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Is Ron Rivera’s impending spending spree the reason Kyle Smith is out?

The day after Washington lost its Wildcard game to the Buccaneers on January 9th, Head Coach Ron Rivera declared his intentions to meet with owner Dan Snyder and discuss with him his two top priorities: Hiring a General Manager and getting the QB situation “established.”

Ron Rivera says QB is "one of the most important things that we need to get done and get established" going forward.

— Kyle Stackpole (@kylefstackpole) January 10, 2021

At the end of the day, these two priorities go hand in glove, and the general manager(s) expected to pursue the QB solution needs to be “on the same page” with Coach Rivera’s approach.