LANDOVER, Md. - Attention, passengers: The Jim Schwartz Will Be A Head Coaching Candidate Train has been delayed at New Carrollton Station. We don't know when it will resume running. We apologize if we inconvenienced you or got your hopes up too soon.
Fletcher Cox was waiting for everyone, and he was ready. He sat facing his locker Sunday afternoon, not long after the Eagles' 27-20 loss to the Washington Redskins, but he turned when he heard the footfalls of approaching reporters. He had committed a needless and inexcusable roughing-the-passer penalty against Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins late in the first half that led to a Washington touchdown - seven days after he had grabbed Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford by the face mask, an infraction that also had facilitated a touchdown.