Ron Rivera surely knows the shakeup in Washington will soon get to him, too

Ralph Vacchiano

NFC East Reporter

Josh Harris hasn’t said much about his plans for the Washington Commanders since officially buying the franchise for $6.05 billion in July — except that he always intended to take a full season to evaluate the franchise. 

His plan was to be patient, but by now his patience has surely run out.

If that wasn’t evident from the look on Harris’ face as he watched the Commanders get humiliated by Dallas on Thanksgiving Day, 45-10, it certainly was apparent Friday morning when he green-lighted the first of many personnel changes coming to his struggling team. He let head coach Ron Rivera fire defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and defensive backs coach Brent Vieselmeyer — scapegoats for a defense that has become one of the worst in the league.

And as he did it, Harris expressed his frustration and disappointment in a prepared statement, saying “I feel exactly how our fans feel today.”

If he does, then he must feel, at least in part, an eagerness for Harris to blow the entire franchise up and make sweeping changes that will hopefully restore it to at least a glimmer of the proud organization it once was. That means getting rid of everything from the toxic Dan Snyder era — including Rivera.

Even Rivera clearly knows it, even if he doesn’t want to discuss the fact that he’s probably next.

“No, I’ve told you before I’m not worried about anything,” he said Thursday when asked about his job security. “All I’m going to do is do my job and see how things go. That’s the only thing I can do.”

Harris hasn’t officially said whether Rivera will finish out the season, but he certainly hinted at it in his statement Friday. He said he spoke with Rivera and that “all of our energy for the remainder of the season” will be on improving the team and evaluating what comes next. The fact that he said “our” energy and “the remainder of the season” certainly seems to indicate that Rivera…

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