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Getty Images Washington tight end Jordan Reed found himself in a familiar situation on Thursday night. Reed has dealt with a long list of injuries over the course of his NFL career and he spent some time with medical personnel after taking a big hit from Falcons safety Keanu Neal. Reed caught...

Getty Images When Washington drafted Derrius Guice in the second round of the 2018 draft, they were hoping to add a running back who mixed speed, vision and power to their backfield. They didn’t get to see much of Guice as a rookie because he tore his ACL in the first preseason game. Guice...

Getty Images Washington still hasn’t seen Trent Williams, and the team continues to show signs of not being willing to show him the door. According to J.P. Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com, the team recently turned down what would appear to be a solid offer for the wantaway left tackle...

Getty Images Anger, denial, bargaining, depression. Acceptance. After five months, it’s possible Washington finally has reached the fifth stage of grief regarding the demise of their relationship with tackle Trent Williams — and that the organization has now embarked on getting the best...

Getty Images The Eagles expect to open the regular season without having Kamu Grugier-Hill in the lineup due to a knee injury and he might not be the only missing member of the linebacking corps. Nigel Bradham tore ligaments in his toe during the Eagles’ playoff loss to the Saints and he’s...

Getty Images Washington coach Jay Gruden has yet to name a Week One starting quarterback, and he feels no compulsion to do so in the immediate future. “There’s no rush to name a starter right now,” Gruden told reporters on Tuesday. “I think it’s important to let these guys go out and play and...

Getty Images The good news is that Jay Gruden didn’t respond to questions about Trent Williams on Monday by saying, “Trent who?” The bad news is that there’s still no news about Williams’ holdout. That said, the Washington coach seemed to admit that there has been some content with Williams...

Jim Hardy, a member of the 1952 Detroit Lions NFL Championship team, died Friday of natural causes at the age of 96. According to the Associated Press, Hardy, the MVP of the 1945 Rose Bowl for USC, passed away at home in La Quinta, Calif. He was the oldest living football player for both USC...

Getty Images Eagles right guard Brandon Brooks had a checkup on his right Achilles last week. He still isn’t cleared for team drills yet but Brooks did get the go-ahead for one-on-ones this week in joint practices with the Ravens. Brooks retains hope of playing the season opener. “Still got...

Getty Images The marriage between the Raiders and receiver Antonio Brown may not last long. Which inspired Monday’s PFT Live draft. Simms and I, whose on-air marriage somehow has lasted two years, looked at NFL marriages that ended quickly. Check out the selections in the attached video, with...

Getty Images Derrius Guice‘s wait to return to game action after last summer’s torn ACL may be close to ending. Washington head coach Jay Gruden said on Monday that Guice is still awaiting clearance for full contact, but that he expected it to come soon. “Just waiting for the green light,”...

Getty Images It looks like Colt McCoy can be removed from the competition for Washington’s starting quarterback job. McCoy was held out of practice last week with soreness in the leg he broke last season and head coach Jay Gruden said on Sunday that there’s no timetable for when the...

Getty Images Washington is signing rookie linebacker Gary Johnson, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. Johnson, 23, went undrafted out of the University of Texas and signed with the Chiefs as a free agent. Kansas City waived him June 13. In two seasons, Johnson played 23 games and made 147...

Getty Images Yes, another flaw has been identified when it comes to replay review of pass interference calls and non-calls. After declining to explain on Thursday night the basis for upholding via replay review in the Bengals-Washington game an offensive pass interference call that, based on...

Getty Images At a time when Washington can’t figure out how to properly handle tackle Trent Williams, the team has announced that two of its former players will enter the franchise’s Ring of Fame. Linebacker London Fletcher and tackle Chris Samuel will join the franchise’s immortals, at a date...

Getty Images Washington rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins had an inauspicious debut last week, but in his second preseason game on Thursday night, he improved. Haskins went 7-for-14 for 114 yards with a beauty of a touchdown pass and, most importantly, no interceptions after throwing two of...

Getty Images Washington coach Jay Gruden was left scratching his head on Thursday night by two separate instances of the league’s new use of replay review for pass interference penalties. Gruden was on the wrong side of both pass interference reviews. The first, an offensive pass interference...

Getty Images The league’s expansion of replay review to include pass interference calls and non-calls makes NFL senior V.P. of officiating Al Riveron the most powerful man in football. He now has the ultimate authority, as to every game, to determine whether large chunks of field position will...

Getty Images Washington has chronically mishandled the Trent Williams dispute. Which is no surprise, because in recent years Washington chronically has chronically mishandled problems like this — as discussed earlier today on PFT Live. At to Williams, one man is trying to fix it. Even if he’s...

Getty Images Washington running back Adrian Peterson allegedly owes $7.5 million to a lender from which he originally borrowed $5.2 million. Next week, the legal fight over the debt heads to court. As explained by Daniel Kaplan of TheAthletic.com, Peterson hopes to explore whether the lender...