Hey, this is a neat little idea! Washington’s counting down the days until their first game using players’ jersey numbers! 11 days left = DeSean Jackson!
Washington’s terrible NFL team is pretending RG3 doesn’t exist
.@DeSeanJackson11 days until #FinsVsSkins. pic.twitter.com/h3u3XvTjgY
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) September 2, 2015 10 days left = Rober -- oh.
Next stop: Week 1. #FinsVsSkins #HTTR #MIAvsWAS pic.twitter.com/dVRwOskn6z
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) September 4, 2015 On second thought, if you’re childish enough to pretend a player who’s fallen out of favor does not exist (perhaps because he’s about to be released? I don’t know), then maybe don’t walk yourself into a pit by establishing a pattern in which he must be mentioned.
Here’s how they’re explaining it, incidentally:
Oh look, a brand new countdown graphic series that has nothing to do with uniform number. https://t.co/nLvFGuSLOE
— Andrew Walker (@AWalkerRedskins) September 4, 2015 The team had a new formatting for these graphics planned, starting w 10 days. Sorry. Biffed that one pic.twitter.com/TKoCc2uccX
— Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) September 4, 2015 So I guess they thought ahead, or at least reconsidered quickly enough to make it look like this was all part of the plan. This wouldn’t even be a conversation if Washington didn’t operate under a dozen layers of dumbassery and bad PR, but there you go.
