The Chicago Cardinals originated in 1898 making the franchise the League’s oldest. Exorcising demons is a messy business. After witnessing systemic organizational failure for 25 years the inclination is to disregard any positive. As one fan put it, “Any bright … Continue reading
Last Sunday’s win was a Rorschach Test of sorts for the WFT fanbase. What you saw depended on your frame of reference. Even those wearing the most rose-colored glasses could not help but notice gaffes and deficiencies aplenty. Then again, … Continue reading
The NFL gives us a couple of notable Mondays. One is the notorious “Black Monday” that comes after the last game of the season. Coaching staffs are unceremoniously taken to the curb. Some get recycled, most go to the trash … Continue reading
The rebuilt WFT is set to embark on a transition year. Nothing about this will be particularly easy. Of the 17 games on the schedule only 7 are against teams that had losing records last year. Eight games are against … Continue reading
Anyone who has worked a night shift, spent a restless night camping, or waited in the chill for the first rays of light on a hunting trip knows that the last hours of darkness are the longest, coldest, and most … Continue reading
The pre-season mercifully comes to an end this week. Washington has the honors to close it out on a national Sunday night broadcast. If you’re tuning in to see Jayden Daniels he’ll be on the sidelines in sweats. His pre-season … Continue reading
Pre-season Game #2 takes the WFT to steamy Miami for a Saturday evening affair. Here are some notes from PS Game #1: -Jayden Daniels provided the briefest of sneak peeks into the future. He engineered a successful drive completing two … Continue reading
As expected the WFT took LSU’s Jayden Daniels with the #2 pick. New GM Adam Peters simply had to draft a QB. The only two elements of drama were; which one at #2, or trade down and draft which one? … Continue reading
The first thing one has to understand about the NFL draft is the absolute randomness of it. So-called “Mortal Locks” fail at an astounding rate. Inconsequential late-rounders defy odds and bloom. Even players that go undrafted somehow produce. The Hall … Continue reading
Yogi Berra famously said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else.” That sums up two-and-one-half decades of the Washington professional football franchise. Directionless, rudderless, and clueless are all attributes of the Dan Snyder era. … Continue reading
