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Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the modern-era finalists for the Class of 2020 on Thursday night. Seven of the 15 finalists made the list for the first time. The inclusion of first-year eligible players Troy Polamalu and Reggie Wayne was expected. They were joined by five...

Getty Images Jay Gruden has been out of work since Washington fired him as its head coach in October. He hopes some team with a head-coaching vacancy will consider him now. Gruden told Ian Rapoport of NFL Media that he wants to be a head coach this year. “Hopefully I’ll get an opportunity to...

Getty Images The Browns seem to be casting a wide net when it comes to looking for their next head coach. The net reportedly includes former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer. The news of the Browns having “strong interest” in Meyer comes from Bruce Feldman. Both Feldman and Meyer currently work...

Getty Images Bruce Allen, the recently fired Washington team president, famously defended the franchise’s culture as “damn good” last season. The owner of the team, Dan Snyder, apparently did not agree. Snyder introduced new head coach Ron Rivera today by saying a change in the team’s culture...

Getty Images Many people are waking up with a hangover this morning. Washington’s football team’s has lasted over 20 years. But the hope is that Ron Rivera is the cup of coffee they need to start a new decade on the right foot. The team made official the hiring of the former Panthers head...

Getty Images Ron Rivera has reportedly made the first addition to his first coaching staff in Washington. Word on Tuesday was that Rivera was targeting Jack Del Rio to be the team’s defensive coordinator. It appears he got his man. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Del Rio has agreed to take...

Getty Images His lack of size and resume left Deonte Harris undrafted this season. But no rookie made a bigger impact on special teams than the Saints return man. The 5-foot-6, 170-pounder from Division II Assumption College only earned Pro Bowl honors this year as a return man, and emerged...

Getty Images There may be some current assistants whom new Washington coach Ron Rivera wants to keep. Bill Callahan is apparently not one of them. According to John Keim of ESPN.com, Callahan will not be with the team moving forward. Rivera’s talking to offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell...

Getty Images Jack Del Rio confirmed his hiring as Washington’s defensive coordinator to Les Carpenter of the Washington Post. Del Rio also confirmed an expected change: The team will go back to a 4-3 defense. Washington hasn’t had the 4-3 as its base defense since 2009 when Jim Zorn was head...

Getty Images Reports emerged this morning that Washington senior vice president of football operations/general counsel Eric Schaffer had been fired, but those reports appear to be incorrect. Multiple reports that Schaffer was fired were followed by multiple reports that Schaffer is safe. It...

Getty Images Dysfunctional teams, as the saying goes, do dysfunctional things. And the D.C. football franchise continues to put the fun in dysfunction. Even at a time when things are looking up, given the firing of president Bruce Allen and the hiring of coach Ron Rivera, the team owned by...

Getty Images In the true spirit of (George) Washington leadership, new head coach Ron Rivera may be bringing the guy with the ax to go to work on all those cherry trees and opposing offenses. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Rivera is targeting former Jaguars and Raiders head coach Jack Del...

Getty Images When a team fires a coach with time left in the season, some in the media will climb onto a high horse and complain that the team has disrespected the coach. The better view is that the team has done the coach a favor, in multiple ways. First, once the team knows that the coach is...

Getty Images Washington has a new coach. The team eventually will have a new defensive coordinator and a new offensive coordinator, who will be the old offensive coordinator. JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington reported before the deal between Washington and Ron Rivera was done that Kevin...

Getty Images The day began with Washington poised to hire Ron Rivera to be the team’s next head coach. A deal hasn’t happened yet. Les Carpenter of the Washington Post reports that “negotations . . . are moving more slowly than expected” between Rivera and the team. It’s an intriguing...

Getty Images While the world waits for the Cowboys to announce that Jason Garrett, barring a minor miracle, won’t return as the team’s head coach, an important question has emerged: Will any of the four teams with current vacancies try to hire him? The Browns, Panthers, Giants, and Washington...

Getty Images Alex Smith hasn’t played a down of football in over a year, spending much of this season alongside Washington owner Dan Snyder in his suite during games. Now, he wants to give Snyder a chance to watch him play. Via Ethan Cadeaux of NBCSportsWashington.com, Smith said Monday that...

Getty Images Only 12 teams are still in business this morning, which means 20 of them are in full offseason mode. At least one of them’s on the clock, but perhaps two as the Bengals’ expected selection of Heisman-winning quarterback Joe Burrow from LSU will clear the way for Washington to pick...

Getty Images Word came on Sunday that Ron Rivera will be interviewing with Washington about the team’s head coaching vacancy on Monday and there may not be any other candidates on tap to meet with team owner Daniel Snyder. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team’s interview with Rivera...

Getty Images Washington is moving quickly to reset their franchise after another losing season. On the heels of a report that the team is planning to hire Ron Rivera as their next head coach comes word of another major change in the organization. Longtime team president Bruce Allen has been...