Commanders’ Ron Rivera shares interesting Sam Howell, Jacoby Brissett update

Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera likes where young quarterback Sam Howell is during training camp but isn’t ready to make free-agency signing Jacoby Brissett the club’s backup quite yet.  “I think to me it’s right now, this is all the growth and development opportunity,” Rivera said Thursday about Howell, per Michael David Smith of … Read more

NFLPA elects Howell as new executive director

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 01:11 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. The NFL Players Association’s board of player representatives has elected Lloyd Howell as the NFLPA’s new executive director. Howell will take over for DeMaurice Smith, with an … Read more

‘He’s started to step up and be the man’: How Sam Howell is preparing for life as QB1

John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterJun 16, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can … Read more