The Facts: Thanks in part to going through multiple QBs, Ron Rivera learned a lot from his first season in Washington. In his second go-around, Rivera isn't making the same mistake twice -- even if his team signed a journeyman, Fitzpatrick, who most see as the team's starter in 2021. "Last year one of the mistakes I made obviously was I didn't have the true competition," Rivera said Thursday. "This time I know who we have as the starter but he's going to go in and compete with everybody else. I want to play the guy that's going to give us the best opportunity to win, the best opportunity to develop and grow as a football team."

Diehards Line: Rivera said Fitzpatrick will arrive as the team's No. 1 quarterback, but that won't preclude him from competition. It also won't necessarily prevent the Football Team from adding another quarterback via the draft or free agency. Most of what Rivera said Thursday was standard fare, but it was interesting to hear his take on why Washington pursued the services of Fitzpatrick, saying movement at the position elsewhere in the league -- the Matthew Stafford-Jared Goff trade, for one, and his own team's inability to strike a deal for Stafford -- prompted Washington "to get a guy in here that has the experience and can help us develop." Having said that, Fitzpatrick isn't a long-term solution. Washington is going to have to find a better answer for the future before long. Rivera doesn't feel pressured to do this now, though. And whatever the path they chose, training camp will decide whether Fitzpatrick ends up being Washington's guy in Week 1.