the second overall pick this year with the hope that he’d be a playmaker for their defense. Young played that role to perfection in Sunday’s win over the 49ers. Young returned a fumble for a touchdown, forced another fumble, had a sack, and broke up [more]...2020
  • • Mike Tomlin to Chase Young: I never want to lose enough games to draft a guy like you
    Steelers coach Mike Tomlin offered some praise for Football Team rookie defensive end Chase Young during Monday’s game, by saying Tomlin wouldn’t want to be able to draft a player as good as Young. In footage shot by NFL Films, Tomlin approached Young on the field and told him that he would never want to [more]...2020
  • • Ron Rivera: We would have taken Joe Burrow if Bengals took Chase Young
    When Washington takes on Cincinnati on Sunday, the top two picks in the 2020 NFL draft will face each other, with Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow trying to avoid Football Team defensive end Chase Young. Washington coach Ron Rivera revealed this week that his team, picking second, always viewed Burrow and Young as the top two [more]...2020

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  • • Washington scores on opening possession for the first time this season
    Terry McLaurin is back and Washington has an early lead on Sunday Night Football. After missing last week’s game with an ankle injury, McLaurin capped Washington’s first drive with a five-yard touchdown catch. Until that play, the Football Team hadn’t scored on an opening drive all season. Washington used a 15-play, 91-yard drive that took [more]...2021
  • Carlos Hyde scores 50-yard rushing touchdown in Seahawks win over Washington
    • Carlos Hyde scores 50-yard rushing touchdown in Seahawks win over Washington
    Watch Seattle Seahawks RB Carlos Hyde take a 50-yard run to the house in the team's win over the Washington Football Team....2020
  • James Washington breaks tackles, scores from 50 yards out for Steelers touchdown
    • James Washington breaks tackles, scores from 50 yards out for Steelers touchdown
    Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver James Washington caught a short pass and took it the distance, 50 yards, for the touchdown as his team went up 14-0. However, the Washington Football Team stormed back to win the game, 23-17....2020
  • Notes: Giants sweep season series vs. Washington
    • Notes: Giants sweep season series vs. Washington
    Notes and statistics from the Giants’ 23-20 victory against the Washington Football Team in FedExField:...2020
  • Terry McLaurin burns Cowboys deep, scores from 52 yards out
    • Terry McLaurin burns Cowboys deep, scores from 52 yards out
    Washington Football Team wideout Terry McLaurin beat the Dallas Cowboys secondary over the top and scored on a 52-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Allen....2020

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  • • Rivera's family says WFT coach is cancer-free
    2021
  • • Ron Rivera’s daughter says her father is free of cancer
    2021
  • Washington Football Team QB Alex Smith's leg brace made into makeshift Lombardi Trophy
    • Washington Football Team QB Alex Smith's leg brace made into makeshift Lombardi Trophy
    Washington Football Team QB Alex Smith led his team to an NFC East title. Before the season finale, his wife posted an image honoring his jounrey.        ...2021
  • • Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos
    2021
  • Dwayne Haskins’ immaturity ‘makes me mad,’ NFL not here to babysit — Michael Strahan
    • Dwayne Haskins’ immaturity ‘makes me mad,’ NFL not here to babysit — Michael Strahan
    Following Washington Football Team QB Dwayne Haskins' second fine for violation of COVID-19 protocols, Michael Strahan speaks from the heart about what he sees as talent being wasted and selfishness putting head coach Ron Rivera, who recently finished chemotherapy, at great risk....2020
  • There are at least 11 reasons why the Steelers are no longer undefeated
    • There are at least 11 reasons why the Steelers are no longer undefeated
    The number of people who expected, at any point this autumn, that the Steelers would finish the 2020 regular season undefeated almost certainly was smaller than the select group of family members gathered at Heinz Field late Monday to bear first-hand witness to the end of that dream. Neither, though, did many expect that it would be the Washington Football Team who would do the honors....2020
  • • Dan Snyder, Jason Wright not attending Washington-Dallas game after COVID-19 exposure
    Washington owner Dan Snyder and his wife, as well as Football Team President Jason Wright, will not attend the Thanksgiving game in Dallas because they had exposure to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. All three have tested negative but are isolating for precautionary reasons, according to a statement released by the team. “In [more]...2020
  • Lions won't allow fans for Thanksgiving game vs. Texans
    • Lions won't allow fans for Thanksgiving game vs. Texans
    Detroit had previously been allowed to host 500 family members and friends at the team's last two home games, including Sunday's 30-27 win over the Washington Football Team....2020
  • • Washington minority owners take dispute to court
    The NFL very much prefers keeping all family business within the family. The minority owners of the Washington Football Team recently have defied protocol. According to the New York Times, Fred Smith, Robert Rothman, and Dwight Schar have filed a lawsuit aimed at securing the ability to sell their shares collectively. Per the report, they [more]...2020

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  • • Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos
    2021
  • • Cannon Blasts: Filling the hockey void
    Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images This week’s links, and more Normally I’d lead this column with a major news story regarding the Blue Jackets or the NHL, or come up with some other CBJ topic to discuss. Today, however, I’m all tapped out. All we have are rumors about when the NHL season may start, or how long it may last. Nothing is set in stone yet. It’s weird being a week into December ...2020

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  • • Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera is cancer-free
    2021
  • No new COVID-19 cases among remaining NFL playoff teams
    • No new COVID-19 cases among remaining NFL playoff teams
    The Washington Football Team, however, is dealing with positive COVID-19 cases that are linked with a gathering that occurred after Washington's loss to Tampa Bay on Jan. 9....2021
  • • Chris Godwin “moving forward” after drop-filled playoff debut
    Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin had five catches for 79 yards and a touchdown in last Saturday’s 31-23 win over the Washington Football Team, but he could have had bigger numbers. Godwin dropped four passes in the win, which equaled the number of drops that he’d had over four NFL seasons and, per ESPN, was [more]...2021
  • • Ron Rivera: Limiting QB competition in camp was a mistake
    The Washington Football Team started four different quarterbacks during the 2020 season and none of them left head coach Ron Rivera feeling settled about the future of he position. It felt like a more settled situation coming into the season. Rivera gave Dwayne Haskins the majority of the team’s reps during training camp, but he [more]...2021
  • Buccaneers activate Devin White, Steve McLendon from reserve/COVID-19 list
    • Buccaneers activate Devin White, Steve McLendon from reserve/COVID-19 list
    The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Washington Football Team 31-23 this past Saturday night and will have revenge on their minds as they prepare to face the New Orleans Saints. Tampa Bay's defense should be more whole for that matchup....2021
  • • Alex Cappa fractured his ankle Saturday
    2021
  • • Heinicke's effort wows WFT: 'Plays with no fear'
    2021
  • Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Bucs hold off feisty Washington Football Team in NFL playoffs
    • Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Bucs hold off feisty Washington Football Team in NFL playoffs
    Tampa Bay won its first playoff game since January 2003 by holding off upstart Washington 31-23 at FedExField. Tom Brady takes Bucs into second round.        ...2021
  • • Taylor Heinicke believes he proved he belongs in the NFL
    Taylor Heinicke did not lead the Washington Football Team to a victory in last night’s playoff game, but he played far better than most people expected. Heinicke has only been with Washington for a month and had been out of the league for more than a year before that, and yet he completed 26 of [more]...2021
  • • Who is Steven Montez? A look at Washington's new backup quarterback for playoff matchup vs. Buccaneers
    With Smith now out for Washington, who else does the Football Team have available at quarterback?...2021

Football Team rumors, scandals

  • • Ron Rivera appreciated working with Marty Hurney, but no G.M. talk in season
    The Panthers fired General Manager Marty Hurney on Monday morning and it didn’t take long for speculation to start about a reunion with Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera in the future. Washington does not have a G.M. at the moment and Rivera is expected to be the leader of any search for one [more]...2020

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