ANALYSIS/OPINION
This week, as the Washington Redskins prepare for their season opener Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers at FedEx Field, the fight to host Monday night and other Redskins games in the future officially kicked off with battle lines drawn.
On Wednesday, on the steps of the Prince Georges County Government Center in Upper Marlboro, Md., County Executive Rushern Baker and other officials declared it “Redskins Kickoff Week” with a press conference and a pep rally.
Saturday, 60 miles away, another pep rally will be hold — at One Loudoun in Ashburn, Va.