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Getty Images Ron Rivera revealed his squamous cell cancer diagnosis to his team Thursday. On Saturday, the Washington coach expounded on what trying to coach while undergoing treatment will entail this season. “I’m not being rosy about this,” Rivera said in his first meeting with beat writers...

Getty Images Ron Rivera announced Thursday he plans to continue coaching despite his cancer diagnosis, but Washington obviously needs a Plan B just in case. It was assumed defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, twice a head coach, would be the choice. NFL Media reports Del Rio, in fact, will...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team worked out five offensive linemen earlier this week and they signed a pair of them on Friday. Guard Joshua Garnett and tackle David Steinmetz are the two new additions to the roster. Garnett was a first-round pick by the 49ers in 2016 and made 11...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team clarified Ron Rivera’s cancer diagnosis, saying he has squamous cell cancer of the neck. It is a form of skin cancer but considered “very treatable and curable,” Rivera told Adam Schefter of ESPN. Squamous cell cancer usually is not life-threatening...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team released a statement in support of head coach Ron Rivera that announced the details of his cancer diagnosis on Thursday night. “Coach Ron Rivera was recently diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) located in a lymph node and detected from a...

Getty Images Veteran head coach Ron Rivera, a two-time Associated Press coach of the year, has disclosed that he has cancer of the lymph nodes. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, Rivera shared the news with his team on Thursday night. It is in the early stages and “very treatable and curable.”...

USA TODAY Sports Defensive end Chase Young has a prominent role in Washington’s plans for the 2020 season, so they won’t be taking any risks with him on the practice field this summer. Young impressed in Tuesday’s first padded practice of training camp, but he was largely an observer when the...

Getty Images In 2017 at Stanford, running back Bryce Love ran for a whopping 2,118 yards, averaged an incredible 8.1 yards per carry, and finished second to Baker Mayfield in Heisman Trophy voting. Now, after an injury-plagued two seasons, Love is starting to flash that talent again. Love...

Getty Images New Washington president Jason Wright, a former NFL player, joined Wednesday’s PFT PM for an extended chat regarding his new job. The full interview appears in the attached video. Among other things, Wright said that all options are on the table for the team’s next name...

Getty Images Former first-round pick Joshua Garnett was one of five offensive linemen to workout for the Washington Football Team on Wednesday. Garnett – the 28th overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers – was released by the Detroit Lions last week. He signed with the...

Getty Images Derrius Guice‘s NFL career currently on pause. The pause could very well become permanent. Kenny Jacoby and Nancy Armour of USA Today report that two former LSU students claim that Guice raped them in 2016, when Guice was a freshman on the school’s football team. Per the report...

Getty Images As he prepares to begin his ninth NFL season, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins turns 32 today. He creeps one year deeper into his 30s at a time when his career is at a crossroads. Caught in the gulf between very good and very great, the question for 2020 will be whether he can use...

USA TODAY Sports When Washington quarterback Alex Smith discussed his long road back to the active roster over the weekend, he said that “at some point I’ll find out what my limitations are” as a result of the severe compound fracture of the leg he suffered in a 2018 game. Smith hasn’t found...

Getty Images Ian Williams didn’t play quarterback; he wasn’t a No. 1 overall draft choice; and he never made a Pro Bowl. But Williams understands exactly what Alex Smith has gone through, and he is rooting for his former 49ers teammate to make it all the way back. “I hope he can come back...

Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith currently is writing one of the greatest comeback stories in sports history. Smith’s ongoing effort to get back on the field inspired Monday’s PFT Live draft. What are the best individual comeback stories in NFL history? Our choices appear in the...

Getty Images Quarterback Alex Smith is set to hit another big milestone on Tuesday when Washington holds its first padded practice of the summer. Smith was cleared to practice over the weekend for the first time since having numerous surgeries to repair the compound leg fracture he suffered...

Getty Images Chiefs coach Andy Reid is thrilled to see that Alex Smith isn’t done in the NFL. Reid said today that he was excited to hear that Smith has been cleared to return to the Washington Football Team after the severe leg injury that nearly ended his career in 2018. “How great is that...

Getty Images No NFL award is ever clinched before the games even start. This year, one of them already may be. Former Washington quarterback Joe Theismann, who suffered a career-ending broken leg in 1985, believes that current Washington quarterback Alex Smith, who suffered a supposedly...

Getty Images For any other player, the existence of a reckless driving incident wouldn’t be an issue. For free-agent running back Derrius Guice, who currently is out of football regarding a trio of domestic violence charges, it’s an unwelcome complication. Via TMZ.com, Guice was caught driving...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team has a new president. A statement on Monday morning announced that Jason Wright has been appointed team president. Wright will be responsible for the business side of the organization, including operations, finance, sales, and marketing. “This team, at...