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Getty Images Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera didn’t have an update on quarterback Alex Smith‘s calf injury when he met with the media on Monday morning. Rivera said on Sunday night that Smith has a calf strain and could have returned to action, but the team decided to hold him...

Getty Images 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...

Getty Images Alex Smith left for the locker room early to get a calf injury evaluated. He returned to the sideline just as the 49ers were kicking off to begin the second half. Smith is questionable to return, with Dwayne Haskins now in the game. Haskins, who took the kneel down to end the...

Getty Images Washington has not scored an offensive touchdown today. It has two on defense. Safety Kamren Curl returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the third quarter to give Washington a 23-7 lead over the 49ers. Nick Mullens tried to hit fullback Kyle...

Getty Images Washington didn’t get an offensive touchdown and lost starting quarterback Alex Smith at the end of the first half. They won anyway. Washington got two defensive touchdowns and error-free play from Dwayne Haskins to beat the 49ers 23-15 on Sunday. It was Washington’s fourth win...

Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith‘s injury does not appear serious. At least judging by Ron Rivera’s postgame comments. The Washington coach said X-rays of Smith’s calf were negative. “He strained the calf, basically,” said Rivera. Rivera said Smith could have returned if...

Getty Images Baseball’s Cleveland Indians are following the lead of the Washington NFL franchise previously known as a dictionary-defined racial slur. Like Washington, the Cleveland Indians will be dropping their name, according to multiple reports. No replacement has been named. Washington...

Getty Images The two quarterbacks taken in the top 10 of the 2019 draft will square off on Sunday, after all. Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, who suffered a hamstring injury 13 days ago against the Bengals, has been cleared to return, per multiple reports. He’s expected to start. He’ll face...

USA TODAY Sports The 49ers lost by 10 points to the Bills on Monday night. But San Francisco still had some positives, specifically in their running game. “I thought our run game versus Buffalo was one of the best it’s been since we’ve been here,” coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters on Friday...

USA TODAY Sports Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy promises things will get better. Frankly, they can’t get much worse. But for a trio of wins that easily could have become losses, the Cowboys would be jostling with the Jets for dibs on Trevor Lawrence. Relative to the team’s expectations entering...

Getty Images Week 14 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Rams and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Amid the spiking COVID-19 pandemic, Washington has elected to not have fans at its final two 2020 home games. The Football Team had about 3,000 fans attend its Week 9 loss to the Giants in November, but otherwise has not hosted fans this season. Washington’s last announcement was...

Getty Images Running back Antonio Gibson never seemed likely to play in Week 14 after injuring his toe in Monday’s victory over the Steelers and the Washington Football Team ended what little suspense there was on Friday afternoon. Gibson has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the 49ers...

Getty Images 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel (foot) does not have an injury status heading into the weekend and is expected to play against Washington. Samuel did not practice on Wednesday and was limited in Thursday’s session after suffering a foot contusion against the Bills on Monday...

Getty Images Former NFL defensive tackle Louis Nix was shot in the chest on Tuesday at a Jacksonville gas station as part of a robbery. Via Corley Peel of News4Jax, Nix was putting air into the tires of his car when he was confronted by men shining a flashlight in his eyes. When he shoved them...

Getty Images 49ers left tackle Trent Williams did not play for Washington during his final year with the organization and left the team under a cloud of bad feelings. Williams was unhappy about how the team’s medical staff handled a cancerous growth on his head as well and also was at odds...

Getty Images 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel returned to a limited practice Thursday. He missed Wednesday’s work with a bruised foot that is not expected to keep him out of Sunday’s game. The injury is unrelated to the foot fracture Samuel sustained this summer during player-organized workouts...

Getty Images After Washington received a break from officials at the end of the first half with a clock stoppage before a field goal attempt Monday night, the NFL tweaked its end-of-half officiating procedures. Ben Austro of Football Zebras reported the changes that transpired after...

Getty Images There was good injury news about a few offensive players at Washington’s practice on Thursday, but the outlook for running back Antonio Gibson doesn’t look great. Gibson is dealing with turf toe and he was out of practice for the second straight day. Head coach Ron Rivera isn’t...

Getty Images Washington designated rookie receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden to return from injured reserve, Nicki Jabvala of The Washington Post reports. It opens a 21-day window for Gandy-Golden to practice before the team has to make a decision about whether to add him to the active roster. He...