Throwing Rocks At Goliath: How The Washington Football Team Saved Its Season
The Lead
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🗓️ 8 December 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
This past Sunday in Las Vegas, the Washington Football Team found itself in another closely-contested game, and found a way to beat the Raiders for their fourth straight win. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Ben Standig to look at how this team has turned things around after a hopeless 2-6 start, the impact of quarterback Taylor Heinicke and head coach Ron Rivera, and what to expect in a big NFC East showdown against the Cowboys this weekend. Plus, the story behind the team’s rock-throwing ritual in the locker room after wins.
Read Ben Standig’s story about the Washington Football Team’s turnaround: https://theathletic.com/3000033/2021/12/05/washington-football-team-channels-just-win-baby-spirit-in-edging-raiders-and-four-game-win-streak/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:56.0 | On Sunday in Las Vegas, the Washington football team found itself in another nail-biter. |
| 1:02.0 | And somehow they got it done again. |
| 1:20.0 | Today the Athletics Ben standing on how this team went from two and six and seemingly out of contention |
| 1:26.0 | to suddenly holding down a wild card spot. |
| 1:29.0 | Ron Rivera has really reshaped everything and a lot of it really does seem to just stem from simply the belief in each other |
| 1:36.0 | and the belief in him as cliche is that sound that really does seem kind of like what's happening here. |
| 1:41.0 | Plus what to look for in a big NFC East showdown against the Cowboys this weekend. |
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| 1:49.0 | It's Wednesday, December 8th and this is The Leads. |
| 1:53.0 | So Ben, I did some digging and the last time we had you on the show was November of 2019. |
| 2:02.0 | So using some quick math, it tells me that that was one franchise name change, one pandemic in about six or seven quarterbacks that go from this team. |
| 2:12.0 | So other than that, what's new with you? |
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