'Load Was Lifted' After Commanders Sale, Says Ron Rivera
The Washington Commanders are checking off their biggest to-do item of the offseason after Dan Snyder reached an agreement to sell the franchise for $6.05 billion.
The sale is expected to be approved at the owners meetings next month and Philadelphia 76ers governor Josh Harris will take a majority stake in the franchise.
But with less than two weeks before the NFL Draft, head coach Ron Rivera is ready to get back to work after months of waiting for the sale.
“It really seemed like a load was lifted, because everybody was on pins and needles for the last couple of months,” Rivera said via USA Today. “You kind of wondered what was going to happen ... Then we got right back to the draft meetings. We’ll still be business as usual.”
Rivera, entering his fourth season with the Commanders as head coach, is aware that a new owner could bring changes to the franchise, including a shakeup of the coaching staff.
"I could be gone in a year. That's football," Rivera told The Washington Times earlier this month. "I understand that. But what I want to do, is when I leave, I want everybody to go and say, 'Boy the roster's in a good place.' … That's great. I want to walk away saying that's what I did. I'm good with it. I understand it."
Rivera's hopes are that the roster will be in an even better place after the draft.
After failing to finish above .500 in each of his first three seasons and Harris looming in the shadows, Rivera is aware that his new boss could replace him with his own choice for head coach ... especially if this upcoming draft class fails to make an impact.
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