Don’t look now, but the Washington Football Team is moving on up. After starting the season 2-6 with some embarrassing defensive performances, Washington won its second consecutive game in Week 11, defeating the Carolina Panthers, 27-21, in head coach Ron Rivera’s return to Charlotte. Washington upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 10, 29-19, in a game the WFT dominated from … [Read more...] about Did Washington move up in the latest power rankings after second consecutive win?
Archives for November 2021
Washington defense and 3 big plays
Washington started the season embarrassingly bad on defense, giving up big plays and not getting off of the field very often on third downs. Yet the last two games against Tampa Bay and Carolina have witnessed the WFT defense playing much better. There have been fewer broken tackles, fewer blown coverages and fewer big offensive plays. On third downs, the WFT held Tampa to 4 of … [Read more...] about Washington defense and 3 big plays
Washington has waited 30 years for a receiver like Terry McLaurin
Terry McLaurin’s production outpaces that of any Washington receiver in the nearly three decades since Art Monk, Ricky Sanders and Gary Clark departed. … [Read more...] about Washington has waited 30 years for a receiver like Terry McLaurin
Report: Settlement coming in St. Louis lawsuit against Rams, NFL
The four-year legal process between the city of St. Louis, the Rams and the NFL is nearing a conclusion. According to Joel Currier and Ben Frederickson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a monetary settlement between the parties is close to being completed. The two sides had been engaged in a court-ordered mediation process that was [more] … [Read more...] about Report: Settlement coming in St. Louis lawsuit against Rams, NFL
Ezekiel Elliott: Cowboys will make a point of getting the run game going on Thursday
Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is expecting to feast on Thanksgiving. Elliott said he believes he’s going to get a big workload on Thursday against the Raiders, and thinks that will help the offense to go. “I think running the football has to be important to us,” Elliott said, via David Moore of the Dallas [more] … [Read more...] about Ezekiel Elliott: Cowboys will make a point of getting the run game going on Thursday