Washington Football Team vs Philadelphia Eagles produces historic NFL moment

The Washington Football Team has been suffering from positive COVID-19 cases within the organization, pushing their matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles to a Tuesday night. On Monday, Washington announced seven more coaches tested positive, causing them to miss the game.

With that comes a bit of history from the Football Team. Since running backs coach Randy Jordan was one of the positive tests, Jennifer King will be on the sideline as the acting coach. She is the second female to be a position coach during a regular-season game, following Callie Brownson. To add on, King will be the first African American female position coach in the history of the NFL.

Tonight @JenniferKing5 becomes the first African American female position coach in @NFL history! pic.twitter.com/VEHMO4R74y

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) December 21, 2021

King is one of two active female assistant coaches, with Lori Locust being an assistant defensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Washington Football Team bringing own benches to road games

The Washington Football Team is clapping back at the Dallas Cowboys with a copycat move this week. The WFT started a partnership with Dragon Seats to fly their benches to NFC East road games after Dallas did the same two weeks ago.

The Cowboys took the win but Ron Rivera and Washington have a chance at redemption on Sunday. Dallas is 10-4, sitting in first in the NFC East, while WFT is 6-7 on the year.

We have a bench update! #WashingtonFootball reached out to @DragonSeats on Monday following the Dallas game and are planning to use them for the rest of the season, in Philly, in Dallas, in New York pic.twitter.com/H8IEJZS5Ke

— Mitchell Tischler (@Mitch_Tischler) December 21, 2021

Typically, road teams in the NFL just use the sideline benches that the home team provides. However, the Cowboys flew in their own sideline benches, opting to use those, with their logo on it, rather than Washington’s.

According to Mitchell Tischler of NBC Sports Washington, it was the first time that an opposing team has brought their own sideline benches at FedEx field. Apparently, the WFT liked the idea.

The Cowboys did reportedly have a decent reason at least for bringing in their own benches. It doesn’t seem like Washington’s doing it for any reason other than retaliation.

“Here’s the deal on the Cowboys’ benches today: Cowboys got word from Seattle that the hot seat benches provided for them at FedEx Field kept going out during the game,” Todd Archer tweeted before the first game between the rivals. “Cowboys partnered with company in Cleveland that shipped them to FedEx Field so wouldn’t be an issue today.”

Dallas and WFT kick off at 8:20 p.m. ET on Sunday after Christmas.