Rivera hopeful Redskins can reconcile with Williams: 'He's still our guy'

Ron Rivera is hopeful the Washington Redskins can save what's left of their business relationship with left tackle Trent Williams.

Williams missed the entire 2019 season due to a dispute with the team. The 31-year-old was upset with the Redskins' handling of a medical situation following the removal of a cancerous growth from his head, and he also wanted a new contract.

Washington refused to trade the seven-time Pro Bowler and Williams said in November that the bridge between player and team "has definitely been burned."

But Rivera, who joined the Redskins at the conclusion of the regular season following a nine-year stint with the Carolina Panthers, hopes there's still something to salvage.

"He's still our guy," the coach said, according to Grant Gordon of NFL.com. He added: "We got to get Trent in, we got to sit him down, see where he is, see how he is, health-wise too. We have not really had the contact we need to have to know."

Getting Williams back in a Redskins uniform would go a long way toward improving the fortunes of a franchise that went 3-13 in 2019.