The Washington Football Team continue to hava rough time on and off the field in 2021.
The team has now placed assistant athletic trainer Doug Quon on administrative leave, according to ESPN’s John Keim. This comes during the same week that head athletic trainer Ryan Vermillion was placed on leave pending an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency. It’s unclear if the two are connected in the investigation.
Vermillion’s office at the team’s practice facility and his home were raided by the DEA at the beginning of this month, which was in relation to an investigation concerning the distribution of prescription drugs. After he was placed on leave, Washington said the situation was an “ongoing criminal investigation unrelated to the club.”
Quon has been in the NFL for 10 seasons and in Washington for the last seven. ESPN added that Vermillion and Quon have no previous connection before 2020. Vermillion made his way to Washington last year, but spent the prior 18 seasons with the Panthers.
Earlier in the week, Ron Rivera, who spent the last nine seasons with Vermillion dating back to Carolina, refused to comment on the matter.
“I’m not going to comment how I personally feel about what’s going on,” he told reporters Monday.
