Jonathan Eig

I know sports and I know movies. That's really about it. I write and teach film, and I write and talk sports. If anyone remembers Ken Levine, who wrote award-winning sitcoms while doing play-by-play for major league baseball teams -- well, he's kind of my idol. I'm a lifelong suburban Washngton, DC resident, so I also fancy myself a political expert. But let's not talk about that.
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Washington News

Washington Football Team: Top 10 plays of the 2020 season

by Jonathan Eig
If you’re anything like me, when a listicle like this catches your eye, you have little interest in reading the prologue. With that in mind,...
Washington Free Agency

The dark horse quarterback who WFT should consider

by Jonathan Eig
The Washington Football Team played a competitive Wild Card game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Taylor Heinicke as their quarterback. That...
Washington Draft News

Why the Washington Football Team should not draft Mac Jones

by Jonathan Eig
The Washington Football Team has a quarterback question to answer, but Mac Jones shouldn't be considered. Here's why. On September 19, 2018, in a...
Washington News

Washington Football Team: Fun with 2020 snap counts

by Jonathan Eig
The PGA has one. So does NASCAR. And now that the Washington Football Team has concluded its Year of Playing During a Pandemic, it is time for the...
Washington Draft News

Washington Football Team: Draft strategy 101

by Jonathan Eig
Remember the good old days when the NFL draft was so easy? Get your defensive linemen from the SEC and your offensive linemen from the Big Ten....
Washington News

10 fast thoughts on the WFT's final game of 2020 season

by Jonathan Eig
Fast thoughts on the Washington Football Team's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. OK. I am of the opinion that there is no such thing as a good...
Washington History

WFT vs. Tampa Bay: A brief history of quarterback rotations

by Jonathan Eig
The Washington Football Team could be one of the few teams ever to employ a two-quarterback system. On Tuesday, Washington Football Team coach Ron...
Washington News

Key area Washington must win in vs. Buccaneers

by Jonathan Eig
There's a key area that the Washington Football Team will have to exploit to beat the Buccaneers. The Washington Football Team is an underdog in...
Washington News

Dwayne Haskins and the fallacy of elite college productivity

by Jonathan Eig
Dwayne Haskins proved that college productivity doesn't always equal NFL results. I’ve been out of touch for a couple of days. Has anything big...
Washington History

Where Dwayne Haskins ranks among WFT's first-round busts

by Jonathan Eig
Where Dwayne Haskins ranks among Washington Football Team's all-time busts. Now that Dwayne Haskins’ Washington Football Team career has come to...
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