Posted on 09/03/2019 12:47:12 PM PDT by C19fan
As a boy attending Washington Redskins games with his family at RFK Stadium, a short distance from his home in Marylands Montgomery County, Dan Snyder would gaze across the field and peer into the owners box. Other kids daydreamed about playing on an NFL field. Snyder envisioned himself lording over one.
Id just watch, Snyder once said, and imagine what was happening in there.
Since 1999, when he was 34 years old, Daniel M. Snyder has watched the Washington Redskins from the seat of power he once fantasized about. The desired trappings of NFL ownership have remained elusive, barely any closer to him than when he sat in the stands.
The upcoming NFL season marks the start of Snyders third decade as Washingtons owner, an occasion to take stock of his impact on the franchise and examine the state of his stewardship. The Redskins have morphed under Snyder from one of the NFLs crown jewels to a success-starved organization in persistent unrest, a franchise lacking in on-field accomplishment and seeking its first playoff win since January 2006, rife with off-field issues and facing the monumental task of building a new stadium Snyders best opportunity to reenergize Washingtons fan base and revitalize his franchise.
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A good running back to me is like Walt Garrison, if you need 5 yards, he gets you 5 yards......If you need 10 yards, he gets you 5 yards.
Believe me, I do not think the Keenum Era is going to be in any way a positive time, except that it will quickly usher in the Haskins Era.
LOL!
FedExField,[1] originally Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, is an American football stadium located near the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County, Maryland. From 2004 until 2010, it had the largest seating capacity in the NFL at over 91,000. Currently, the capacity is 82,000.[3]
Correct. I don’t know where my brain was at the time.
Too bad he hasn’t fired himself.
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