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Getty Images Every year, names emerge in the media as potential head-coaching candidates. Every year, the NFL’s Career Development Advisory Panel creates a list of candidates for distribution to the teams. Per a source with knowledge of the list, a total of 23 names appeared on it for the...

Getty Images Ron Rivera is getting the band back together with the Washington Redskins. The new head coach of the D.C. football team is set to hire John Matsko as offensive line coach, Jim Hostler as wide receivers coach and Pete Hoener as tight ends coach, per Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com. All...

Getty Images Ron Rivera’s last two years as the Panthers head coach fizzled in large part due to Cam Newton‘s injuries and he went to the Super Bowl after a season that netted Newton the league’s MVP award, so there’s likely little need to explain to him the benefits of having the right...

Getty Images Before long, Washington will surpass Buffalo as having the greatest concentration of former Panthers staffers. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, new Washington coach Ron Rivera is “zeroing in” on Scott Turner as his offensive coordinator. The 37-year-old Turner was...

Getty Images Since hiring Ron Rivera as head coach, Washington has been deliberate to turn over the medical and athletic training staff. And that could serve as a big benefit to them on the field soon. Via NBCSportsWashington.com, running back Chris Thompson said he thinks left tackle Trent...

Getty Images As Ron Rivera works quickly to put together his first Washington staff, he’s talking to a few people who didn’t work for him in Carolina. According to Les Carpenter of the Washington Post, Rivera is going to retain incumbent special teams coach Nate Kaczor, and is talking to Ken...

Getty Images New Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is busy building his staff. He has hired Mike Nolan as defensive coordinator and could keep offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and defensive passing game coordinator and secondary coach Kris Richard on staff. McCarthy is targeting former 49ers head...

Getty Images The son of a former Washington head coach will be Washington’s next offensive coordinator. Washington is hiring Scott Turner as its next offensive coordinator, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. The 37-year-old Turner is the son of former Washington head coach Norv Turner. The...

Getty Images The changes to the Washington organization in 2020 include the addition of a new medical consultant to the team’s training staff. Washington announced that Dr. Kevin Wilk will join the organization in that role. Wilk is the associate clinical director for Champion Sports Medicine...

Getty Images Recently fired Giants head coach Pat Shurmur has been an offensive coordinator for three NFL franchises and is hoping to be an offensive coordinator again in 2020. Shurmur isn’t interested in sitting out and wants a coordinator job, the New York Post reports. It’s unknown whether...

Getty Images The Patriots not being involved in the divisional round of the playoffs is unusual enough. Having them involved so early in next year’s annual selection meeting will be peculiar as well. With the results of the wild card weekend in the books, four more slots in the 2020 NFL Draft...

Getty Images Ron Rivera is the new coach in Washington and he’s going to have a familiar face running the team’s training staff. According to multiple reports, Washington is hiring Ryan Vermillion as their head athletic trainer. He held the same job with the Panthers while Rivera was the head...

Getty Images When Ron Rivera was introduced as the new Washington coach, he talked about how he and owner Dan Snyder agreed on a coach-centric organizational chart. Prior to that, however, Snyder was interviewing another potential team president. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Snyder met...

Getty Images After 15 NFL seasons, Bills linebacker Lorenzo Alexander has made the difficult decision to walk away. Alexander, a 36-year-old Oakland native who played college football at Cal, announced his retirement in the locker room after Buffalo’s 22-19 overtime loss to the Texans. “I...

Getty Images More people are watching the NFL on TV. Fewer people are watching the NFL in person. According to David Broughton and Andrew Levin of Sports Business Daily, the NFL averaged 66,648 attendees at home games in 2019. That’s the lowest average since 2004. The Cowboys averaged 90,929...

Getty Images If Ron Rivera needed to be convinced to work for Dan Snyder, he found a guy who helped nudge him in that direction. Before his first meeting with the Washington owner, Rivera called former coach Joe Gibbs for some input. “I took it upon myself to reach out to coach Gibbs, who was...

Getty Images Ron Rivera isn’t waiting long to tap into his former staff. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Panthers interim offensive coordinator Scott Turner is interviewing with Washington today. They ostensibly have a vacancy for an offensive coordinator, though Kevin O’Connell is...

Getty Images Ron Rivera has found the problem. The new Washington coach has taken his first step toward the culture-change which every coaching change requires, by moving some furniture. According to J.P. Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com, the ping pong table has been removed from the locker...

Getty Images The Associated Press has announced the results of this year’s All-Pro voting and two players were selected as first-team choices by all 50 voters. Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas got the unanimous nod after setting a new record for receptions during the 2019 season. Patriots...

Getty Images New Washington head coach Ron Rivera said discipline is the overarching principle upon which he will build his team. Rivera, whose father served in the Army and did two tours of duty in Vietnam, said he learned the virtue of discipline at an early age and will teach it to his...