over roster personnel, with him acting as the team's de facto general manager until the team hired Martin Mayhew for the role in 2021. Despite that, Rivera's final say over the team's personnel remained. Rivera's first season with the team was met with a number of challenges, including implementing a new culture, assisting the process of changing the team's name, dealing with a vastly altered season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and being diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment for it during the season. Rivera released quarterback Dwayne Haskins in December after on-field struggles and off-field controversies throughout the year. Despite all that, he led the team to a NFC East title with a record of 7–9, mirroring his 2014 Panthers team that also won the division with a losing record. During the 2021 offseason, Rivera chose to bring in journeyman quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and made him the starting quarterback over Taylor Heinicke despite showing a lack of understanding of the offense during the preseason. Fitzpatrick was injured in the first game of regular season, which resulted in Heinicke being the starter for the remainder of the season with a final record of 7-10. During the 2022 offseason, Carson Wentz was traded to the team with Rivera publicly stating he was directly responsible for the move in order for Wentz to be his new starting quarterback. Following Week 6 and a 2-4 record, Rivera named Heinicke as his starter again due to Wentz being placed on injured reserve. Despite Heinicke managing to keep the Commanders in playoff contention with five wins, three losses and one tie, and needing to win the last two remaining games of the regular season in order to make the playoffs, Rivera benched him in favor of Wentz ahead of Week 17. The Commanders would lose in Week 17 against the Cleveland Browns and Rivera was widely criticized for his post-game interview where he showed a lack of awareness that the team's loss would result in the Commanders being eliminated from playoff contention. Despite Wentz being the primary reason for the loss with a dreadful performance, Rivera stated he did not regret his decision to switch starting quarterbacks. With the 2022 regular season over, Rivera fired Scott Turner later hiring Eric Bieniemy as his new offensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Head coaching record Personal life and family Rivera is Catholic and has three brothers: Steven,