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Head coach Ron Rivera has said that the Commanders plan to roll with second-year quarterback Sam Howell as QB1 when the team’s offseason program begins in April. Howell mostly sat back and learned in his first season after being selected in the fifth round out of North Carolina. But he did help lead Washington to [more] … [Read more...] about Terry McLaurin: Sam Howell’s first start against the Cowboys was a great first step

Last April, Bruce Arians executed what was supposed to have been a smooth handoff of the head-coaching baton to Todd Bowles. The baton ended up bouncing around on the track. In the aftermath of a sub-.500 season that wouldn’t have resulted in a playoff berth if the Buccaneers weren’t assigned to the worst division in [more] … [Read more...] about Bruce Arians: Philosophies “didn’t match” for Todd Bowles, Byron Leftwich

There wasn’t much to like about the Titans offense in 2022 as the team finished 28th in points scored en route to missing the playoffs with a 7-10 record, but rookie tight end Chig Okonkwo provided a little brightness. Okonkwo was a fourth-round pick out of Maryland and he wound up leading all rookie tight [more] … [Read more...] about Chig Okonkwo: I have to work on everything to become player I want to be

The poor quality of the playing field at Super Bowl LVII in Arizona remains a topic of discussion in the NFL, and one player who was on the field the last time the Super Bowl was played in Arizona says it was an issue in that game, too. But former Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola, [more] … [Read more...] about Danny Amendola: Bill Belichick had Patriots prepared for bad grass at last Arizona Super Bowl

Commanders head coach Ron Rivera went through a long process to hire offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, which was necessary given that Bieniemy’s former employer was playing in the last game of the postseason. But Rivera sees Bieniemy as certainly worth the wait. “From the times he played as a high school player, collegiate player, an [more] … [Read more...] about Ron Rivera: Eric Bieniemy brings instant credibility