Alex Smith basically said goodbye in an interview with GQ magazine. Former president Bruce Allen was accused in court documents of essentially undermining owner Dan Snyder. There are rumors of trillionaire Jeff Bezos wanting to buy the team. There was an undisclosed settlement between the team and past cheerleaders over alleged improper videos. Meanwhile, the current cheerleading squad has been put on hold. Snyder is suing an Indian media company for libel and his minority partners from selling 40 percent of the team. The NFL is finishing its investigation over sexual harassment allegations in the front office.
That’s just the highlights. Now, the good news is the football side of things hasn’t looked this good ever during Snyder’s 22-year ownership. Coach Ron Rivera did a great job managing a 7-9 season to win the NFC East and give eventual Super Bowl winner Tampa Bay its toughest postseason challenge. Rivera should have been named Coach of the Year. And, his cancer scans came back clean in late January.
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Q&A with Ron Rivera, Martin Mayhew and Marty Hurney
Coach Ron Rivera, General Manager Martin Mayhew and Executive Vice President of Football/Player Personnel Marty Hurney met with the media via Zoom on Feb. 3 to discuss the direction of the new front office. The interview is edited for space.
OFFENSIVE TACKLES
OFFENSIVE TACKLES
Never a quiet time for WFT
The dust never settles around the Washington Football Team.
Bargains can be valuable additions
Raise your hand if you muttered derisively last offseason when the Washington Football Team signed free-agent tight end Logan Thomas away from the Detroit Lions.
3 big thoughts
3 big thoughts
GLORY ROAD
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It Has Defied All Predictions of Its Obsolescence
If You Believe the Headlines, the Office Has Been Dying for Half a Century
The Starting Gate
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A piece of burning rocket debris seen streaking across the Pacific Northwest sky last week crashed on a farm in eastern Washington state, authorities said.
Course Correction
A plan to renovate public links in the U.S. capital aims to bring golf back to the community
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A Not So Subtle Rebellion
Fortress Washington
The barricading of the U.S. Capitol, after years of stepped-up security in D.C., fuels the push for statehood
Highway to History
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Saved family letters tell of war horrors, peacetime hopes and dreams
Loving letters from long ago
Varied Thrush: Making a bold statement
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