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NFL 2021 Week 11: Washington Football Team vs Carolina Panthers 2nd Quarter

Washington visits the Carolina Panthers

By Scott Jennings@ScottJenningsHH Nov 21, 2021, 1:43pm EST

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NFL: Washington Football Team at Carolina Panthers

Washington enters Week 10 with a 3-6 record and they are coming off their biggest win of the season over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Today is another big game for them, as the team, and Head Coach Ron Rivera, returns to Carolina to face the Panthers. The storyline gets even more interesting now that Rivera’s former franchise QB was re-signed after a being away for a year and a half. Everyone has been trying to downplay it all week, but emotions will be running high today.

Washington’s season went off the rails early, with Ryan Fitzpatrick only lasting until the 2nd quarter of his first game, and the defense taking a massive step back from last season. Ron Rivera and his staff have looked lost trying to fix the problems plaguing the team, but last week was like watching a completely different team. The NFC is wide open for the last few playoff spots, and Rivera has every intention of repeating last year’s late season run. They will need to prove last wasn’t a fluke if they want to make that happen again.