Author Archives: Ray Wyvill
The Initial Foray
The rebuilt WFT is set to embark on a transition year. Nothing about this will be particularly easy. Of the 17 games on the schedule only 7 are against teams that had losing records last year. Eight games are against … Continue reading
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An Impatient Wait for Dawn
Anyone who has worked a night shift, spent a restless night camping, or waited in the chill for the first rays of light on a hunting trip knows that the last hours of darkness are the longest, coldest, and most … Continue reading
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Pre-Season Game #3
The pre-season mercifully comes to an end this week. Washington has the honors to close it out on a national Sunday night broadcast. If you’re tuning in to see Jayden Daniels he’ll be on the sidelines in sweats. His pre-season … Continue reading
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Pre-season Game #2
Pre-season Game #2 takes the WFT to steamy Miami for a Saturday evening affair. Here are some notes from PS Game #1: -Jayden Daniels provided the briefest of sneak peeks into the future. He engineered a successful drive completing two … Continue reading
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Day 1 Draft Notes
As expected the WFT took LSU’s Jayden Daniels with the #2 pick. New GM Adam Peters simply had to draft a QB. The only two elements of drama were; which one at #2, or trade down and draft which one? … Continue reading
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Draft Time: A Pivot Point
The first thing one has to understand about the NFL draft is the absolute randomness of it. So-called “Mortal Locks” fail at an astounding rate. Inconsequential late-rounders defy odds and bloom. Even players that go undrafted somehow produce. The Hall … Continue reading
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Finding North
Yogi Berra famously said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else.” That sums up two-and-one-half decades of the Washington professional football franchise. Directionless, rudderless, and clueless are all attributes of the Dan Snyder era. … Continue reading
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ISO: A Leader
When Josh Harris and the new ownership group selected Adam Peters the pronouncement was that, ““We set out to find a leader, someone who could take this franchise to the next level and build an elite team that consistently competes … Continue reading
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GM and Head Coach Search Updates
UPDATE 1/12/24: The WFT has hired Adam Peters as the new General Manager. From firing Ron Rivera to hiring Peters took right at 100 hours. Peters is linked to a couple of coaching candidates including Bobby Slowik of Houston and … Continue reading
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Game #17: Black Monday’s Eve
If you dislike amusement park rides the coast into the end is always a relief. This has been a rough autumn and winter for the WFT. That’s the norm. Washington football fandom is not for the feint of heart. This … Continue reading
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