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Nobody is going to tell fans of the Washington Redskins that they need to be happy with everything that goes on with their team each week — there often is a lot to be upset with.
At the same time, nobody should tell players for the Redskins that they shouldn’t be excited when they do something well. Anymore, it happens so rarely that I believe players should take a second to rejoice whenever success shows itself; this mantra of ‘act like you’ve been there before’ is rarely applicable to a team that hasn’t been there.
Derrius Guice, the second-year running back for the Redskins, is speaking out on this issue a week after scoring his first career touchdown in a game that was 90 percent downside for Washington. He understands fans’ tendency to trend negative, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t see the positive situations.
“It just sucks when I score, or someone else scores, and our team posts a picture to Instagram or Twitter and everything under it is just, ‘Fire this, fire that, we suck,” Guice said to NBC Sports Washington. “That doesn’t help anything.”
That’s understandable, coming from a young player who has a bright future ahead of him, and who has battled back from several injuries that derailed his career early on. For Guice to find success is a great comeback story that is worthy of celebration.
“I’m new here,” Guice said. “I understand some of these fans have been here 20-30 years, but like, there’s a lot of guys on this team that are new. Y’all can’t bring all that negativity to us like we’ve been here 20 years. I don’t think that’s fair to us players.”
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