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All aTwitter: 20 June 2021

News, links to articles, updates and more from DC area writers and national sports journalists and others

By Bill-in-Bangkok and Scott Jennings Jun 20, 2021, 7:00am EDT

The goal of All aTwitter is to give readers a handy spot to check the Washington Football Team beat writers & bloggers, national sports journalists, and football fans in order to keep up on the latest news and opinions about the WFT, the NFL, and sports in general, along with a smattering of other things.

NFL News twitter feed:

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Washington Football Team twitter feed:

Tweets from https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsHH/lists/beat-writers

The US Patent and Trademark Office issued an initial refusal of the team’s trademark request Friday, and two experts weighed in on whether this was a big deal.

The short answer: If the team hopes to keep WFT, maybe. If not, no. https://t.co/EZ4yyenqhC
— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) June 19, 2021

The applications were filed in July 2020. It's taken the USPTO quite some time to take a look at them.
— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) June 19, 2021

This play design from Scott Turner is really cool.

It's a TE screen but they get there after the jet sweep fake and the play action fake. So much misdirection.

Could've been a big gain if Gibson actually blocks. I think this is the only time it was called.#WashingtonFootball pic.twitter.com/acbg1sQhAY
— Tae & Todd Washington Football Podcast (@TaeNToddPodcast) June 19, 2021

Great intvw w @NickSundberg. Watch it here https://t.co/MiXJYj3jyb
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) June 19, 2021

How BIG is Washington‘s big three?

NFL’s Top Triplets: Where does the WFT rank? https://t.co/XjoyTDinuo
— Washington Football On SI.com (@WSHFootballSI) June 19, 2021

After the pandemic, these might as well be the Mental Health Olympics. On Simone Manuel, Naomi Osaka, et al, and strength, not weakness. https://t.co/JG7zE8C9j1
— Barry Svrluga (@barrysvrluga) June 19, 2021

Me waiting for the #Nats to deliver a clutch hit with runners on base tonight. pic.twitter.com/dsfHUJsref
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) June 19, 2021

Sometimes it only takes one. #Walkoff pic.twitter.com/lujugeRy2j
— MLB (@MLB) June 19, 2021

The #Nats have allowed 7 runs over their last 8 games. That's almost impossible.
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) June 19, 2021

Since last Fri., when Max Scherzer exited after two batters, Nationals pitchers have an MLB-best 0.78 ERA in 69 innings. They have allowed six ERs across eight games with the Giants (four), Pirates (three) and Mets (one). No other team has allowed fewer than 18 in same stretch.
— Jesse Dougherty (@dougherty_jesse) June 19, 2021