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Getty Images Ten years ago on Easter (not 10 years to the day because Easter was on April 4 that year), a quiet news day quickly got a lot louder when the Eagles traded quarterback Donovan McNabb. Making the move even more surprising was the fact that a division rival did the deal, with...

Getty Images Ohio State pass rusher Chase Young agrees with the many draft analysts who think he’s the best player available. Asked if he is the best player in the 2020 NFL draft, Young said there’s no question about it. “Yes, definitely,” Young told ESPN. “I know I’m the best, definitely.”...

Getty Images Washington right guard Brandon Scherff signed his franchise tender, so we know he’ll be with the team during the 2020 season. Signing the tag sets Scherff up to make just over $15 million this year, but that number could change if he signs a long-term deal with the team. Scherff...

Getty Images Urban Meyer coached Joe Burrow for three years at Ohio State before Burrow transferred to LSU. Meyer has high praise for Burrow, who’s expected to be the first overall pick in the draft in two weeks. But Meyer has even higher praise for Dwayne Haskins, who was Washington’s...

Getty Images Washington coach Ron Rivera sent a reasonably strong signal yesterday that he has his mind on Chase Young. Other teams must have gotten the message. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, no team outside the top three has contacted the Ohio State defensive end lately. That...

Getty Images No one in the NFL has dealt with an issue quite like the coronavirus outbreak, which has altered everything about the offseason, and potentially longer. But Washington coach Ron Rivera has been forced into a long break, so he’s adapting lessons as he can. The lockout wiped out...

Getty Images Our day-by-day, division-by-division draft previews include day-by-day drafts of the best players from each division. Earlier this week, we looked at the best teams of the NFC East. Simms and I plucked three each, one at a time, from the quartet of franchises that made up the...

Getty Images When Washington traded for quarterback Kyle Allen, head coach Ron Rivera said that the team would head into training camp with the belief that Dwayne Haskins is their starting quarterback. At this point, though, no one can be sure that training camp will be starting on time or...

Getty Images NFL team doctors aren’t busy at the moment giving physicals to new players, or tending to those involved in offseason programs. So some in the sports medicine field are putting their skills to use in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Via Roman Stubbs of the Washington...

Getty Images Left tackle Trent Williams has wanted out of Washington for some time, but there’s no sign that a move to another team is on the horizon. Washington head coach Ron Rivera met with the media on a conference call Tuesday and, per multiple reporters, said that the team has continued...

Getty Images Ron Rivera downplayed Washington’s interest in tight end Austin Hooper. Hooper has said it came down to Washington and Cleveland, and he signed a four-year, $42 million deal with the Browns. But Rivera said Tuesday that Washington wasn’t “really into” the Hooper sweepstakes...

Getty Images Washington coach Ron Rivera never mentioned Chase Young by name during his video conference call with team beat reporters Tuesday. But Rivera certainly sounded as if the team has made up its mind with what to do with the second choice, via JP Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com...

Getty Images Cornerback Ronald Darby signed a one-year deal with the Eagles in 2019 in hopes of proving he could make a full recovery from a torn ACL and land a longer deal this offseason. Darby returned to the lineup, but hamstring and hip flexor injuries caused him to miss five games. That...

Getty Images In a normal world (i.e., any world but the one in which we currently reside), the offseason programs would be opening today for the teams that have new coaches (Browns, Panthers, Cowboys, Giants, Washington). They’re not opening today, and they likely won’t open at all in 2020. So...

Getty Images Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell will be remembered for his football abilities. He also will be remembered for something that he shouldn’t have had to be remembered for. Mitchell was the first African-American player to play for the Washington franchise. In 1962. Not 1932 or 1942 or...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s selection committee voted on which players would be named to the NFL’s All-Decade team for the 2010s and the results of that vote were announced on Monday. Eight players were unanimous choices, including Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. Brady, who...

Getty Images The NFL told teams last week that they were deciding between allowing small gatherings of club personnel to work together during the draft or requiring everyone to work from their homes by themselves. The league announced its ruling on Monday. In a memo delivered to all teams and...

Getty Images Washington running back Derrius Guice has yet to lay the foundation for a major NFL payday. His former marketing agent may be getting one. Via the Washington Times, Fadde Mikhail has sued Guice for $500,000 in California. Mikhail alleges the Guice didn’t repay a loan of $191,000...

Getty Images Washington couldn’t wait to get rid of Josh Norman, even after hiring his old coach. But another of his old bosses was all too happy to bring him in, and hopes he can return to his old form. During a conference call Thursday, Bills General Manager Brandon Beane believes they can...

Getty Images Kendall Fuller didn’t leave Washington by choice in 2018, but his return to the team was entirely up to him. Fuller was traded to Kansas City as part of the deal that sent quarterback Alex Smith to Washington and capped his two years with the Chiefs with a win-sealing interception...