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Getty Images As the 2021 coach and G.M. hiring cycle continues, the man who runs the Fritz Pollard Alliance has expressed his disappointment regarding the opportunities given to Black coaches and executives. “Thus far, the NFL hiring cycle of 2021 has not changed the rate of hires for Blacks...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team is set to hire General Manager Marty Hurney today. The deal between Hurney and Washington is being finalized and should be announced today, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. The 65-year-old Hurney was the Panthers’ G.M. from 2002 to 2012 and again...

Getty Images New Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer knew his team had the first overall pick in the draft when he took the job and now he knows where the team’s second first-round pick will fall. Jacksonville acquired the Rams’ 2021 first-rounder as part of the deal for cornerback Jalen Ramsey in...

Getty Images Washington defensive end Chase Young is widely regarded as the defensive rookie of the year for the 2020 NFL season. But Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians does not agree with that selection. Arians said after the Buccaneers beat the Saints that Antoine Winfield Jr., the Bucs’...

Getty Images Marty Hurney spent several years working with Ron Rivera as GM in Carolina. He may work with Rivera again in Washington. Hurney is meeting with Rivera and others in Washington today and is the top candidate to be the Football Team’s new GM, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports...

Getty Images How much longer will the Washington Football Team play as the Washington Football Team? The team has thousands of submissions from fans, with Washington Red Tails and Washington Red Wolves among those to consider. It’s possible the Washington Football Team could become the...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team is interviewing an internal candidate for the General Manager job. Eric Stokes, who is in his first year with the team, has a chance to earn a promotion. Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports reports that Stokes will get an interview for the vacancy. Stokes...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team started the process of looking for a new General Manager this week and two more candidates were added to their list on Thursday. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that they would like to interview Falcons director of football operations Nick Polk and...

Getty Images 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...

Getty Images 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...

Getty Images After Washington’s loss to Tampa last weekend, head coach Ron Rivera said that he would meet with owner Daniel Snyder to map out their offseason intentions on several fronts. One of the topics up for discussion was whether the team will hire a General Manager this offseason...

Getty Images Ryan Kerrigan has spent the last 10 seasons playing on the edge of Washington’s defense and his run with the team has gone well enough that he set the franchise record for career sacks this season. Kerrigan got his 5.5 sacks while playing just 38 percent of the team’s snaps...

Getty Images Who ordered the Code Red? Owner Jeffrey Lurie claims it wasn’t him. During Monday’s video conference with reporters regarding the firing of coach Doug Pederson, Lurie was asked whether he had a role in the decision to remove quarterback Jalen Hurts from the second half of the Week...

Getty Images The cycle has become predictable. NFL player or coach says something that potentially motivates an opponent. Some media members downplay the notion that the things said will actually motivate an opponent. The opponent wisely, in most cases, waits to respond on the field. And then...

Getty Images The Wild Card round is over and six more spots in the draft order have been secured as a result. One of those spots goes to a team that didn’t play a snap over the weekend. The Jets now know that they will have the 23rd overall pick as a result of the trade that sent Jamal Adams...

Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith wasn’t healthy enough for him to play against Tampa on Saturday night, so he had to watch as his team’s season came to an end with a 31-23 loss. Smith said the injury that caused him to miss three of the final four games of the year was “a little...

Getty Images The Buccaneers got a better game from the Washington Football Team than most expected on Saturday night. Coach Bruce Arians, who isn’t bashful about pointing fingers, points his finger at the defense for a subpar showing against a Washington Offense that relied on Taylor Heinicke...

Getty Images Taylor Heinicke thinks he proved he can be an NFL quarterback on Saturday night, but Washington isn’t settled on anything at the position. Head coach Ron Rivera met the media on Sunday to wrap up the 2020 season and begin looking forward to the 2021 campaign. Rivera said that he...

Getty Images 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...

Getty Images The Buccaneers won their first playoff game since Super Bowl XXXVII on Saturday night, but the postgame reaction wasn’t totally celebratory. Head coach Bruce Arians said the defense was “terrible” until the final minutes and quarterback Tom Brady found things were lacking on his...