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One Easter there was HUGE Washington football news

Remember the last big Washington football news on Easter?

Easter is time for reflection, reflection on many things much more significant and important than your favorite NFL football team.

Historically, much of Western Civilization has taken the time to make it a week of reflection and celebration. There is Palm Sunday, the Passion Week, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday/Resurrection Day.

Washington NFL football fans were most likely not thinking much about the then-Redskins on the Easter weekend of 2010. The NFL draft was still a couple of weeks away. The major free agency moves had already transpired a month earlier.

Bam! Suddenly news was breaking on that 2010 Easter weekend that Washington had made a huge surprising trade. Not only had they made a trade on Easter weekend, but the trade engineered by owner Daniel Snyder was within the NFC East division.

After 11 NFL seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, Donovan McNabb was being traded to Washington! In the trade, Washington received McNabb, a 33-year-old, 11-season veteran.

In return, the Eagles received Washington’s round-two 2010 draft choice. It was the 37th overall selection. In addition, Washington agreed to send a 2011 conditional choice to the Eagles.

If Washington were to win 9 games or McNabb make the 2010 season Pro Bowl, the choice would be Washington’s third-rounder. Seeing neither of those conditions were met in 2010, the choice traded to the Eagles in 2011 was a fourth-round choice (104th overall).

McNabb struggled at times in his lone season in Washington, with 14 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. His interception percentage tied the worst season of his career (rookie season). McNabb’s QBR was his career season-low, and his passer rating was the lowest since his second NFL season.

Washington had been had. Andy Reid was finished with McNabb, realizing his best days were behind him, and he found a team within his own division more than willing to take McNabb off of his hands and provide the Eagles a third and fourth-round draft choice.

 

What is Daniel Snyder up to recently as Commanders owner?

What is Dan Snyder really up to?

Is Daniel Snyder really backing out of selling, or might he be attempting to raise the price?

Snyder not appearing for the season finale against Dallas when the greatest ambassador in the history of the Washington Redskins was being honored certainly seized the attention of many. Was it the conclusive sign that Snyder has checked out emotionally?

Sonny Jurgensen was perhaps the most popular player in franchise history, and all he did after playing was broadcast Redskins football for another 38 years. Yet, Snyder did not appear at Jurgensen’s jersey being retired? Nor was there any statement about Snyder being ill or why he was absent.

So if he indeed has checked out emotionally (which frankly he is free to do), what is Snyder up to now with revelations over the weekend that he prevented Jeff Bezos from the process of submitting bids to purchase the Commanders?

These are men with huge egos. Egos that know how to stonewall others, how to increase tension in the buyer’s mind etc. Might this not actually be a matter of Snyder being petty, as has been suggested over the weekend?

Snyder knows he insisted that the team should sell for $7 billion. He is 1.5 billion under that desired bid right now. Wouldn’t Snyder be embarrassed if the Commanders only sold for 5.5 billion?

The demand for this team is not what Snyder expected and desired. That has to be disappointing for Snyder. Secondly, there has not been the several bidders that were suggested, and there was no bid for $6.3 billion as earlier reported.

Perhaps Snyder is simply attempting to drive up the bids of the competitors? Perhaps Snyder is even attempting to drive up the desire of Bezos to purchase, and thus increase the odds that Bezos would increase his bid.

But Snyder does realize better than all of us that a new stadium is needed and that ticket receipts are way down. He, more than all of us, would know if his family is tired and willing to simply walk away from public scrutiny and public hatred of Daniel Snyder.

He might extend this a few more months than anticipated, but isn’t it probable that some fellow NFL owners have made it clear to Snyder that it would be best for Snyder if he were to make the sale?

Speaking of worth, how much would it be worth to Dan and Tanya to simply move out of the DMV, away from the fan base that dislikes him so?

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Commanders owner Daniel Snyder now may not sell?

Dan Snyder reportedly “benched” Jeff Bezos from Commanders’ sale.

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos reportedly hired an investment firm to explore a potential bid for the Washington Commanders.

One day later, the New York Post was reporting that current owner Daniel Snyder may not be selling the Commanders after all.

Reports in the process of accepting bids had been that bids had reached $6.3 billion. But the NY Post is now reporting that is not the case at all. They are countering that bids came in under the $6 billion mark. It is no secret Snyder stated he wanted $7 Billion in the purchase.

The NY Post is declaring that 76ers and NJ Devils owner Josh Harris offered a bid of around $5.5 billion, as did a second bidder who, at this time, remains unidentified.

Meanwhile, the NY Post continues that Snyder is still holding a grudge against Bezos for the Washington Post reports of a toxic workplace environment out at the Ashburn facility.

Consequently, it is believed that Snyder has now gone as far as preventing Bezos from entering the bidding for the Commanders, though Bezos is himself reportedly worth more than $100 Billion.

Thus, the bids are disappointingly lower than Snyder’s expectations or demands. Does he actually continue to hold out, refusing to permit Bezos to officially enter the bidding?

Does the NFL counter with a move because they clearly believe the DMV market needs a new owner, as Snyder has definitely lost much of the fanbase in the last decade?

How much is the Commanders’ franchise worth? You actually never learn what something is worth by what people say it is worth. You wait and see what someone actually pays for it with their own money.