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Getty Images The Texans have suggested that they’ll listen to quarterback Deshaun Watson when hiring a coach. But what if they ultimately don’t hire the person he’d like to be coached by? Rumors already are circulating, and we’ve already heard them from multiple different people, that Watson...

Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith was able to do some work at Wednesday’s practice. Smith was listed as a limited participant due to the calf injury that kept him out of two games and left him at less that 100 percent in his return to the lineup in Week 17. Reporters at the open...

Getty Images After Washington clinched the NFC East last Sunday night, defensive end Chase Young said “I want Tom” while making his way off the field. Tom is Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and Bucs head coach Bruce Arians said Young should “be careful what you wish for” when it comes to such...

Getty Images The Buccaneers will have one of their top pass rushers back for Saturday’s playoff game against Washington, as Shaq Barrett has been activated off the reserve/COVID-19 list. Barrett missed the Week 17 win over the Falcons after he was placed on the list last Friday, but being...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team is, at 7-9, the worst team in the playoffs. But that’s not how Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians sees it. As Arians gets ready to coach against Washington on Saturday night, he noted that Washington has a winning record when Alex Smith is the starter, as...

Getty Images In Week 17 of the 2019 season, Washington lost to the Giants in a game that had no bearing on the playoffs but had a huge impact on the future of the franchise. Washington secured the second pick in the 2020 NFL Draft as a result of that loss and used it on defensive end Chase...

Getty Images Jason Kelce made headlines a few weeks ago when he made an impassioned statement against the idea of tanking in the NFL. So after head coach Doug Pederson benched Jalen Hurts for Nate Sudfeld in Philadelphia’s Week 17 matchup with Washington, there’s been natural curiosity as to...

Getty Images It’s come up from time to time that the last team to make the playoffs with a losing record was coached by the man who’s now taking a team to the playoffs with a losing record. Ron Rivera led the 2014 Panthers to the NFC South crown, with a 7-8-1 record. And the Panthers won in...

Getty Images Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera said the team will look into rotating quarterbacks Alex Smith and Taylor Heinicke if it is the best option for the team, but they wouldn’t have rotated them at Tuesday’s practice. That was the word from the team as Smith was listed as...

USA TODAY Sports The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the 15 modern-era finalists for the Class of 2021. Six of the 15 are finalists for the first time. Jared Allen, Calvin Johnson, Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson are a vote away from Canton in their first year of eligibility. In...

Getty Images After Washington beat the Eagles to clinch the NFC East on Sunday night, Washington head coach Ron Rivera was asked if he thought about replacing quarterback Alex Smith at any point in the game. Smith didn’t look 100 percent back from the calf injury that kept him out for two...

Getty Images Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans hyperextended his knee during Sunday’s win over the Falcons, but head coach Bruce Arians said an MRI revealed no structural damage. Arians seemed optimistic Evans will be able to play in Saturday’s wild-card matchup with Washington — Tampa Bay’s...

Getty Images Eagles running back Miles Sanders says he and his teammates were not on board with the decision to bench quarterback Jalen Hurts in favor of third-stringer Nate Sudfeld in Sunday night’s loss to Washington. Sanders said today that he has talked to others on the team and it’s...

Getty Images Never has an award winner been as easy to decide as this year’s Comeback Player of the Year is. Alex Smith won the award in September when he made the 53-player roster. The Washington quarterback solidified it in Week 5 with his first appearance since Nov. 18, 2018, when a...

Getty Images Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans got good news about his injured knee after an MRI this week, but no one is guaranteeing he’ll be in the lineup against Washington on Saturday just yet. The Buccaneers held a walkthrough rather than a full practice session on Tuesday and head...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team will have no football fans present for its first playoff game in five years. The team has announced that, due to the pandemic, Washington won’t be hosting fans at Saturday night’s home game against the Buccaneers. “Following continued restrictions...

Getty Images The Eagles have plenty of work to do to repair the external damage done by Sunday night’s apparent decision to deliberately lose to Washington. They also apparently have plenty of work to do to repair the internal damage. Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “many...

Getty Images Eagles coach Doug Pederson defended after Sunday night’s game his decision to bench quarterback Jalen Hurts for Nate Sudfeld. It wasn’t convincing. On Monday, Pederson and G.M. Howie Roseman met with reporters in a joint video conference. Pederson was asked again about Sunday...

Getty Images For years, I’ve argued that any team that has seen its playoff hopes extinguished should pivot to a different prize: Parlaying a lost season into the highest possible draft position. That’s exactly what the Eagles did last night, even if they predictably deny it. A win over...

Getty Images The MRI on Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans‘ knee showed good news. Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said today that Evans is day to day after the MRI found the knee injury that knocked him out of yesterday’s game wasn’t significant. Arians said Evans had very little swelling and...