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February Fury: Constructing a bracket to determine who is the absolute worst Redskins offseason acquisition since 1999

Posted on by Peter Hailey

According to the calendar on my phone, it is currently February. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but that means March is right around the corner, which in turn means two huge sports events are almost upon us: March Madness and the start of offseason NFL moves.

As a college basketball fan, I couldn’t love March Madness any more. And as a Washington Redskins fan, I couldn’t hate the NFL offseason any more. However, there’s no denying the impact that both events have on me each year, so today, I’m going to combine the two in this post.

Because the Washington Redskins are infamous for their decision making in the offseason, I have created a NCAA-ish tournament bracket to figure out which offseason decisions were the absolute worst. Here’s how the bracket was made Read More

Let the debate begin: You have $15 to spend and have to fill out a roster of the Skins best skill players in the past decade…Who do you choose?

Posted on by Peter Hailey

Earlier this year, around May or June, a very interesting sports debate raged on.

The question? If you were creating an All-Time NBA Starting Lineup, and had an imaginary 15 dollar salary cap to fill out your roster, how would you go about it? Here’s the image that spread across the web like a wildfire on steroids:

It was a very fun debate, and something I talked about with a ton of people in all sorts of places. Everyone had their own opinion and constructed their own ideal squad. So now, I wanna take this idea and relate it to DC sports.

The challenge is going to be a bit different, but just as fun: use 15 dollars to fill out what you believe is the best collection of Redskins skill players of the last 10 years, based on their best individual season. One QB, one running back, one tight end, and two wide receivers.

The rules are simple: the list of options is posted below, with who I think is the best player at their respective position (according to the best year they had) of the past 10 years being worth $5, the second best $4, all the way down to $1, where things get a little crazy; because the Redskins have been mostly bad this past decade, I figured it was important to factor that in to this challenge, because being able to construct a Redskins roster without including terrible players wouldn’t be very realistic, now would it? Therefore, the players valued at one dollar are some of the worst/most irrelevant/most useless players I could find from the past ten years at their position. Since the Redskins have had to deal with starters playing like crap or not even showing up on their rosters, you do, too.

You get $15 to fill out your roster; you can stay under, but not go over. Do you play it safe and choose the players valued at $3 at every spot, or go for it it all, putting together a roster with high end players and one dollar busts? IT’S ALL IN YOUR HANDS NOW! Read More