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Getty Images Week 14 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Bears and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Since starting the year 3-0 and fueling dreams of rediscovered glory, the Cowboys have lost seven of 10 games. The good news is that they’re still in position to win the NFC East. The bad news is that they don’t look like a team capable of winning a damn game. The door is now...

Getty Images The bad news for the Cowboys is that Thursday night’s loss to the Bears drops them to 6-7. The good news is they’re in the NFC East. Dallas remains in first place, half a game ahead of 5-7 Philadelphia. At 3-9, Washington is, amazingly, still in contention to win the division...

Getty Images The NFL announced today the eight finalists for this season’s Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award, the annual award that recognizes players who play the game the right way. Jaguars defensive lineman Calais Campbell, Chargers linebacker Thomas Davis, Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton...

Getty Images Trent Williams was careful not to blame Washington owner Dan Snyder for the dysfunctional situation that saw him miss the entire season. But he pulled no punches when it came to team president Bruce Allen, saying it was his fault the situation became so acrimonious — and that the...

Getty Images The Colin Kaepernick workout worked. Sort of. The quarterback at the center of three years of controversy hasn’t found employment, but one of his receivers from his recent Georgia workout has. Via Sam Fortier of the Washington Post, wide receiver Jordan Veasy (who caught the...

Getty Images Washington linebacker Ryan Kerrigan can start a new streak this week. Kerrigan has cleared concussion protocol, coach Bill Callahan said Wednesday. Kerrigan started all possible 139 games to start his career before being diagnosed with a concussion in the Week 12 victory over the...

Getty Images Washington won for the third time this season against the Panthers last Sunday and punter Tress Way‘s contributions to the win have been recognized by the NFL. Way has been named the NFC’s special teams player of the week. It’s the second time Way has been so honored as he also...

Getty Images During Ron Rivera’s three years as defensive coordinator with the Chargers, Rivera gave Peyton Manning fits, beating him in the playoffs and inducing four interceptions during their final meeting in 2010. That was perhaps the best argument for Rivera becoming a head coach, and it...

Getty Images Panthers tight end Greg Olsen appeared to be out for a moment. Moments later, the guy who made him that way was for the rest of the afternoon. Washington linebacker Ryan Anderson was just ejected for lowering his head to initiate contact on Panthers tight end Greg Olsen. Olsen...

Getty Images The Panthers had a perfect first quarter. And that was it. Washington actually played the entire game, almost, and won. The Panthers blew a 14-0 lead to lose 29-21 to Washington, which now, somehow, has a two-game winning streak. The Panthers offense flat-lined after two...

Getty Images The NFC East went 1-3 this week, and that’s par for the course for a division that isn’t just the worst in the NFL this season, but one of the worst in NFL history. Right now, the NFC East has a cumulative record of 16-32, for a .333 winning percentage. Here’s how the NFC East...

Getty Images For a moment on Sunday, it looked like no one wanted the top pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, since all the teams at the top of the order were winning. But we have come to count on the Giants. If the season ended today, the Bengals (1-11) would still hold the top spot in next year’s...

Getty Images There’s a new team atop the NFC West and a new team holding down the No. 1 seed in the conference as we head into the final four weeks of the regular season. Wins by the Saints last Thursday night and the Seahawks on Monday night coupled with the 49ers’ loss in Baltimore means...

Getty Images Cornerback Josh Norman played only two special teams snaps Sunday, seeing no action on defense. Afterward, interim coach Bill Callahan explained Norman was “fighting through some injuries.” Norman is healthy this week, Callahan said Wednesday, but the team’s highest-paid player...

Getty Images Touchdowns have been hard to come by for Washington this year, particularly the dramatic kind. Rookie return man Steven Sims provided some spark Sunday, and was named NFC special teams player of the week. Sims had a 91-yard kick return for a touchdown last week against the Lions...

Getty Images The Jets aren’t going to make the playoffs or anything, but suddenly, they can’t stop winning. And their three-game winning streak has them on the verge of falling out of the top 10 in the category they need the most. If the season ended today, the winless Bengals (0-11) would...

Getty Images With five weeks left in the regular season, five NFC teams should be feeling pretty comfortable about their chances of making the playoffs. The 49ers, Saints, Packers, Seahawks and Vikings are all at least two games up on their closest competitors for playoff spots and, barring...

Getty Images Former first-round draft pick Josh Doctson has suffered another career setback. Doctson was waived by the Vikings today. The 26-year-old Doctson was Washington’s first-round draft pick in 2016, but he barely played as a rookie because of an Achilles injury. In his second and...

Getty Images Dwayne Haskins doesn’t lack for former quarterbacks telling him what to do right now. But in a larger sense, the Washington rookie is happy to accept the wisdom he’s getting from one, who may not be former just quite yet. Via John Keim of ESPN.com, Haskins is embracing injured...