If all goes according to plan, the ignominious Rivera-era in Washington will come to an end in a week or so. It began with hopefulness that perhaps the former Panthers’ coach could bring some respectability to the long-suffering franchise, and ended - essentially - the same way that every other coaching effort in DC had under Dan Snyder’s administration. If all goes as expected, Rivera will finish his career with a 26-40-1 record in the nation’s capital.
As former Redskins’ head coach Steve Spurrier once said after a 5-11 campaign, “Not very good!”
Before he leaves the organization for good, let’s take a little walk down memory lane to re-visit some of the many bad decisions that ultimately sunk his work here, with the goal of closing this chapter in WFT history.