Toxic Atmosphere Surrounding Redskins Is Turning the Franchise into a Joke

November 4, 2014   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

We should have known better than to believe it was just a Mike Shanahan thing. Because the reality is it's always been a Daniel Snyder thing. 
The Washington Redskins were a hot mess before Shanahan took over as head coach, they were a hotter mess during Shanahan's four-year reign, and they're just as hot and just as messy during the first year of the post-Shanahan era. 
I mean, look at the state of this train wreck of a franchise. 
On the field, it's lost 20 of its last 26 games and is currently on track to finish dead last in the NFC East for the sixth time in seven years.  Criticism of the Redskins' name continues to grow while team brass continues to botch its defense of the name in every way possible.  The latest protest against the name, which involved thousands of Native Americans in Minnesota Sunday, is being billed as the largest yet.   To get a feel for just how poorly this team grasps optics and how greatly it lacks self-awar...

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