Things are supposed to be different for the 2025 Carolina Panthers - and in many ways they are. This team has showed steady improvement since hitting rock bottom in the 2023 season, going from two wins to five wins to eight heading into their regular season finale.
The Washington Commanders may be out of the postseason, but they are still headlining the NFL's Christmas Day slate in Week 17 against the Dallas Cowboys.
The news that every Cal football has been waiting to hear came Saturday: freshman quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele announced he is committed to staying at Cal.
How many of the NFL receivers to terrorize each team's fanbase the most in their career can you name in five minutes?
Ron Rivera knows a thing or two about what it takes to make it to the Super Bowl, having won one with the Bears as a player and made two more as a coach with the Bears (defensive coordinator) and Panthers (head coach), respectively.
Rule changes have made passing numbers easier to compile in the modern era, and the game's top quarterbacks have taken full advantage. While the heaviest hitters are represented here, some storied postseasons by slightly lesser-celebrated QBs remain entrenched in playoff annals as well.
In 2020, Ron Rivera led the team now known as the Washington Commanders on one of the most unlikely playoff runs in NFL history. At one point, Rivera’s club stood at 2-7.
In Ron Rivera’s final season as coach, the Washington Commanders had the worst defense in the NFL. It was not a close competition. It was so bad in 2023 that Rivera fired his defensive coordinator and secondary coach during the season.
The Beavers emerged victorious for the second straight week, but the other three teams from the West in the Pac-12 and ACC struggled. Washington State was on the losing end of Oregon State’s good fortune, despite faring so well on the road in prevous outings.
Ron Rivera made several fatal errors during his four-year stint with the Washington Commanders. His most glaring failure, above all else, was his inability to solve the complication at football's most pivotal position.
Riverboat Ron is officially headed to a college front office. Cal Football announced on Thursday that they have formally hired Rivera, the former NFL head coach.
Ron Rivera has coached in the NFL for nearly three decades, but he is now trying a much different venture.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
Ron Rivera and Cam Newton once upon a time made a great team. So good, in fact, that the quarterback of the Carolina Panthers won MVP and took his team to the Super Bowl.
When he arrived in Carolina to be the head coach of the Panthers back in 2011, there were a few things Ron Rivera had going for him. But none was as important as the No.
Cam Newton has gone viral for his comments on the 2010-2011 Carolina Panthers. He first called them "a locker room full of losers" in advising Travis Hunter to temper expectations coming into the NFL.
We know Bill Belichick is a Super Bowl winner and a legendary one at that, but it turns out he's also a trendsetter.
According to Jonathan Jones, former Panthers and Commanders HC Ron Rivera is expected to take a “general manager-like” role at the University of California,
Former Commanders and Panthers head coach Ron Rivera met with the Jaguars over the weekend regarding a role on Liam Coen‘s new coaching staff, per Sports Illustrated’s John Shipley.
Kliff Kingsbury deserves some credit for Jayden Daniels' successful rookie year.
The Commanders last coach once stated that if he was fired and the team proceeded to win the Super Bowl, he would deserve a ring. Well, he might, but not for the reason he implied.
Riverboat Ron is dropping down from the rafters for another interview.
Already meeting with the Bears and Jets during this HC interview cycle, Ron Rivera will conduct a meeting with another HC-needy franchise.
The Chicago Bears announced a long list of candidates to fill their head coaching vacancy. Then there was another name added that is familiar to fans. Ron Rivera is a proven head coach with success who also has ties to the team’s glory days.
The Bears will interview Ron Rivera this weekend for their head coaching job.
The New York Jets announced they’ve completed an interview with former Commanders HC Ron Rivera for their vacant head coaching position. Rivera is the first scheduled interview for the Jets who are also expected to interview Rex Ryan for the role. Rivera, 62, is a former second-round pick of the Bears back in 1984.
New York is looking for experience in both the head coach and general manager positions, and Rivera would certainly qualify in that regard.
Ron Rivera's time with the Washington Commanders was an unmitigated disaster. The head coach seemed pleased with the culture he'd built, but this seems ill-judged when one considers what's happened in the first campaign since his departure.
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