In life, there’s often an element of “What if?”
Even as Washington has a chance to clinch the NFC East on Sunday, the Football Team’s head coach Ron Rivera admitted his mind occasionally wanders that path when thinking about his former employer.
Washington plays Carolina this week, which prompted reporters to ask Rivera if he ever thought about how things might’ve turned out differently if quarterback Cam Newton had stayed healthy.
“I do. I honestly do,” Rivera said, via Alaina Getzenberg of the Charlotte Observer. “He’s the kind of guy that when he was healthy and things were rolling, man, the momentum would build.