Why Your Team Sucks: Washington Redskins
Why Your Team Sucks” is a new feature that will merely be an excuse to talk shit about the rest of the conference. Yeah, this will make us a lot of friends.
Why They Suck: With an emphasis on selling the farm to acquire high-priced, typically over-valued free agents, the Washington Redskins have set the model for what any self-respecting franchise does not want to do. No, that isn’t win; it’s to think any amount of opulence can buy you football brains.
Cue Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train”… Deion Sanders: seven years/$56 million, zero return touchdowns and four interceptions in his only season–an 8-8 letdown; Adam Archuleta: six years/$30 million, benched after seven games and cut after one full season; Brandon Lloyd: $10 million signing bonus, 25 catches and zero touchdowns over two years; DeAngelo Hall: seven years/$70 million, signed only three days after the Raiders decided he made the then-2-5 team worse; Albert Haynesworth, seven years/$100 million, what could possibly go wrong?
Great Moments In History… Of Sucking: Good teammates make themselves available for one and another; to lend a helping hand, to offer words of encouragement, or whenever possible, to gift wrap the excess of the jersey chasers. Bad teammates, on the other hand, allegedly call the other a derogatory term for homosexual, and then proceed to be repeatedly pummeled in the face by said teammate’s fist.
More Reasons Why They Suck: Mascot racism… Only the Kingsville Palefaces of the Texas Baseball League have drawn more ire (Not really a team, clearly).
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Oh yeah hater…you forgot to mention D Hall’s int’s once we picked him up. In tough divisional matchups no-less. People get so caught up in their personal disappointments that their perception can be a bit skewed by pessimism and cynicism. 8-8 can’t be the main lesson in losing in a league where teams go 0-16. THey’ve been gradually building a foundation through the draft since Joe Gibbs returned and improved the team’s upside. We’ll have to see how things go. 6-10,10-6, 5-11,9-7, 8-8,??? 13-3 maybe. lol
People get so caught up in their personal disappointments that their perception can be a bit skewed by pessimism and cynicism.
I was referring more to their two playoff appearances since 2000. Personally, that has to be pretty disappointing for you.
/all in fun, of course.
Its more like 2 playoff appearances in the last 4 years. your way says a lot but mine proves improvement. the skins have been the most mediocre team in football for a long time. but if jason campbell can step up (which everything suggests he will), the rest of the team is solid. the number 4 defense in the league last year in yards and points allowed added haynesworth (reserved judgement) and orakpo (lombardi award winner 2008, best D-lineman in NCAA). And we always have one upside to those 2 playoff appearances… The cowboys, America’s Team (what a joke) havent won a playoff game since 96 (13 years and counting.)
ps anyone who picks us last in the nfc east is a joke. the cowboys made not one single addition to their team and gave up t.o. (hate him but he was still tony romo’s best option when flushed out of the pocket). there only improvement is jessica simpson’s gone. give me a break
It’s shocking to me that a multi-million dollar sports franchise in the biggest league in the country is allowed to keep the name “Redskins.” It’s a racist name and there’s no way to spin it otherwise.
Racist? Why exactly? I would love, love, love to hear the elaboration on this one.