The Washington Redskins are a federal offense to football

The Washington Redskins are an unmitigated disaster and not in a “hopefully things can turn up eventually way.” What’s really going on in D.C.?

Just when you hope that things are looking bright for sports in the nation’s capital, you’re reminded that Dan Snyder and the Washington Redskins still exist.

You would think that a city fresh off its third championship in three years in a trio of different sports would be able to FINALLY have a year without feeling the torment of their football franchise right? You’d be wrong.

Try to think of another sports city that could feel that type of burden. Good luck. The Redskins have been abusing their fans for 20 years running, living rent-free in the minds of so many torture souls. This coming from a Chicago sports fan current trying to survive the Mitchell Trubisky era.

Washington has already fired its head coach and started three quarterbacks. It has also casually done something never done accomplished in team history. No touchdowns in three straight games. A truly impressive feat.

When things look their bleakest in Washington, look at its leadership. A Dan Snyder-owned, Bruce Allen-run franchise continually seems to make the wrong decisions at key times on numerous occasions over the years. Allen’s approval rating reflects those of another man in Washington.

It’s a bad year when after you lose five straight to open the season and Allen says, “You know, the culture is actually damn good.”

Prime example? The handling of Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams. Williams is one of the best in the sport and the centerpiece of their offensive line. Williams hasn’t suited up this year, holding out before recently being put on the non-football injury list by the team, effectively ending his season and likely his time in the capital.

Williams dropped a bombshell last week about the state of the medical team for the Redskins as well, in that the team failed to test a cancerous tumor on his head for SIX YEARS before he was finally diagnosed.

If even Darren Rovell is owning you this hard, you might want to just quietly finish your season and then clean house.

Back to Snyder. You could write an entire list of the mistakes during his time as owner of the Redskins. We won’t, but here’s a few for laughs:

• Giving Albert Haynesworth way too much money. Couldn’t pass a conditioning test.
• Trading for McNabb in 2010. The Eagles are still laughing.
• Firing Marty Schottenheimer to hire Steve Spurrier. Not great.
• Jim Zorn says hello.
• Robert Griffin III for approximately 85 first-round picks
• Kirk Cousins. Should have signed him. Didn’t.

Funny enough, after Haynesworth completely bottomed out in DC, Snyder gave this gem about if it was an error:

“When you make a mistake, whatever the mistake, whatever the dollars are, you feel bad. You were obviously hoping for the best.”

Snyder also wants a new stadium (why?) for a team whose product on the field doesn’t warrant it but hey fan engagement is all the rage these days!

Even that venture took a hit in February when Gov. Larry Hogan withdrew his efforts to build a stadium at Oxen Hill in Maryland. Poof goes the Snyder leverage, if there really was any to begin with. You can look back and find articles calling Snyder the worst owner in the league from 2011.

Has he grown in any way since then? No. And neither have the Redskins.