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All aTwitter: 3 September 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 Sep 3, 2021, 7:00am EDT

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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.

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Washington Football Team twitter feed:

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September 2nd. This is a thing. https://t.co/WzPVK6Y3wJ
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) September 2, 2021

It's easy to say R-E-L-A-X regarding Curtis Samuel's groin injury. But that would ignore the history of Paul Richardson, Josh Doctson and all the other high-profile Washington receivers whose tenures have been defined more by being hurt than in uniform:https://t.co/4MArDO2ROs
— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) September 2, 2021

End of Rivera presser today: "I will tell you this: We're looking at a couple positions right now. And you guys will hopefully have something shortly to write about… Right now I don't wanna talk about it because we're still trying to work through some things."
— Burgundy Blog (@BurgundyBlog) September 3, 2021

Terry McLaurin-
Consistently gets open.
4.3 speed & breaks tackles for YAC.
Never quits and fights even down multiple scores late.
One of the best in the league statistically.
Leader/Captain/Humble
If he were a "look at me" diva, he would be on this list which is sad@KingHTTR
— Joel (@dcsportsfanh) August 31, 2021

https://t.co/cmcMtjXWz4 pic.twitter.com/Wd4RNddR28
— Terry McLaurin (@TheTerry_25) September 1, 2021

I swear lol https://t.co/0Aw6xyvpQz
— Terry McLaurin (@TheTerry_25) September 3, 2021

Sammis Reyes has an incredible story:

• Came to the US at 14 without parents
• Learned English himself
• Lived on $50/month
• Played basketball at Tulane
• Decided to try football
• Attended Florida pro day
• Signed with Washington

Now he's the 1st NFL player from Chile. pic.twitter.com/gz56BWo9KU
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) September 1, 2021

Tuesday was "cut day" across the NFL but there were tons of young men who fulfilled a dream & made their team's final 53-man rosters.

Some of their stories are incredible.@PSchrags on @WashingtonNFL RB @JaretPatterson, an undrafted 5'7" RB who once scored 8 TDs in a game. pic.twitter.com/OyXxuz4OVK
— GMFB (@gmfb) September 2, 2021

Washington Football Team cut Rick Leonard from injured reserve with an injury settlement
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) September 2, 2021

Reuben Foster spent over two years on Washington’s roster and never played in one game. https://t.co/rIA2BflEJh
— Washington Wire (@Washington_Wire) September 3, 2021

A timeline of Carson Wentz's offseason in Indy:
1) He practiced twice.
2) He broke his foot.
3) He had surgery.
4) He was expected to return.
5) He went on the COVID list instead.
6) He came off the COVID list.
7) He's still not getting vaccinated. https://t.co/Iq8WUmDJ45
— Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) September 2, 2021

This tweet is absolutely snarky, but it's trying to demonstrate an important concept: The causality is not always in the direction implied by the framing.

The kneels are caused by _already winning_, they didn't lead you to winning.

The same is true for a high volume of rushing.
— Lee Sharpe (@LeeSharpeNFL) September 2, 2021

Did you know that 6 of the last 7 Super Bowl winners finished in the top 5 in points scored the season *before* they took home the Lombardi Trophy?

Top 5 in points scored last year -- Packers, Bills, Bucs, Titans, Saintshttps://t.co/JUDULfCxxs
— Chris Trapasso (@ChrisTrapasso) September 2, 2021