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Players from the Alliance of American Football were given the green light to sign with NFL teams on Thursday and eleven of them have found new homes already. The Panthers have shown the most interest in players with experience in the short-lived league. They signed wide receiver Rashad Ross on...

Getty Images Whether Washington drafts a quarterback is anybody’s guess at this point, but the team is doing its due diligence on all the top-rated prospects. West Virginia’s Will Grier will visit Redskins Park in the coming days, NBC Sports Washington reports. Washington does not have a...

Getty Images Wide receiver AJ Brown said recently that he is the No. 1 receiver in this year’s draft class and he’ll be trying to make his case to a couple of NFC East teams this week. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Brown visited the Giants on Wednesday. He’s set to move on to...

Getty Images Washington still doesn’t know Alex Smith‘s football future. Case Keenum and Colt McCoy are signed only through 2019. So the team is looking at its long-term situation at the position. That could entail drafting a quarterback. Missouri quarterback Drew Lock visited the team’s...

Getty Images Washington has Derrius Guice, Adrian Peterson and Chris Thompson at running back. They also have Samaje Perine, a fourth-round pick in 2017, who became forgotten last season when he played only five games. Washington coach Jay Gruden has not forgotten Perine, though. “The guy I...

Getty Images Washington’s trade for Case Keenum gave them a quarterback option beyond Colt McCoy for the immediate future, but Alex Smith‘s future remains a question mark and they have been busy looking at draft prospects at the position of later. Former Missouri starter Drew Lock visited with...

Getty Images Washington left tackle Trent Williams has dealt with his share of injuries in recent years, but the latest medical issue was a different kind of scare. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Washington left tackle Trent Williams was recently checked for a “growth or tumor on...

Getty Images Kenny Britt visited Washington on Monday, but the team will not be signing the free agent receiver “at this time,” John Keim of ESPN reports. Britt had his best season with Case Keenum as his quarterback in 2016 with the Rams. Britt caught 68 passes for 1,002 yards and five...

Getty Images Case Keenum might not be the last quarterback acquired by Washington this offseason. With Alex Smith‘s injury likely serious enough to keep him off the field this season, the newly arrived Keenum and Colt McCoy are expected to compete for the starting job. But Chris Mortensen of...

Getty Images Wide receiver Kenny Britt was out of football in 2018 after being released by the Patriots in August, but he is trying to get back into the game this year. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Britt will visit Washington on Monday. It’s the first word of interest in his services...

Getty Images Missouri’s Drew Lock won’t be the first quarterback taken, but he is expected to go in the first round. And a pair of teams in the middle of the round are getting to know him better this week. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Lock is leaving tomorrow for a visit with...

Getty Images In training camp last year, Washington was expecting rookie Derrius Guice to be its starting running back, and wasn’t even expecting Adrian Peterson to be on the team. But after Guice suffered a season-ending knee injury, Peterson single-handedly took over the running game and...

Getty Images Linebacker Reuben Foster, whom Washington claimed off waivers from the 49ers in November, remains on the Commissioner Exempt list despite the second set of domestic violence charges being dropped. (The first set also were dropped.) Team president Bruce Allen campaigned for...

Getty Images Last year Washington drafted wide receiver Trey Quinn in the seventh round, and he showed promise in the preseason, but after a Week One ankle injury he ended up with just nine catches in the regular season. This year, much more is expected of him. Coach Jay Gruden says that after...

Getty Images Washington coach Jay Gruden pushed back on a local radio report from last week that suggested he was in the dark about some of the team’s recent transactions. And while his defense was largely reasonable, there were still enough holes in it big enough to slide a player or two...

Getty Images Colt McCoy probably wouldn’t mind having a few hogs on the field, like former Washington quarterbacks have enjoyed. But at the moment, he’d settle for a local cow. The Washington quarterback’s currently on crutches, after surgery to repair the broken fibula that cost him the end...

Getty Images One of the reasons the Eagles decided not to franchise Nick Foles and to let him walk in free agency was that they were confident he was going to leave the division. Eagles owner Jeffrely Lurie said he and General Manager Howie Roseman were initially concerned he might stay in the...

Getty Images Landon Collins has always worn jersey No. 21, to honor his idol Sean Taylor. He won’t be wearing it with Taylor’s former team, however. Via Ryan Homler of NBC Sports Washington, Collins has been issued jersey No. 20, according to a social media post from the team. When...

Getty Images With Alex Smith recovering from last season’s severe leg injury, Washington is heading into the season with Case Keenum and Colt McCoy as the two quarterbacks on the roster. Given the uncertainty about Smith’s future and the fact that neither of the other quarterbacks fit the bill...

Getty Images Baltimore Ravens quarterback Robert Griffin III is being sued for unpaid marketing and endorsement fees by his former agent, Ben Dogra, according to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports. Dogra claims Griffin owes him over $650,000 as part of an agreement for a 15 percent share of...