The 'Skins had been have been my team for decades, ever since I was a little kid growing up in the late '60s early '70s in Silver Spring, MD. Things aren't looking so good these days, but I can still remember...Jack Kent Cooke (yes, that JKC, the same one who made the Wilt/West LA Lakers into a powerhouse), Sonny Jurgensen, Bobby Mitchell, Larry Brown, Kenny Houston, the Hogs, Joe Theissman, John Riggins, the Fun Bunch... I lived and died with all those guys.
Then came Daniel freaking Snyder. The boy king. He ran the team into the ground in a matter on months, signing over-priced free agent losers well past their prime for huge money and no return on the field. He did it over and over again. When he ultimately signed Deon Sanders, I checked out, went to team 1A: The Philadelphia Iggles.
So the Redskins just completed their worst season in more than 40 years. Quickly, I just want to review two very telling statistics and one lasting impression from the disastrous 2009 season:
Telling Statistic #1: The Deadskins opened the season by playing 6 straight teams with zero wins...and went 2-4. They lost to the streaking (streaking in a bad way) 0-19 Detroit Lions on Week 3, the 0-4 Carolina Panthers on week 5 and the 0-5 Kansas City Chiefs on Week 6. They lost to the Eagles in Week 7, regrouped over the bye week and then lost to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 8 to compile a season-opening 2-6 record.
Telling Statistic #2: The 'Skins went 0-fer in the NFC East for the first time in nearly 20 years, and they got progressively worse as the season wore on. They gave the Giants a game in Week 1 and they battled the Eagles in Week 7, but were waxed by both teams in the second go-round and were annihilated by the Cowboys in Week 16. So the 'Skins finished 0-6 in the division. The San Diego Chargers, by contrast, playing the AFC WEST-NFC EAST cross-over schedule, finished 4-0 against the NFC East.
Lasting Impression: The Fake Field Goal. On December 21st, 2009, the Redskins ran the worst play I've ever seen in 40 years of watching professional football. Making matters worse, they ran it twice. And then Coach Jim Zorn tried to defend his decision. Let me bottom-line it for you...that fake field goal was so breathtakingly inept that it made Garo Yepremian look like Johnny Unitas.
Hail to the Deadkins! Indeed.
Then came Daniel freaking Snyder. The boy king. He ran the team into the ground in a matter on months, signing over-priced free agent losers well past their prime for huge money and no return on the field. He did it over and over again. When he ultimately signed Deon Sanders, I checked out, went to team 1A: The Philadelphia Iggles.
So the Redskins just completed their worst season in more than 40 years. Quickly, I just want to review two very telling statistics and one lasting impression from the disastrous 2009 season:
Telling Statistic #1: The Deadskins opened the season by playing 6 straight teams with zero wins...and went 2-4. They lost to the streaking (streaking in a bad way) 0-19 Detroit Lions on Week 3, the 0-4 Carolina Panthers on week 5 and the 0-5 Kansas City Chiefs on Week 6. They lost to the Eagles in Week 7, regrouped over the bye week and then lost to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 8 to compile a season-opening 2-6 record.
Telling Statistic #2: The 'Skins went 0-fer in the NFC East for the first time in nearly 20 years, and they got progressively worse as the season wore on. They gave the Giants a game in Week 1 and they battled the Eagles in Week 7, but were waxed by both teams in the second go-round and were annihilated by the Cowboys in Week 16. So the 'Skins finished 0-6 in the division. The San Diego Chargers, by contrast, playing the AFC WEST-NFC EAST cross-over schedule, finished 4-0 against the NFC East.
Lasting Impression: The Fake Field Goal. On December 21st, 2009, the Redskins ran the worst play I've ever seen in 40 years of watching professional football. Making matters worse, they ran it twice. And then Coach Jim Zorn tried to defend his decision. Let me bottom-line it for you...that fake field goal was so breathtakingly inept that it made Garo Yepremian look like Johnny Unitas.
Hail to the Deadkins! Indeed.
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