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Ron Rivera was not happy with the media on Thursday night.
Earlier in the day, ESPN reported that Dan Snyder forced the team to trade for Carson Wentz and Rivera was not involved in the move.
Via ESPN
Still involved: “Sources familiar w/the deal say that it was Snyder who pushed for Wentz – & Commanders football staffers have told people around the league as much. "It was 100% a Dan move," says a source w/ knowledge of the inner workings of the deal.”https://t.co/Y46EbwIz8H
— The Junkies (@JunksRadio) October 13, 2022
. Current and former team executives say Snyder is still far more involved running the club than most realize, imploring football decision-makers last March to trade for quarterback Carson Wentz — despite a deal he made with Goodell in July 2021, when he was also fined $10 million, to give up day-to-day management to his wife, Tanya.
“It was 100% a Dan move,” says a source with knowledge of the inner workings of the deal. But in the team’s statement to ESPN, Rivera insisted that he had brought the idea of acquiring Wentz to Dan and Tanya, who supported it. “They love this game and this team,” Rivera said.
During his postgame press conference after the Commanders beat the Bears, a fired up Rivera cursed at reporters and stormed out of a press conference while claiming that it was his decision to sign Wentz.
A fired up Ron Rivera on the report that Dan Snyder picked Carson Wentz: "It's bullsh*t. I'm the fu**ing guy that pulled out the sheets of paper, looked at the analytics and watched the tape in freaking Indianapolis (at the Combine)."
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— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 14, 2022