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By my count that is four blatant, hideous missed calls in this game and obviously it comes the week after the missed Norman call.
1) no facemask on Colt in 1st
2) Moreau holding call
3) No PI call on the last Colt INT
4) This not being called helmet-to-helmet
Jordan Reed has every right to be furious, clear hit to the helmet and it goes uncalled. Has to be frustrating, especially for a guy with a history of concussions.
Colt McCoy saying goodbyes in the locker room. He took a physical here at AT&T stadium and isnโt getting on the plane back to Ashburn.
His tenure with the
#Redskins
is over and he canโt get back home to Austin soon enough. Nightmare year for a guy who has ultimate respect.
โYouโve got to be either a drunk, a gambler or Daniel Snyder to tank your business in the NFL.โ -Sally Jenkins drops the hammer, and thatโs just the first sentence.
After I posted
@ByMikeJones
story with Trent Williams this morning, a lot of you had a lot of fair follow ups. So I reached out to Trent. He called me.
Here are your answers:
If you are ranking Daniel Jones, Desmond Ridder, and Mac Jones ahead of Sam Howell just publish a graphic that says โwe donโt know what the f*** weโre doing and we just want attentionโ instead.
On Trent Williams - Rivera says โenough blaming everyone. Letโs find a solution so we can move forward as a football team and he can move forward as a football player.โ
@1067theFan
#Redskins
officially release Jordan Reed.
Bringing him back on the current contract would not have been smart, but let's please not forget how good this guy is. IMO he's the best TE in football not named George Kittle.
We've been robbed of a legit HOF player b/c of his health.
This is a gigantic holy crap hire. If you think of people who have built great cultures in sports recently, you canโt do much better than Bob Meyers.
ESPN Reporting with
@wojespner
: In a sweeping overhaul, Commanders owner Josh Harris has hired two prominent executives โ former Warriors GM Bob Myers and former Vikings GM Rick Spielman - to assist his group in searches for a new head of football operations and coach.
First major difference from this press conference: Adam Peters calls Josh Harris โJoshโ not โMr. Harris.โ
Snyder wouldโve never allowed that. These are people who act like adults. Being human makes you better at these jobs. A new era indeed.
Bruce Allen: You know the culture is actually damn good. These people care. ... We haven't put it together. We've made too many mistakes on game day. But the effort. The effort of the players and the rest of this organization is fantastic."
#Redskins
"When did we lose the ability to respect somebody's opinion.. my thoughts on Covid are my opinion. Why can't we have more conversations between people with different opinions" ~
@AaronRodgers12
#PatMcAfeeShowLIVE
Jayden Daniels work ethic became legendary at LSU. That's a necessity for an NFL QB. Teammates love him. Was coached hard.
As Quinn and Peters build a people first organization, he's an A+ face for it.
The Washington Commanders owner is joining a national television broadcast and if you donโt realize how insane that is after the 25 years, I cannot begin to explain it to you.
Also, this is incredibly human. Which is actually more impossible than the owner doing an interview.
He was the guy most people thought would replace Quinn in Dallas. Instead he's following DQ to DC and the quality of coaching that Forbes, Martin, and co. are going to receive just SKYROCKETED.
#Commanders
are expected to hire highly regarded
#Cowboys
defensive passing game coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. as their new defensive coordinator, and Dallas will be looking to replace him as well as Dan Quinn, per league sources
@KPRC2
Per source - the
#Redskins
offered Simmie Cobbs a roster spot when the
#Saints
offered him a spot, but after consulting with his family and agent he chose to take the offer from New Orleans. Better opportunity for him at this point.
Alright CBS, thatโs enough with the shots of Ossai.
He had a phenomenal game and committed a really dumb penalty. All-time dumb penalty. But you donโt need to over expose his pain. We get it.
Latest on Rivera and the
#Redskins
:
As of about 45 mins ago, Ron was still at dinner with Dan Snyder. Was told by a source that "if I'm a betting man" the deal will probably be finalized tomorrow.
This is too stupid to make up:
Upon parking and starting my walk towards the stadium I saw nothing but Eagles fans. As I turned towards the main lots, I saw a Giants jersey before any Redskins gear.
What was Case Keenum doing?!
You're not on the goal line. Breaking the plane doesn't mean the ball is dead. That's just an unbelievably mind-numbingly stupid play.
Imagine if it said โRepublicans refuse to vote for COVID relief billโ
It would be far more accurate and puts the onus on the people actually making partisan decisions.
I give up on this Guice/Peterson thing. I can't believe a fan base that was literally obsessed with DG last year is now saying AP should start.
I love AP. He saved their season last year to the extent that it was saved. Guice is the starter. I can't believe it's not unanimous.
Itโs hard to overstate how big of a deal this is. Peters leaving SF was no guarantee. He had a great gig, and the general thought was he wouldnโt leave it.
Josh Harris landed him in a week. Let the new regime begin!
Holy crap. I wish they did this last year. But damn. This is the DQ effect.
This is the IDEAL guy to play next to Davis, and then you have Luvu as this weapon piece to move around. Chinn, too. Damn. This defense could get creative as hell.
Sources:
#Seahawks
perennial Pro Bowler and All-Pro LB Bobby Wagner is signing with the
#Commanders
on a 1-year deal worth a max value of $8.5M, a deal that includes $6M in guarantees.
Dan Quinn was with Wagner a decade ago in Seattle, now theyโre back. A splash for Washington.
Multiple sources tell me that there is a major shakeup coming in the
#Redskins
business office.
Multiple executives will no longer be with the organization as of this afternoon. More details coming.
I was gonna wait until the morning, but I couldn't help myself.
This is pass interference and it not being called as such is absolutely atrocious. Jackson is all over
@JDoc_son
WAY before the ball was there. It was at least the 3rd non-call on Doctson on the day.
The Forbes ejection is total horseshit. He makes a play on the ball with absolutely no extra violence.
He does a bad job of getting his head out of the hit, so itโs a foul. But that is not an ejection. That is a joke.
Kendall Fuller is one of the smartest players Iโve ever talked to. Brilliant football mind. Knew when to gamble. Knew when to stand pat. Shouldโve never been traded. Good for the
#Redskins
to get him back.
I donโt think Rivera will fire Del Rio, but they need to change something. This is now 30+ points in 4 games this season.
Whether itโs a firing or shifting or something else, the status quo isnโt good enough. Truly, honestly embarrassing.
Great job by the Commanders getting Metro extended on Sunday night. Itโs an obvious thing to do, but it does come with them covering the cost so credit to them for stepping up and making the commute easier for fans.
Everyone can see Derrius Guice's physical abilities. He's strong as hell. He's fast. He's relentless in how he runs.
I don't his football IQ gets nearly enough attention though. DG just understands the game at a really advanced level and it's so evident every time he talks.
Wendall Smallwood should not be playing when Guice is an option. It's such a waste.
The lack of organizational vision is just stunning. Play the guy you want to be a cornerstone moving forward. Do that.
Making the playoffs, even at 7-9, is not nothing. Itโs something to grow on. This was the weirdest season the NFL may have ever seen. With some continuity, continued player investment and internal growth...
#WashingtonFootball
may just be on to something.
Quinn just dropped one of my favorite coaching/scouting lines.
Heโs concerned with what guys can do, not what they canโt do. They want to find roles for guys and let them excel.
Not doing this leads you to do silly things like pass on Kyle Hamilton b/c heโs โtoo slow.โ
I cannot believe they called that. KJ Henry with the best pass rush KD the game and then they call that absolute trash.
The WR becoming the defender on Forbes also committed PI. If itโs a PI on a defender, itโs PI on the WR. Prevented the INT with a foul and itโs not called.
Everyone is talking about DK Metcalf, but had a scout tell me that N'Keal Harry is the better route runner and has better hands.
He just matched Metcalf's 27 reps on the bench, too. He's gonna rise in the next few weeks.
Trey Quinn with an absolutely insane one-handed catch on a back shoulder ball from Keenum going out of bounds. He wound up right against the rope and a kid in a 14 jersey.
If he can stay healthy, heโs gonna have a monster year. Heโs really good.
Josh Norman will be handing out 50 tickets before Sundayโs game. He wants fans there. He wants them loud. He is giving tickets to make sure that happens.
I would sign Peterson today. Every dollar invested in him is a dollar invested in Guice.
There's no better professional mentor for Guice than AP, and he told me in our sit-down that he's willing to split carries.
I canโt believe how bad Howell is right now. He is such a shell of who he was to start the year. Not remotely confident. Not remotely in sync. Cannot believe this is the same kid who we saw the first half of the year.
Harris: "Our first priority is gonna be football."
He says after that it's improving the fan experience. Calls RFK the "spiritual home of the Commanders."
The Snyders' tactics are gross, but perhaps nothing encapsulates their obtuseness more than their statement about Tanya.
"Tanya, a breast cancer survivor, is one of the best..."
Trying to use her previous diagnosis as a shield is nauseatingly disgusting.
Tommy Sheppard didn't seem super pleased with a few questions I asked as he preached patience.
It's hard to argue with him on any individual move, but when you've been under .500 for five straight years? Patience runs thin.
A
#Jets
reporter just asked which coach was screaming f-bombs. I told him it was Jim Tomsula.
โOh. Well, he needs to watch his language. There are kids here.โ
He mightโve been kidding but umm...๐คฏ
Watching Zim and Rendon run at each other. Watching guys fly down from the bullpen. Watching grown men jump up and down for five minutes on the mound like kids.
Sometimes sports are fun.
#OnePursuit
Something
@jonfavs
said on
@PodSaveAmerica
that I have long wondered:
Why donโt Democrats talk more about how the people who have the least respect for Republican voters are Republican politicians? And the least respect for Fox News viewers are Fox News hosts?
Itโs blatant.
Bruce Allen put the
#Redskins
in their current Dwayne Haskins predicament. Dan Snyder is the one who empowered him to do so.
Neither is anywhere to be found, leaving Jay Gruden completely out to dry. Again.
Update: The NFL has scheduled a special owners' meeting for July 20 for consideration of the Commanders sale and a potential vote, source says. The league notified the owners in a memo late Thursday. Revised story coming momentarily.
Josh Harris with an incredible line in his comments:
After saying he grew up as a fan rooting for a list of Washington legends, he says "being a fan is not enough."
Howell is SO unsettled right now. I cannot believe EB is continuing to drop him back.
It canโt be this hard to get him easy completions. A shallow cross. A quick hitch. A sit route over the ball. Give him SOMETHING easy.
Whether Sam Howell can be a great quarterback from the pocket is still very much up in the air, but that dude is a rare playmaker. That's an incredible scramble for the TD.
When the
#Nats
drafted Strasburg, this has to be the kind of night they dreamed of. Double digit strikeouts in front of a monster playoff crowd. What a performance.
#OnePursuit
One thing that's struck me about this particular group is how close they are. Today Ryan Anderson was hanging with Tress and Nick. Here, the rookie QB is pumping up the long snapper.
That's not every team. They may be 3-12, but it's a really good group of dudes top to bottom.
To cap off my first season as a Redskin, I want to give you guys an opportunity to win a signed jersey. But in order to win. You have to Retweet AND comment
#WPMOYchallenge
Sundberg to enter, he deserves it. Winner will be picked December 30th! Good luck!
#HTTR
@NickSundberg
Reminder that one of your new co-owners is Magic freaking Johnson and this dude does not play.
He is competitive as hell and what we saw last night will not be tolerated with any regularity.
Tonight the Commanders played with no intensity or fire. We didnโt compete in the first half and got down 27-3 heading into halftime. It was too big of a hole to climb out of and that is why we ended up losing 40-20.
What is happening near the White House is what you read about happening in Nazi Germany, communist China and every other authoritarian dictatorship in history.
When is enough enough for everyone else in charge? The levers exist. Pull them. Get him out. This is an emergency.
Just talked to former Seahawks Linebacker
@KJ_WRIGHT34
.
He straight up goes "this is not Ron Rivera 2.0." Says Quinn can be a great friend and human, but he'll set you straight in a second if you make mistakes.
Full interview airing later on
@team980
.
@DJJudd
Sometimes you almost have to admire at how evil McConnell is because he just says the absolute most batshit thing possible knowing exactly what he's doing. Almost.
But then you remember he's killing people and you just want him gone. Reality sets in pretty quick.
Great postgame moment in the locker room between Kevin OโConnell and Morgan Moses.
Mo grabbed KOC on the way out and told him he had been wanting to talk to him. He told me later he wanted to tell Kevin how much he appreciated the work heโs put in and how consistent he is.
Williams says that they were able to find and remove the cancer just weeks before it made its way to his skull.
He was told to "get his affairs in order" by a doctor. He was told it was very possible that he was going to die.