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Getty Images Recent hires made by the Washington Football Team caught the attention of the Fritz Pollard Alliance for negative reasons. The team’s latest hire has generated a positive reaction. “The Fritz Pollard Alliance commends the Washington Football Team for their selection of Jason...

Getty Images When it comes to periodically driving fast in a car that was engineered to be driven fast, under conditions that are suitable and safe for doing so, I won’t stand on the porch of a glass house and throw stones. When it comes to driving at an incredibly high rate of speed while...

Getty Images Alex Smith and Frank Gore were both drafted by the 49ers in the 2005 NFL draft. Neither could have envisioned all the twists and turns their careers would take, but today Gore is celebrating the news that Smith is back. Responding to the Washington Football Team’s official...

Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith is taking another big step toward returning from a career-threatening leg injury. Smith has been cleared to practice and will be activated off the physically unable to perform list, according to JP Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com. That’s a...

Getty Images When Ron Rivera became the new coach of the Washington Football Team, he resisted anointing quarterback Dwayne Haskins as the starter. If Rivera was trying to get Haskins’ attention, mission accomplished. “I’ve been around Dwayne a long time, and not that he hasn’t been working...

Getty Images Dysfunction always finds a way. At a time when the Washington Football Team is trying its damnedest to turn the page on troubled times, trouble lingers for the franchise. According to the Wall Street Journal, the team’s minority owners are “pressuring” owner Daniel Snyder to sell...

Getty Images The two most chaotic NFL seasons in living memory were 1982 and 1987, when games were canceled because the players went on strike. Both of those seasons ended with Joe Gibbs bringing the Lombardi Trophy back to Washington. Gibbs clearly knows something about coaching under...

Getty Images It was almost two years ago that Washington claimed linebacker Reuben Foster off waivers from San Francisco, and he still hasn’t played in a game since then. He’s optimistic that’s going to change soon. Foster, who first was sidelined in 2018 because of an investigation into a...

Getty Images Washington owner Daniel Snyder once filed a lawsuit against the Washington City Paper that the New York Times described as “odd.” His latest lawsuit, depending on how it unfolds, could eventually make that one look like a garden-variety landlord-tenant dispute on The Peoples Court...

Getty Images When the Washington Football Team hired Julie Donaldson to replace Larry Michael atop the team’s media operation, she was referred to as the “lead voice,” for the team’s radio broadcast. Now, she has some new teammates. According to J.P. Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com, the...

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports There will be no fans this fall at FedEx Field. The Washington Football Team announced today that it will not have fans in the stands during the 2020 season, although the team says it will re-evaluate if the situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic improves. The...

Getty Images Almost every employer inevitably creates disgruntled employees. Washington owner Daniel Snyder apparently has created an employee so disgruntled that, according to Snyder, she took cash to make up false stories about him. The filing also implies that the money may have come from...

Getty Images Washington coach Ron Rivera said on Monday that Alex Smith will be part of the quarterback competition if he’s healthy, and today Dwayne Haskins said he welcomes that competition. Haskins said he’s looking forward to the opportunity, in which the 36-year-old Smith may make the...

Getty Images Running back Derrius Guice currently isn’t employed by an NFL team. If the charges against him are proven, Guice may not be employed by any NFL teams for a while. According to Justin Jouvenal of the Washington Post, the charging documents in the criminal case against Guice allege...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team moved quickly to waive running back Derrius Guice off their roster after he was arrested on domestic violence charges last week and head coach Ron Rivera discussed that decision during a Monday video conference with reporters. Rivera said he spoke to...

Getty Images Dwayne Haskins is not guaranteed to start in Washington this season. Washington head coach Ron Rivera said today that if Alex Smith is cleared to play almost two years after a severely broken leg, he would be given every opportunity to beat out Haskins for the starting quarterback...

Getty Images Washington has tight end Logan Thomas back on their active roster at training camp. Thomas was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list more than a week ago and the team announced that he was activated on Sunday. The team also activated linebacker Reuben Foster from the physically...

Getty Images Running back Derrius Guice, officially released by Washington on Saturday, officially is out of the NFL. At least for now. Possibly for good. Guice cleared waivers, making the 2018 second-round pick a free agent. Washington released Guice after he was arrested on multiple...

Getty Images Washington abruptly waived running back Derrius Guice on Friday, after word emerged of his arrest on multiple charges relating to three alleged domestic-violence incidents dating back to February. The move became official on Saturday, with a deadline for making waiver claims on the...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team has officially added another Washington Football Player to the group preparing for Week One: Former first-round linebacker Reuben Foster has been activated from the Physically Unable to Perform list. Foster, claimed on waivers after the 49ers cut him...