Washington Commanders coach Ron Rivera was asked last week what he appreciated about playing in the Thanksgiving Day game. He cited the downtime that would come on the other side.
“It’ll be a couple extra days to relax a little bit,” he said.
Rivera fired defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio on Friday after a humiliating loss in Dallas, and will assume that post when the staff reconvenes on Monday.
If there was any glimmer of hope remaining after Thursday’s meltdown, it was extinguished on Sunday. Even if the Commanders win out, computer simulations do not predict they would make the playoffs.
