Sunday’s home loss to a reeling Dallas Cowboys team has sent shockwaves through the Commanders’ fanbase, as gauged by commentary on Hogs Haven. The reality of the ugly home loss has forced some of the most stalwart optimists to revise their hopeful expectations of a playoff finish in Year 1 of the franchise re-set.
It is not my place to police people’s fandom. If people want to wallow in the agony of defeat and declare the Josh Harris rebuild a failure, that is their right as football fans. But I thought it would be helpful to those who might be on the verge of jumping to premature conclusions to put the events of the last three weeks in a broader perspective.