Rookie running back Rhamondre Stevenson had two touchdown runs, including a 91-yard score with just over a minute to play to help the New England Patriots beat Washington 22-13 to open the exhibition season for both teams Thursday night.
Ron Rivera can t build around Alex Smith, but he can t win without him
Les Carpenter, The Washington Post
Jan. 11, 2021
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Washington quarterback Alex Smith s latest leg injury makes it hard to imagine the team can keep building around him.Washington Post photo by Toni L. Sandys
As a football decision, parting with Alex Smith should be easy. No team on the rise with a second-year coach and more hope than the franchise has had in two decades can keep going with a 36-year-old quarterback just back from a catastrophic leg injury who missed three of the season s final four games with another injury to that same leg - especially when that quarterback has almost $40 million left on his contract.
Analysis: Haskins wasted his latest shot at redemption, and he probably won t get another one
Les Carpenter, The Washington Post
Dec. 27, 2020
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Washington Football Team quarterback Dwayne Haskins walks the sidelines after he was benched in the fourth quarter against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton
LANDOVER, Md. - The Washington Football Team was done with Dwayne Haskins, and he had to know it. More than 10 minutes remained in a game that could have been his reclamation, and yet the coaches had told him he was no longer playing. He dropped onto the bench and shook his head.