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Getty Images Speculation has lingered for years that Jeff Bezos may try to purchase an NFL team. Speculation has lingered for months that Bezos may try to buy the Washington Football Team. Via A.J. Perez of FrontOfficeSports.com, court documents filed in India regarding Daniel Snyder’s...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team overhauled its personnel department this offseason and they did not go for up and comers to fill the top slots. Former Lions General Manager Martin Mayhew has the same job in Washington, former Panthers G.M. Marty Hurney is the executive vice president...

Getty Images Washington is expected to begin contract talks with offensive guard Brandon Scherff soon, Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post reports. It appears the team has no intention of letting Scherff leave in free agency. Washington tagged the Pro Bowler last offseason, and he played...

USA TODAY Sports Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is 1-0 as a college head coach. Sanders became the head coach of Jackson State University last September and waited until Sunday to make his debut on the sideline because the school postponed their season due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Getty Images With four full seasons out of football, there’s no way that Colin Kaepernick ever will play again. Recently, the quarterback who was supplanted by Kaepernick in San Francisco spoke out about the shunning of Kaepernick based on his peaceful protests during the national anthem...

Getty Images The Steelers, fully aware that they may not have enough around quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to justify bringing him back for another year, suddenly seem to be ambivalent about an ongoing relationship. So if (and it’s still a fairly big if) the Steelers decide to sever ties with...

Getty Images There were 22 quarterbacks drafted in the first round between the 2009 and 2016 seasons and all of them came with hopes that they’d lead their teams for years to come. Some of those players had extended runs with their original teams, but, as Field Yates of ESPN notes, none of...

Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith hasn’t made any definitive statements about his plans for the 2021 season, but he continues to sound like a player who wants to keep playing. Smith was the comeback player of the year after returning from more than a year out of action because of...

Getty Images Tuesday’s PFT Live included an experimental exercise that could have been good, or it could have been bad. It ended up being more good than bad. Or, more accurately, it was fun for us to do. Whether it was good or bad is for you to decide. We played a word association game, based...

Getty Images Washington has added another to its revamped front office. The Football Team announced the hiring of Chris Polian as director of pro personnel on Monday morning. Polian was most recently the Jaguars’ director of pro personnel from 2013-2019. The son of Hall of Famer Bill Polian...

Getty Images What does Tuesday’s news of the settlement of claims that could have been made by former Washington Football Team cheerleaders mean to the ongoing investigation of the team’s culture, and to the status of owner Daniel Snyder? We don’t know. And we won’t know, until the NFL...

Getty Images Not many players in NFL history have been where Dak Prescott is in his current contract situation. Drew Brees became the first quarterback in NFL history to play under the franchise tag. After that final 2005 season with the Chargers, Brees left for the Saints in free agency...

Getty Images Although it seems more likely that a trade of Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson would happen next year at the earliest, the situation seems to be developing quickly. Fueled by Wilson’s blunt but tactful comments to Dan Patrick, some are wondering whether a trade could happen in...

Getty Images Quarterback Taylor Heinicke was a good bet to return to the Washington Football Team as a restricted free agent this offseason, but now he’s a sure bet. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Heinicke has agreed to a two-year deal with the team. The deal is worth $8.75 million and...

Getty Images Washington announced its two-year extension with Taylor Heinicke on Wednesday morning, and the quarterback called receiving his $8.75 million deal a good feeling. “Everyone knows I was at home taking math classes,” Heinicke said, via the team website. “So for this contact to come...

USA TODAY Sports The Washington Football Team has one less item on its legal docket. It likely was not inexpensive to remove it. According to the Washington Post, the team has settled the civil claims of former cheerleaders arising from the alleged use of video-shoot outtakes for the creation...

Getty Images Marty Schottenheimer, who led NFL teams for 21 seasons and earned 200 regular season wins, has died at the age of 77. Schottenheimer was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2014 and had been ailing for the last several years of his life. As head coach in Cleveland, Kansas City...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team has halted its cheerleading program and will rebrand the group under a new director, according to Darren Haynes and Nick Boykin of WUSA9. The operation has been heavily scrutinized with a group of former cheerleaders filing a lawsuit against the team...

Getty Images Ohio State defensive end Chase Young appeared the safest choice in the 2020 draft, and he lived up to all expectations in his first season. The Washington defensive end capped off his debut season with Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. He received 42 1/2 votes to 4 1/2 for...

Getty Images In any other year, Ben Roethlisberger and Aldon Smith would have solid cases for Comeback Player of the Year. But this year, the award was wrapped up before the first NFL game ever was played. Alex Smith won the award in September when he made the 53-player roster. The Washington...