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Getty Images This won’t be a universally popular opinion, but the time for caring about making everyone happy and/or pissing off the fewest number of people has ended. As the NFL and its teams look for a way to transform words into actions, a simple, easy, and clear path to change for...

Getty Images The 2019 season was a dismal one for Washington as a whole, but there were a few bright spots amid the losing. One of them was rookie wide receiver Terry McLaurin. He led the team with 58 catches, 919 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns while playing with three...

Getty Images If Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson were wearing a microphone for a reunion with former Eagles coach Chip Kelly, plenty of words likely would have to be bleeped. Jackson revisited Kelly’s decision to cut Jackson, which came in March 2014 after a failed effort to trade him — and as...

Getty Images The Chris Simms top 40 quarterback countdown continued Monday on PFT Live, and there’s at least one backup who has made it among what should be the spots reserved for starters. Veteran Case Keenum comes in at No. 32. A journeyman in the truest sense, Keenum is now with his fifth...

Getty Images Washington defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio says rookie pass rusher Chase Young has infinite potential. Young, the second overall pick who was viewed by many as the most talented football player in this year’s draft, has Del Rio licking his chops about how his defense can get...

Getty Images Washington was already relatively deep with pass-rush talent, and then used the second pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on Chase Young. Now, new coach Ron Rivera and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio have to figure out how to use them all. Via Ethan Cadeaux of NBCSportsWashington.com...

Getty Images Trent Williams did not play last season, but the left tackle said he was prepared to play. Williams’ beef with Washington’s medical staff over its handling of a cancerous growth on his head prompted a nine-game holdout until Oct. 29. Williams said Thursday he was prepared to play...

Getty Images Reports this offseason indicated Perry Fewell and Walt Anderson were headed to jobs within the NFL’s officiating department, and the league made it official Thursday. The NFL announced Fewell will serve as senior vice president of officiating administration and Anderson as the...

Getty Images While other sports are trying to gin up plans to either start or re-start their seasons on the fly, the NFL had the benefit of being in the early stage of its offseason when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. And that time is something the league needs to use to its advantage, according...

Getty Images Washington has not been shy about adding running backs to the roster this offseason. They signed Peyton Barber and J.D. McKissic as free agents and drafted Antonio Gibson in the third round to add to a backfield that could also get Derrius Guice and Bryce Love back from injuries...

Getty Images Antonio Brown hasn’t found employment, but he has managed to keep himself in the news. Wednesday, the veteran wide receiver posted video to social media of a workout in which he was catching passes from Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins . It was Brown’s video, so naturally it...

Getty Images Dwayne Haskins has spent the offseason throwing with Terry McLaurin and Kelvin Harmon and recently with free agent Antonio Brown. The Washington quarterback is trying to build on what he accomplished at the end of last season. Haskins went 2-5 as the team’s starter his rookie...

Getty Images States are increasingly eager to use sports betting as a source of revenue, and in the nation’s capital, that betting will come directly through the government-run lottery. The D.C. Lottery announced that its sports betting online platform will launch in the next few days and...

Getty Images Shortly after Ron Rivera became Washington’s head coach earlier this year, he said that people shouldn’t forget about Alex Smith when it came to discussions about the team’s quarterbacks. Smith has been out of action since suffering a severe leg injury in 2018 that required...

Getty Images Last year, he landed at No. 38 without ever playing a down in the NFL. This year, Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins has fallen one spot on the Chris Simms top 40 quarterback countdown, to No. 39. Why 39? Well, watch the video from Tuesday’s PFT Live and find out. Haskins...

Getty Images Washington running back Adrian Peterson has an eye on the career rushing leaderboard as he heads into his 14th season. Peterson is currently fifth in NFL history with 14,216 career rushing yards. In fourth place is Barry Sanders, who had 15,269 yards in his 10 NFL seasons...

Getty Images Adrian Peterson is happy for his friend Trent Williams. He is not happy about trading a man who could have obviously helped his football team. Via Sam Fortier of the Washington Post, the Washington running back said he wasn’t crazy about the deal that sent him to the 49ers for a...

Getty Images Washington has a new head coach. It has a new offensive coordinator. It has a new offensive system. The team would have preferred on-field work to learn it, but it is making do with virtual meetings. “Of course, it would have been different taking the new head coach and the new...

Getty Images Veteran running back Adrian Peterson wasn’t wild about the idea of trading left tackle Trent Williams, but he still thinks Washington has better talent than in recent years. And that begins with quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who Peterson thinks will take a major step this season...

Getty Images Washington has no prime-time games this year. And that’s fine by the team’s new head coach. “I’m not a big fan of prime-time games,” Rivera said during a Wednesday meet-and-greet with military families over Zoom, via NBCSportsWashington.com. “I could care less that we have a...