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USA TODAY Sports At this time last week, most people would have predicted that the Washington Football Team’s first depth chart would feature Adrian Peterson as the team’s top running back. That made it quite a surprise to learn that Peterson was released by Washington last Friday. Head coach...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team dropped future Hall of Fame running back Adrian Peterson onto the open market barely a week before the start of the 2020 season. He quickly has found another home, in Detroit. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Peterson can earn up to $2.3...

USA TODAY Sports The Washington Football Team has officially set its initial 53-man roster for the 2020 season and it includes quarterback Alex Smith. Smith was expected to make the team once he was cleared to resume practicing during training camp this summer as his entire $16 million salary...

Getty Images With more than 40 former employees claiming that they have endured sexual harassment while working for the Washington Football Team, litigation seems inevitable. The Washington Post reports that, on Friday, lawyers representing more than 20 former Washington employees informed the...

Getty Images Through several weeks of reports and rumors regarding the extent to which two decades of dysfunction with the Washington Football Team crossed the line of sexual harassment, the man who served in a prominent role with the team hasn’t had his name mentioned much, if at all. Former...

Getty Images The comeback story of Washington quarterback Alex Smith likely will continue. The comeback story of Washington linebacker Reuben Foster will not. John Keim of ESPN.com reports that Washington will place Foster on injured reserve. Doing so before Monday will end Foster’s season...

Getty Images In March, Washington signed safety Sean Davis to a contract that included a $2 million signing bonus. That did not turn out well. Davis is being cut today, a league source tells PFT. The 26-year-old Davis spent the last four years with the Steelers, who selected him in the second...

Getty Images As Washington begins breaking the news to players who won’t be making the roster, word is getting out. A pair of offensive linemen won’t be on the 53-man roster. Agent Brett Tessler announced on Twitter that sixth-year offensive lineman Mike Liedtke will be placed on injured...

Getty Images Washington owner Daniel Snyder is currently on a winning streak that he’d surely love his football team to emulate. It’s now two in a row for Snyder. On Thursday, he secured the right to seek discovery relating to potential connections between the website that published a pair of...

Getty Images With Washington owner Daniel Snyder pursuing in India a defamation lawsuit that focuses on articles falsely connecting him to Jeffrey Epstein, Snyder is using the American court system to obtain testimony and documents that, ostensibly, would support the case — and that apparently...

USA TODAY Sports Plenty of people were surprised to find out that Washington released running back Adrian Peterson on Friday morning. Count Peterson among that group. In a radio interview on 106.7 The Fan later on Friday, Peterson said he didn’t expect head coach Ron Rivera to deliver the news...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Dallas Released safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. Waived...

Getty Images Washington head coach Ron Rivera woke up on Friday morning with Adrian Peterson on his mind. Rivera told reporters on a videoconference that his first thoughts of the day were about how he would tell Peterson that he was being released. Rivera said it was “difficult” to deliver...

Getty Images So what happened with running back Adrian Peterson in Washington? Here’s what we know, as of now. Per a league source, the team regarded Peterson as “the guy” throughout camp, particularly after Derrius Guice abruptly was dumped. Earlier this week, however, things changed. When he...

Getty Images Sometimes, the wheels of justice move slowly. Sometimes, they move like grease through a goose. A day after filing a supplemental petition in a California federal court seeking permission to conduct discovery relating to a defamation lawsuit pending in India, the petition has been...

Getty Images Washington owner Daniel Snyder continues to pursue evidence in connection with his pending defamation claim in India. Although his latest effort seeks information regarding someone other than former Washington employee Mary Ellen Blair, the latest effort potentially adds more bread...

Getty Images Such that there was much suspense, it’s now over. Via JP Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com, Washington coach Ron Rivera announced that Dwayne Haskins would be his starting quarterback. “Dwayne has lived up to everything he and I talked about back in January,” Rivera said. That...

Getty Images Washington receiver Trey Quinn is trying to raise $100,000 for Hurricane Laura disaster relief efforts in his hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The NFL and the Saints are helping, too. The NFL Foundation announced Wednesday it will match the Saints’ $250,000 contribution to the...

Getty Images The Washington Post has spoken with more than 40 former Washington employees who believe they were subjected to sexual harassment while working for the Washington Football Team. ESPN has spoken to four former employees on camera, with interviews that will be televised on Thursday...

Getty Images Aaron Rodgers and Alex Smith have been inextricably linked since the pair were the two quarterbacks selected in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Smith was the No. 1 overall pick in the draft while Rodgers had to wait several hours before going to the Packers with the 24th...