Three seasons have come and gone for Ron Rivera as Washington Commanders head coach.
And eight starting quarterback quarterbacks have taken snaps in that time, too.
Finding stability at signal-caller has been an unanswered quandary for Rivera. He believes he's finally found the answer in Sam Howell, however.
"I think there's not that question mark still, you know what I'm saying?" Rivera said, via team transcript, when asked how he felt about the quarterback position this year in comparison to the previous ones. "For three seasons, I've always felt that I had a question mark and now it feels like, 'OK, this is pretty good.' I mean, I'm pretty comfortable, pretty confident and I look forward to seeing it. I really do."
Rivera's comments came less than a week removed from Howell being named the team's starting quarterback. They also were uttered just two days following the aforementioned "other night," when Howell turned in a splendid Monday evening showing against the Baltimore Ravens in the team's second preseason outing.
Howell put up 188 yards and two touchdowns on 19-of-25 passing. He was in command of the offense, throwing an accurate ball and showing poise under pressure. Preseason or not, it has Rivera confident entering the regular season.
"I mean, the other night seeing it was, 'Wow, he did some really nice things and let's keep rolling, let's keep growing and hopefully it continues,'" Rivera said.
Alex Smith, the late Dwayne Haskins, Kyle Allen, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Garrett Gilbert, Taylor Heinicke, Carson Wentz and Howell have each taken starting snaps during Rivera's tenure coaching Washington.
He's no doubt hoping Howell will put a stop to the Commanders' chaotic QB carousel.
Howell has just one start's worth of
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