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Getty Images Washington defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio said last month that he is working out how to balance the playing time for all of his pass rushing options. That group includes veteran Ryan Kerrigan, who missed four games in the final five weeks of last season. Those were the first...

Getty Images More than a week ago, former NFL receiver Reche Caldwell was shot and killed in Tampa. To date, police have identified no suspects. According to FOX13News.com, police haven’t even identified a person of interest. Family and friends, per FOX13, believe Caldwell was a robbery...

Getty Images Whenever the question of the Washington team name arises, the organization hides behind a deeply flawed (and, earlier this year, completely debunked) poll finding that 90 percent of all Native Americans are not offended by the name. (Which means, of course, that’s it’s perfectly...

Getty Images The NFL generally and collectively seems to be keeping its head low and mouth shut on Colin Kaepernick, but for the unnamed team that recently called Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for information about a visit with Kaepernick from nearly three years ago. So which teams should be...

Getty Images During Friday’s PFT Live draft, Washington came up as one of the teams that should consider signing Colin Kaepernick. You’ll have to watch the video to hear the reasoning. Washington, though, has never discussed the former 49ers quarterback. Doug Williams, the first black...

Getty Images Terry McLaurin has spent more time with Dwayne Haskins than most players and the Washington wideout sees good things in the quarterback’s future. McLaurin and Haskins played together at Ohio State and they have been working out together in Virginia as the team’s offseason program...

Getty Images The NFL has committed to spending $250 million over the next 10 years to combat systemic racism and fight injustices against blacks. That’s great. It’s impressive. It’s awesome. And it’s $250 million more than was committed to the effort as of Thursday at this time. But let’s put...

Getty Images Washington D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser has entered the fight over the name of her local football team. During an interview on The Team 980, Bowser made her thoughts on the name clear. “I think it’s past time for the team to deal with [a name that] offends so many people,” she said...

Getty Images Former Washington quarterback Doug Williams was moved by seeing Patrick Mahomes play a starring role in last week’s player video response to the NFL, taking a stand against racism and police brutality. But Williams has quite a story of his own, and it’s about to be told...

Getty Images In Richmond, Virginia, protesters recently toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus. The assault on the Columbus statue happened as part of the broader reexamination of systemic racism engrained in the very soul of the New World, from the moment Europeans first arrived. Racism is...

Getty Images The last time we heard anything about Quinton Dunbar was two weeks ago when his attorney was squabbling with the attorney for Deandre Baker. Dunbar faces four counts of armed robbery from an incident May 13. Dunbar, who apologized to the Seahawks for “unnecessary distractions”...

Getty Images After losing 17 pounds over the past year, down to 218, Dwayne Haskins said he feels “more dynamic.” No one is questioning the Washington quarterback’s commitment now. “I won’t necessarily say it’s about football; it’s with everything in life: I just wanted to be a man about my...

Getty Images Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown recently worked out with Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins. Which caused one of the reporters participating in Wednesday’s videoconference with Washington coach Ron Rivera to ask whether the team could add Brown to the roster. “For us to bring...

Pictures of Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins last month showed that he’s slimmed down since the end of his rookie season and he’s continued to drop weight since they went online. Haskins said that he was down to 220 pounds at that point and told reporters on a Wednesday video conference...

Getty Images Washington running back Adrian Peterson said recently that he will take a knee during the national anthem this season to protest racial inequality and police brutality. That action will come with the support of head coach Ron Rivera. Rivera told reporters on a video conference...

Getty Images Police brutality has been fueled in part by qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that routinely gives police officers and police departments a pass when excessive force has been used against a citizen. The potential change flowing from the murder of George Floyd includes an effort...

Getty Images Last week’s powerful video by players pushed the NFL to an actual response. And the fact that one particular player was involved may have helped fix the need for action in the minds of many. According to Jason Reid of ESPN.com, having NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes be the first player...

Getty Images Former NFL receiver Reche Caldwell, a second-round pick of the Chargers in 2002, has been shot and killed in Tampa, according to TMZ. Caldwell’s mother confirmed the news to TMZ. She explained that Reche was getting ready to take his girlfriend on a date, he went inside his home...

Getty Images Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on Drew Brees‘ national anthem stance. Even President Donald Trump has weighed in on Twitter. The controversy surrounding the Saints quarterback has become the biggest story in the NFL. So naturally, Washington running back Adrian Peterson was...

Getty Images We already have our first NFL player who isn’t prepared to go along with the advice of President Donald Trump. Washington running back Adrian Peterson said he definitely planned to kneel during the national anthem this year, following the protest cue of Colin Kaepernick, who knelt...