‘“I’m thinking the worst,” Washington said the other day. “I played well the week before (against Denver), then I was inactive and the first thing that pops into my head is they want to cut me or they want to trade me. I called my (family), talked to them, talked to my agent (powerful Drew Rosenhaus), and at the end of the day, the only way I could get those thoughts out of my head was to go out there and be seen, be like Kyle.”’