Maybe it was three years late, but Washington Football fans finally got something to be thankful for, making good on Dan Snyder’s promise of a happy Thanksgiving at Ron Rivera’s introductory press conference in 2020.
No, I’m not referring to the embarrassing 45-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in front of the third largest viewing audience for a regular season game in NFL history. That was painful and humiliating.
However, with loss, comes the promise of renewal. The silver lining to the cloud of defeat that settled over Texas Stadium on Thanksgiving Day is that the Commanders moved up in the draft order, and helped to ensure that Dan Snyder’s staff will be long gone by the time the next GM gets to use the bounty of draft capital.