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    Considering the Colts just got two thirds (more or less) for a guy who had a better year than Mayfield, I'm not sure where you're getting that optimism from. I suppose it's possible somebody gets desperate. I'm guessing the Browns get a second and another pick for him. BTW, a lifelong and extremely passionate Browns fan I know just renounced the NFL entirely over the Watson trade.
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    The Browns are in a world of hurt if Watson doesn't immediately perform at the Rodgers/Brady level. Huge cap impact, no first-rounders for years to come. It's a huge gamble. If Wentz is a bust, we move on next year. If Watson underperforms, the Browns will have (another) decade in the wilderness with no way out.
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    I'm coming around on this one. I'm not expecting Wentz to turn into a superstar, but he might be the best realistic option the team had for '22.
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    That's why I'm assuming the relationship with Wentz became toxic. This looks more like a desperation move by the Colts than it does by the Team I Will Always Call the Redskins Just Because I'm Like That. The Wentz move makes sense if Ron sees '22 as the year he has to start saving his job. He whiffed on the elite QBs, and it's entirely reasonable to believe he doesn't see a franchise QB in this year's draft crop. Where does that leave you? It's either Wentz, Garoppolo or one of the washout free agents. In that light, Wentz doesn't seem like a bad choice. The assumption has to be that Ron needs to show better results this year in order to have the opportunity to draft the real guy in '23.
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    For various reasons, I didn't see a single game Wentz played with the Colts. My last time watching him was playing the Redskins a couple years ago and getting flattened because he didn't seem to feel the rush or be able to react to it. He looked done, to be honest. Like I said, though, I didn't see him with the Colts and that year's Eagles team was atrocious overall on offense. As such, I'm a bit worried this is going to turn out like Fitzpatrick, where he gets injured right away. It's the Ashburn Way.
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    Does anyone involved with the NFL actually just keep focused and do their job?
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    I've lived in the DC area for almost 30 years and have attended only a handful of games (and only once before Snyder bought the Skins), so I'm probably not the best person to answer. Nevertheless, there isn't even a remote chance that I'll attend another game while Snyder owns the team. And that's even if he gets a palace on the RFK site and manages not to screw it up.
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    I'd imagine someone like Doug is emotionally closer to the "football guys" than to the ownership and business executives. He undoubtedly knows a lot of the owners and executives personally and may not have the emotional investment with the Redskins specifically that we as longtime fans do. He played for the team, yes, but he played for other teams, too, for longer than he did the Redskins. I still think of him more as a Buccaneer than I do a Redskin, but that could be because of my age. He's not going to take some heroic act of career suicide to call out a guy he might just see as another a-hole billionaire who signs the checks--one of 32 of them. Plus, we know that Dan can do unctuous flattery very well when he wants to. Doug probably doesn't see the evil side of Dan in person.
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    I'm sure the NDAs are widespread. They've been standard practice in corporate America for many years whenever a harassment or employment discrimination claim settles. Unless these types of NDAs are outlawed at the federal level, it's unlikely there will be enough plaintiffs to get a class-action suit against the league or individual suits against clubs.
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    Dumfries? Might just as well go all in and move 'em to Richmond if they're going to head that direction. I think even the Sterling location is too far out, and that's approximately where I live. There's a reason why exurban football stadiums aren't on the agenda anywhere else, and leave it to dummy Dan to end up with one for his zombie franchise. edit: I hadn't seen the post above while I was writing this. Apparently I'm not the only one thinking this way!
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    My first favorite Redskin, too, when I was a little kid. RIP.
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    This is the toughest spot that Dan has been in since he bought the team. If he isn't forced out now, then sad to say he's probably not going anywhere.
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    They way you look at the Mary Jo White hiring depends on what you think the NFL is trying to do. Florio's impression that she will side with the league, if true, means that she'd be the hatchet person if the league is trying to ditch him, but also that she'd put her signature on a whitewash if not. Interesting times.
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    Maybe they'll sell PSLs to Eagles and Giants fans. This entire talk of a shiny new stadium for a team that barely draws 20,000 of its own fans to the stadium is a little absurd. I know they need a place to go after the FedEx lease expires, but a lot of this feels like "build it and they'll show up" wishful thinking. Now, if Dan goes away, we're in a different situation.
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    I'm not ready to get my hopes up yet.
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    I've never understood how Ted can be such a good owner of the Caps and such a bad owner of the Wiz. Undoubtedly a better human being than Dan, but that's a low bar!
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    The committee composition and chairs will change. It's less likely they'll vote to take action next year. I don't think that's an unreasonable prediction.
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    My sense is that it all hinges on Jerry Jones, who has an outsized influence. If Dan loses Jerry, then it'll be over. For most owners, I think the NFL is a combination of a neat toy for billionaires and a steadily appreciating asset. It's an actual business venture for Jerry, who makes money off of it with his stadium construction business, for example. He seems to be driving most of the league's decisionmaking. If Jerry thinks that Dan needs to go, then he'll go.
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    It's long been believed that all the US sports leagues show fake revenue data to their unions during bargaining.
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    We can look closer to home than that for an example. Dan Snyder owns the Redskins precisely because the NFL rejected Howard Milstein's bid as being over-leveraged. Snyder had been a minority partner in John Cooke's unsuccessful bid but then swooped in with his own bidding group once Milstein was turned down. I remember everyone thinking until after the 1999 season, "thank goodness we got a real fan as an owner and not some disconnected New York guy!" We never know what we don't know, I guess...
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    "I'm going to hire people to investigate me." Just when you think Dan Snyder's world can't get more ridiculous, he finds new levels.
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    I-95 South to Woodbridge is already a parking lot even on weekends. Putting the stadium there would make the trip to FedEx look like easy street. Plus, it's going to be harder to make that site into a "destination" outside of gameday. A lot more money floating around Loudoun County and western Fairfax that would probably support a nearby shopping/entertainment complex surrounding the stadium.
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    Everyone in Virginia should oppose this. I won't discuss the politics of it here, but governments handing taxpayer dollars to billionaires shouldn't be on any politician's agenda. What I've noticed is that places like Los Angeles refuse to pay and the stadium gets built anyway. It's the "palookavilles" out there that pay billionaires to bring their team to town. The DC region is not a palookaville. We are a wealthy, high-population area that teams should be fighting each other to get access to. If Snyder insists on public subsidy and wants to take his clownshow to St. Louis or London, more power to him.
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    You'd think that Goodell and the other owners would be sick of being Snyder's pooper scoopers, but they've been doing it for years and will probably continue.
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    This is the key, right here. At this point, hiring Ron is the one significant thing that Snyder can point to in order to say that things have changed. He needs Ron. While the stadiums negotiations are underway, I wouldn't expect any major changes.
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