The latest news and analysis of the Washington NFL Team season.
The Washington Football Team ruled out safety Landon Collins (foot), guard Wes Schweitzer (ankle) and running back J.D. McKissic (concussion) ahead of Sunday's game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Friday because of injuries.
The Washington Football Team placed cornerback Benjamin St-Juste on injured reserve Thursday and activated cornerback Darryl Roberts off the list to take the rookie's roster spot.
Of all the people Ron Rivera brought with him from Carolina, Christian McCaffrey wasn't -- and couldn't have been -- one of them. But Rivera has had success replicating the star Panthers running back's impact by building Washington's own "McCaffrey-by-committee."
Robert Griffin III -- the architect of both brief times of triumph followed by long stretches of pain -- woke Washington Football Team fans from their dreams with the news he posted on his Twitter account that he will have a book coming out next August. The title? "Surviving Washington."
What quarterback will Taylor Heinicke be in December? That's the question that could very well determine the fate of a team that is 5-6 and the No. 7 seed in the NFC with a chance to win the division.
Give Landon Collins credit for being honest. Even now, amid a three-game winning steak, the three-time Pro Bowler still insists he doesn't like his current role -- which effectively has him playing as a hybrid safety-linebacker.
Ron Rivera might need a new metaphor to motivate his team if Washington's win streak continues. After all, trotting out "David vs. Goliath" may not work as well at, say, six wins in a row rather than three, the current total.
When Washington coach Ron Rivera saw the video of the fan who went viral during Monday night's game against Seattle, he was impressed with his form when he pushed away Seahawks tight end Gerald Everett from jumping into the stands.
The Washington Football Team is back on the kicking carousel.
Ron Rivera's team has now won three straight -- and more importantly, the Burgundy and Gold (5-6) would be in the playoffs if the season ended today as the NFC's seventh seed. There's still a lot of football left, of course, but Washington is now in a much better position to control its own path. Starting next week, the team faces the Las Vegas Raiders and then closes the season with five straight division games.
Running backs Antonio Gibson and J.D. McKissic totaled 48 touches -- 36 carries and 12 catches -- for 202 yards, two touchdowns and the key two-point conversion in Washington's 17-15 win over Seattle on Monday.
Two former Washington Football Team employees protested the NFL's decision to not release its report investigating the team's workplace culture before Monday night's game against Seattle.
Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is out for Thursday's game against the New Orleans Saints after he tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple reports.
Washington has won two in a row to move to the fringe of the NFC playoff race, while the Seahawks are off to their worst 10-game record under coach Pete Carroll and are looking to avoid their first three-game losing streak with Russell as the starting quarterback.
Wide receiver Curtis Samuel, who has missed all but two games this season with a groin injury, is likely to return for Washington's game against Seattle on Monday.
Gabe Taylor, the younger brother of late Washington Football Team star Sean Taylor, grabbed the game-winning interception to propel Rice to a victory over Louisiana Tech on Saturday.
Washington wide receiver DeAndre Carter leads the NFL in Pro Bowl voting for kick return specialists after the first batch of votes were publicly released Wednesday -- a reflection of the strong year the 28-year-old has had for the Burgundy and Gold on special teams.
Washington cornerback Kendall Fuller has been steady for a secondary that is improving compared to its early-season woes.
As Washington rides a two-game winning streak ahead of Monday's matchup with the Seattle Seahawks, the Burgundy and Gold's newfound success can be attributed partly to drives like the one used to finish off the Buccaneers. Over the last few weeks, Washington has controlled time of possession -- including in the team's most recent win over the Carolina Panthers.
As an unvaccinated player, Amari Cooper must miss at least 10 days following a positive test because of NFL protocols -- which differentiate the procedures for when vaccinated and unvaccinated players can return. And since the Cowboys are on a short week, the three-time Pro Bowler had no shot at playing on the holiday classic under the league's guidelines.
Terry McLaurin paused to think. The Washington wide receiver was asked which was tougher: the 39-yard reception with a defender draped all over him, or the 12-yard touchdown catch that also featured a defender right on top of him.
This weekend was sold as a homecoming for Ron Rivera, the former Panthers coach who, in a special twist, got to face quarterback Cam Newton. But Washington's latest win proved to be about much more than a Rivera-Newton showdown. Rather, the victory was an indication that this season might not be lost just yet for the Burgundy and Gold.
Heinicke, a former Panthers backup, led Washington to a 27-21 victory over Carolina in arguably his best performance for the Burgundy and Gold. Heinicke threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns as Washington improved to 4-6 on the season.
As a young head coach, Ron Rivera had every intention of utilizing what he'd learned from his own mentors about grooming rookie quarterbacks. Cam Newton pretty much changed all that.
Sunday's game against the Panthers will be a reunion for Rivera and many others who are now with the Burgundy and Gold. Washington has more than 30 coaches, executives and players who hold Carolina ties -- including Rivera, executive Marty Hurney, offensive coordinator Scott Turner and quarterback Taylor Heinicke. But the faces they'll recognize on the opposing sideline won't be as many as one might expect.
Teams going on fourth down is much less of a surprise these days than ever, even if it's in the first half in their own territory, in a tie game when a field goal will provide a late lead, or when protecting a lead at the end of the game.
The Washington Football Team may have the worst attendance in the NFL, but it appears people are still tuning into games from home.
It would have been easy to make the change, and no one would have blamed the coach. But Rivera stuck with Heinicke, and his faith paid off. Now Heinicke likely has the rest of the season to convince people that he could be the quarterback of the future for this team -- not that he is, but that he could be.
Washington finally had the breakout performance that players and coaches insisted was coming when the team toppled the defending Super Bowl champions. But it came at a cost: Defensive end Chase Young indeed suffered a season-ending knee injury against Tampa Bay, coach Ron Rivera said Monday.
Not many things are scarier in the NFL than giving the ball back to Tom Brady with a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter. But the seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback never got the opportunity at a comeback, as Washington's offense went on a 19-play scoring drive in the fourth quarter to seal the 29-19 victory.
When Sam Huff played, he was justice -- the judge and jury. And when he called Washington football games, he was the prosecutor and defense attorney for what he saw on the field. And fans loved him for it.
Washington defensive end Chase Young went down in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was ruled out with a knee injury.
Sam Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the New York Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday. He was 87.
Chase Young was a busy man this past offseason. Filming one commercial to another -- serving as a face for eBay, Under Armour and others -- the Washington defensive end learned to juggle his time between being a professional athlete and his newfound life as a businessman. Young even chose to skip the team's voluntary practices to keep up with his schedule, though he often maintained his own workouts -- going as far as to send footage to coach Ron Rivera over texts.
If anyone ever needed a Kirk Cousins-style "You like that!" game, it is Chase Young on Sunday.
Taylor Heinicke estimates he got only 45 minutes of sleep on the night his life changed forever. Riding high in the wake of an electric -- if ultimately unsuccessful -- playoff performance against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last January, the Washington quarterback spent hours returning text messages from friends and family.
Injured Washington quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick's recent MRI showed "progress," coach Ron Rivera said Wednesday.
The Washington Football Team cut kicker Chris Blewitt on Tuesday and signed Joey Slye, parting ways with Blewitt after two games. Last week, coach Ron Rivera hardly endorsed Blewitt, telling reporters that he was the team's kicker "for now."
Coaches Ron Rivera and Sean McDermott, standout players Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle and Demario Davis, team owner Arthur Blank, and the Houston Texans cheerleaders are among nominees from 31 teams for the NFL's Salute to Service Award.
As much as Ron Rivera has developed a reputation for leading his teams over the second half of seasons -- just look at last year -- the Washington coach knows as well as anyone that a late-season surge isn't always the case.
The Washington Football Team may not have had a game this weekend, but it still managed to lose in a way.
Ron Rivera loves asking himself some Ron Rivera questions -- and then answering them.
The NFL failed to fully comply with members of Congress' deadline to turn over all documents related to the league's investigation into Washington's workplace misconduct.
Washington pass-rusher Montez Sweat suffered a broken jaw in Sunday's loss to the Denver Broncos, a source confirmed -- a major blow to the team's defense and defensive line. Sweat will reportedly miss four to six weeks because of the injury. The 2019 first-rounder is second on the team in sacks with four and he makes a strong tandem with Chase Young.
Thursday marks the deadline for the NFL to comply with a request from two House Democrats to turn over all documents related to the league's investigation into the Washington Football Team's workplace misconduct.
For now. Those are the words Ron Rivera used when asked if Chris Blewitt was still Washington's kicker. Rivera's answer was hardly a vote of confidence and it was obvious why: Blewitt has had more kicks blocked (3) than field goals made (2) in the two games since he took over the job.
If it was just the bad football, that would be enough of a burden for Washington Football Team fans. There is certainly enough of that to go around. Just look at Sunday's 17-10 loss to the Broncos - bad offense, bad coaching, bad outcomes.
Over the bye, Ron Rivera plans to review Washington's first eight games. But he's already made up his mind in one key area: Taylor Heinicke remains the starting quarterback
Week 8 of the NFL season was the week of the backup quarterback. Four backup quarterbacks -- some of whom had almost no previous NFL experience -- won games.
This time, Ron Rivera was in no mood to hand out firm commitments. Not to his quarterback, Taylor Heinicke, who once again couldn't consistently convert steady drives to touchdowns. And certainly not to his kicker, Chris Blewitt, who had two blocked kicks.
If he's not careful, Gibson could develop a reputation as a turnover-prone back, soon. This season, the 23-year-old has already fumbled four times for Washington -- losing two of them. Among running backs, that's tied for the lead in both categories (fumbles and fumbles lost).
We saw the worst of American sports this week. We saw the leaders of the country's two most popular leagues -- football and baseball -- square off in a competition over who could be more arrogant, who could tell the biggest fib with a straight face. A fraud-off, if you will.
Through seven games, Washington's secondary -- Kendall Fuller included -- has made a lot of mistakes. But as the unit prepares for Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos, Washington's defense is finally starting to show signs of life in the secondary.
Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis said Wednesday he would like to see the NFL release a written report of its investigation into the Washington Football Team's workplace misconduct -- becoming the first NFL owner to call for the full findings to be made public.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday the league will cooperate with a recent inquiry from two House Democrats that demanded the league provide Congress with full results of its investigation into Washington's workplace misconduct.
The NFL is not going to issue a report on its 10-month investigation into allegations the Washington Football Team engaged in harassment and abuse because of its promise to protect the identities of those who testified, Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Tuesday.
Two former Washington Football Team employees crashed the NFL's fall owners meetings in New York on Tuesday to deliver a stack of letters that urge the league to release a full report of the investigation into Washington's workplace misconduct.
The record 2-5 doesn't quite muster the same type of folklore in the District that 19-31 does for the Washington Nationals. But for the Washington Football Team last season, 2-5 was the record often cited when championing the Burgundy and Gold's NFC East division win. Just as how the Nationals used 19-31 as a rallying cry in 2019 -- the year they won the World Series.
Washington coach Ron Rivera said Monday that Ryan Fitzpatrick would have an MRI on his injured right hip in a couple of weeks, which would then allow the team to set a course for the 38-year-old's return.
We are getting close to Kyle Allen time. That should make Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera happy.
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