Washington head coach Ron Rivera was not against bringing quarterback Cam Newton with him to the District.
It was the impending future of quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. that stopped him from trying to do so. Speaking to 670 The Score in Chicago on Monday, Rivera explained had signing Newton not threatened to impact Haskins' development, it likely could have happened.
"If the circumstances had allowed us, I would not have had an issue with that," Rivera said (h/t Mike DePrisco of NBC Sports Washington). "I would've been very confident and comfortable going after him and bringing him to be part of what we're doing here.