![]() ![]() To celebrate the liberation of Redskins nation, I would like to take you back even further to the team’s first championship era, beginning in their first season in Washington DC. To most living Washington football fans, “The Glory Era” means one thing, the run of championship winning Redskin teams from 1982 through 1991 under coach Joe Gibbs and owner Jack Kent Cooke. The Redskins were the sports team in the DC area in my youth, and I was very fortunate to watch them win five NFC Championships and three Super Bowls during my formative years. I was born into Redskins fandom, like all the other kids in my neighborhood of Bethesda, in the mid-1960s. Through two sets of owners, three team names and 35 starting quarterbacks, they have only ever known a home team lost in the doldrums of mediocrity on the field and dysfunction off it.Īs an older fan, I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking about a return to the glory years. Commanders fans under 35 may be venturing into the unknown. ![]() With the change of ownership, Washington football has entered a new era.
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