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Ron Rivera Presser: Sam Howell will be the starting QB vs the Dallas Cowboys

Ron Rivera spoke to the media briefly yesterday, but didn’t name a QB for Sunday’s season finale against the Dallas Cowboys. Today he opened up his presser by naming Sam Howell the starting QB again. This will be Howell’s 17th start this season, the first Washington QB to do that since Kirk Cousins in 2017. Jacoby Brissett was named the starter last week, but a hamstring injury kept him sidelined as the emergency 3rd-string QB. He was limited in today’s practice, and could have the same role this week if he is healthy enough to be Howell’s backup.

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