BGO Blind Pig: Washington Commanders vs. Bears Fandemonium!!!! (and Gnats preview)

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The Pigs wallow in ecstasy and exuberance having witnessed one of the greatest Sunday evenings in our DC sports lifetimes! Oh - and talk about the upcoming Gnats game.

 
Great episode.
Franchise changing win.
October and we are not looking at the draft. lol.
Coaching malpractice by the bears. Not us! How about them apples.
Jayden makes it tough to bet against this team.


I want to sweep the Giants badly.
 
Great podcast.

On my side of the stadium, there was a lot of blue and Chicago definitely got loud at times especially in the fourth quarter, but you were right. They were just fans. No arseholes.

On trading, I think a blockbuster is possible if someone holds a fire sale. If someone approaches Peters with a deal that's too good to refuse I think he might go for it. I think a trade where he swaps picks (we'll give you our fourth for your fifth and a player) is more likely. One caveat. Getting a player isn't necessarily plug and play. It takes players time to get up to speed and we've seen how crucial communication is at corner so getting that position addressed could be difficult. I think the highest probability is we stand pat or raid practice squads.

Giants have been a difficult team for us all the way back to the glory years. Even Gibbs had problems with them in the Lawrence Taylor/Bill Parcells game. One major test for the coaches is to get the players focused. I think one of the things that helps that is that Washington did have a difficult game in the red zone and in the second half against Chicago. I think the tape and the hunger to get better should help keep the players on track. It was an amazing play, but they did enough to almost lose a game they dominated. And in some ways, that's an echo of the Giants' game. Plus, I think that the Giants trash talk about how if they had a kicker they would have won the game blah, blah, blah could get their attention, too. Washington does have something to prove on Sunday.
 
I also think this will go a down as a Signature Moment in re-energizing fans and building up the younger fanbase. Jayden's jersey is already one of the top sellers in the league -- it's going to skyrocket now. For those in like their 30s and younger - this is best moment in their fandom, most likely. It's a standout moment for kids. They remember where they were, who they were watching it with. It's a memory burned into their brains. I see friends posting their kids proudly going to school in Commanders gear. My daughter was hype after it happened and when she told me we were going to score right before the play. And the next day, when she was calling her friends, I overheard them comparing how their parents were going crazy running around and screaming, they know who Jayden is, etc.

And fanatics like us have been waaaaaaaaaaaiiiiting to have a good team to be proud of again. Bounces never went our way under Snyder. It's a new day!
 
The only negative to all this is that the name Commanders will probably never change. It is already rolling off of my tongue naturally now.
 
I wonder if Snyder has watched the games this season and what his mentality and sentiments regarding the team are? I would be curious to know if he’s rooting for them and/or enjoying their success despite how it all ended for him?
 
The only negative to all this is that the name Commanders will probably never change. It is already rolling off of my tongue naturally now.
Yeah, I was thinking this earlier. :(
I'd still really like to see a return to a proper 'Redskin' uniform, i.e. colour and styles, etc. Especially if as a team we're going to embrace the past to a greater degree than we did in the Dan era. If we're going to be retiring numbers like Greens, and creating special suites and statues etc, I'd rather see a continuity in uniform so that we at least LOOK like the same team. The new threads don't hold a candle to our classics.

If we're set to keep the name now than so be it.

The W logo is okay I guess, but I miss having an awesome logo and now we just have some generic letter. It's so unimaginative and uninspiring.

I'm still holding out hope that we'll rebrand soon. I mean, with JD selling shirts like hot cakes, how much money could a rebrand make? Getting all these new young fans to demand the new RedWolves Jayden shirt to replace the old Commanders one. LOL Surely that would be printing money!!!
 
It's also been fun to chop it up with random people positively, if I'm wearing a Commanders hat out and about or in the neighborhood. In the past, if anybody said anything it was usually just "oh we suck" or an opposing team fan saying "your team sucks" - lol. NOW, it's fun to talk about a good winning team with other fans.
 
I wonder if Snyder has watched the games this season and what his mentality and sentiments regarding the team are? I would be curious to know if he’s rooting for them and/or enjoying their success despite how it all ended for him?

He’s waiting for his ring, too.
 
I hadn't thought about them double dipping on sales if they rebrand again. Sounds like we still have hope for a new name.
 
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I can't see us being players at the deadline except for O line depth or maybe CB depth but even then not rocking the boat as far as long term plans with high draft capital. This Giants game if we have a makeshift o line might be trouble, I still see a win but very ugly and we know giants are getting favorable calls at home from the zebras. Mrs SO the Giants fan believes we win in a blowout which i believe is some sort of reverse magic in favor of those bastards in blue. I think it's more along 24-20.
 
I think we are far superior to the Giants and I also think this coaching staff probably figured out how to take it to them after the last meeting in a way we aren’t used to. I did predict a 10 point win but a blowout win wouldn’t surprise me, I’m just too traumatized by the past to put that prediction on record.
 
Two thoughts in support of that:

1) Quinn and Whitt have years of experience in Dallas designing defenses that beat the New York

2) Washington’s defense is playing much better now than it was back in Week 2.
 
I enjoyed the pod and the picture Boone and Om painted of the game/atmosphere.

Right before the Hail Mary, I was bummed out. Told my kids that it was a shame they lost this game after basically controlling it all evening. My son went to his room to chat with friends and my daughter was half way down the hall way when the Hail Mary was completed. Me and my wife yelled out in excitement and I kept yelling at the kids "YOU GOT TO GET IN HERE AND SEE THIS!!!!!"
They had never seen me this excited about the Redskins game. Frankly, I didn't think that was still in me..lol. I told them in all my fandom,I'd never seen that play ever go the Redskins way. Pretty dog gone awesome!

As for the Giants game, the meadowlands has always been a house of horrors for this team. Weird things happen to good Redskins teams up there so I can see a loss just as much as I can see a narrow win.
Maybe they blow the Giants out and I can start to buy in a little bit.
Right now though, they need to prove more for me to buy in. Division games are a whole other animal. Guess we'll see......
 
I can’t tell you how happy your post made me DP. I know you have felt beaten down over these past few seasons as we all have. Maybe the day has come where we can start dreaming and cheering again. Thanks for sharing that ❤️
 

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