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Three-and-OUT - An All-Time Low?
by Chris Russell
Yeah, right.
I don't have a whole lot to say and will expand on all of these issues and a lot more Monday night at 7 PM on ESPN 980. I'll also be on at 9:30 with Scott Jackson and 1 PM with Kevin Sheehan and Thom Loverro.
Now a little game of "Three-and-OUT."
1. As hard as this is to say and out of all of the horrific losses the Redskins have suffered over the years, I believe this was the worst. This was beyond brutal because of the week that was that featured story after story, the Saturday nightmare list of bad publicity and then the disaster on Sunday.
The real reason why this is probably the worst, is because you always felt there was hope. Last year's worst loss? A year ago today (December 9th) against Kansas City. The only reason why I say this was worse was because you knew that a coaching change would be coming and a different voice might be able to rescue Robert Griffin III. You thought wrong.
Even I bought in a little and I was wrong. I am stunned that the organazation is in worse shape now than a year ago. A lot worse shape.
2. Rams Head Coach
Jeff Fisher had a message for his buddy Bruce Allen and Dan Snyder todayfor the coin toss and I certainly wasn't paying attention because of all of the Redskins chaos.
Fisher sent out six players that are on the Rams as a result of the Robert Griffin III trade. Michael Brockers, Janoris Jenkins, Zac Stacy, Steadman Bailey, Greg Robinson and Alec Ogletree all came out.
Yeah. Not normal. I would almost say this was really low class, and perhaps it was but you have to remember the politics at play.
Fisher's top assistant Gregg Williams was dumped by Dan Snyder after interviewing four times to be the Redskins head coach following the 2007 season and just for icing on the cake, Fisher and Allen have a strong dislike for each other that was quietly a part of the negotiation of the trade back in 2012.
The other element at play? Mike Shanahan and Fisher are very good friends and make no mistake about it - Fisher was trying to do everything he could to flip the Redskins upper level management the bird.
3.
London Fletcher slammed Jim Haslett before the game on CBS Sports Network and then on his own twitter feed,
before putting the final dig in against Haslett's son, Chase.
I will just say this, because I have already talked at length about this on the Redskins postgame show on ESPN 980. I was simply stunned that it went down this way, but not about every part of it.
NOBODY was
shocked that London Fletcher would blindside somebody (anybody) if it was for personal gain. Everyone that dealt with Fletcher and understood people knew this day would happen, because we knew the individual. That's it.
OUT:
Where do the Redskins go from here? I have no idea exactly. It is beyond clear that nothing is working and will never work under the current climate. The coaches will probably be blamed for most problems and be let go, and somebody will take the pay day thinking they can deal with the political landscape.
The only person I know that would perfectly fit the bill of what Redskins management is looking for is Art Briles. So just hire him if you fire Jay and hopefully you will catch lightning in a bottle.
My guess is you have a better shot of being struck by lightning than that plan actually working, but hey, what do I know?
