3 minutes ago, mistertim said:

I personally think the best compromise for the number situation is to allow a player to use the Schrödinger equation as their jersey number. That way it's a superposition of all possible numbers and states.

I can get behind this suggestion (I had to look up what the Schrödinger equation was, but still).  Either that or allow decimals or fractions. 

2 minutes ago, mistertim said:

 

Yes I understand how numbers work. But will the world suddenly end in a cataclysmic orgy of fire and brimstone if a guy wears one number vs a different one?

I don't know, maybe.   But, I didn't insinuate that it would, I just said it was interesting.   To you or me it might not be that important, but to a player, it appears it can mean something. 

Also, what makes it somewhat more interesting for me is that QB's can only wear 0-19, but other positions can also wear 0-19, plus other ranges.  The Commanders have WR's, K, DE, LB, S all using a number within 0-19.   It is limiting for a QB.

22 minutes ago, mistertim said:

 

Why is this an interesting question? This conversation is so odd to me. It's a number.

NFL players and their uniform numbers are inextricably connected. The numbers are how fans quickly recognize players on the field. They become part of each player's persona, and fans proudly rock them when they wear an NFL jersey. Sometimes the numbers even become an iconic brand, such as Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady's TB12.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34125083/number-15-rookies-explain-why-chose-their-nfl-uniform-number

It is an interesting question as to what number Jayden will wear.  In the range of numbers between 0-19, the only available numbers are 7,9,12.  No way he gets 9.  Maybe they re-reuse 7?  Otherwise it would be JD12.

That was great!  What a complete difference this ownership group has made in a short time!  Darrell Green was such an awesome and exciting player, so fast!!!

Why would any free agent QB (Cousins, Wilson,etc) want to come to Washington?  We have one (1) offensive lineman.

Today is a great day! I’ve been a fan since 1976. My first game was 10/25/76 vs the Cardinals. Eddie Brown ran back a punt in the rain and mud!  Loved all the original Gibbs years. I am glad we have a new owner. I hope he restores the winning traditions!  I think he will. 

This is who I always think of for 17!  

I agree, 21 should be for Sean, but Mike Nelms was a favorite of mine, too.  

This is great!!!!!  Can't wait to see the changes that will be coming.  

2 hours ago, Skinsinparadise said:

Who is Josh Harris, the potential new owner of the Washington Commanders?

Who is Josh Harris?

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Born to an orthodontist, Harris grew up in Chevy Chase, Md., cheering for Washington sports teams. He attended the Field School in Northwest Washington before enrolling in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

 

 

He displayed an entrepreneurial spirit from a young age. He’d sell his comic books for a profit as a kid, and one summer in college, he returned to Washington and ran a lemonade cart near the Farragut North Metro stop.

 

Harris co-founded the private equity investment titan Apollo Global Management in 1990 and saw his net worth skyrocket when the company went public in March 2011. He remained with Apollo until January 2022.

“It doesn’t surprise me at all that he’s been incredibly successful in business in his career,” his brother, Gabe Harris, previously told The Post. “It would surprise me if he retired and went and played golf or puttered around on a boat. That’s just not him.”

 

Harris, 58, also owns the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and is a general partner of Crystal Palace in the English Premier League. He is a limited partner in the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and will have to sell that stake to buy the Commanders.

 

What are Josh Harris’s Washington sports roots?

Harris has said he grew up a fan of all Washington, D.C. sports teams. He lived in the area during George Allen’s tenure as the Redskins’ head coach and the glory days of the Washington Bullets. He recalled playing basketball on eight-foot hoops at Woodlin Elementary and eventually graduating to more physical games at North Chevy Chase Park.

His father, Jacob, had Washington Bullets season tickets and would regularly make the drive to Landover to watch the team play at the Capital Centre, near the future site of FedEx Field.

“Wes Unseld, Elvin Hayes, Phil Chenier — they were something,” Josh Harris told The Post in 2012.

 

Harris was an active youth wrestler. He picked up the sport in the seventh grade, wrestling for Bethesda Boys Club. He wrestled at Penn, too, competing at 118 pounds.

 

“Wrestling was the perfect sport for him,” his brother told The Post. “It’s all about dedication, being in great physical shape, having a lot of heart and perseverance — intelligence, too.”

What kind of sports owner has Josh Harris been?

 

Harris led a group that purchased the downtrodden Philadelphia 76ers franchise in October 2011 for $280 million. The day after he was announced as owner, the Philadelphia Daily News published an all-caps headline on its front page that read: “Rich Penn guys hope to turn Sixers around … Good luck with that.”

Josh Harris turned the 76ers into winners, but it wasn’t pretty

In Harris’s first year as an owner, the 76ers slashed ticket prices and saw their attendance jump by more than 15 percent.

 

“I think by dropping the ticket price in his first year, that was a huge step in trying to open a door that was closing very quickly,” 76ers’ legend Julius Erving told The Post in 2012. “ … It’s obvious that he’s concerned about the connection between the team and the city.”

 

The 76ers became a consistent winner under Harris’s ownership. This season marks the seventh time in his 12 years of ownership that they have reached the playoffs. They’ve lost five times in the conference semifinals during that period. The franchise is now valued at $3.15 billion, according to Forbes — ranking 10th in the NBA — and has announced ambitious plans for a new arena.

 

In August 2013, Harris and David S. Blitzer bought the New Jersey Devils for $320 million. Until this year, the team had reached the playoffs just once during that time and hadn’t finished better than fifth in its division under the Harris-Blitzer ownership. The Devils are poised to finish first or second in their division this season.

Who is in Josh Harris’s family?

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His wife, Marjorie Harris, serves as chair of Sixers Youth Foundation and is co-founder of Harris Philanthropies, the family’s charity organization. The two met while Harris was studying for his MBA at Harvard. The couple has five children.

 

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/13/josh-harris-washington-commanders/

Fun fact—Josh Harris and I went to the same elementary school!  Woodlin Elementary. 

This is a great day!  I've been a fan since the 70's.  Being a fan through the Snyder decades has been difficult.   Harris/Rales/Johnson are the buyers I hoped would win, with Bezos a close second.