[sportscurmudgeon]

A couple of comments if I may:

1. Too bad they don't have playoffs and give out championship trophies on the basis of which team makes the most money or has the highest total revenue. The reason they don't is that it wouldn't keep fan interest all that long. The "F" in "NFL" stands for "Football" not "Finances". I don't care even a little bit how much revenue the Colts or the Bears took in during the last year or what their profitability was or was not. I care that they played in the Super Bowl in February and the Redskins' coaches and players (all more well paid than those on the notoriously miserly Bears) have been sitting on their thumbs since December 31.


2. It's not even remotely important that the Redskins CAN create cap room. The only important thing is for them to do something smart with the cap room they do create.


3. In the NBA, people make fun of the Knicks because they have the highest payroll and they stink. In the NFL, the Redskins paid out more money last year than any other team (counting signing bonuses and coaching salaries and scouting resources and facilities costs); in case anyone has forgotten, the Skins were 5-11; they stunk. So, like the Knicks, they are made fun of. The way to avoid that is to win on the field. No one makes fun of the NY Yankees and their high payroll. People don't like their payroll, but no one makes fun of the franchise because the Yankees win. If anyone wants the Colin Cowherd's of the world to shut up, all they have to do is find a way to put a winner on the field a few years in a row.


4. Before I agree that Gregg (the second "g" is supposed to stand for "genius") Williams will be the next coach here in DC, I'll have to see the Skins' defense improve DRASTICALLY in each of the next two seasons and be a top five or six defense in the league. If not, he'll lose his cachet and Danny Boy will move on to some other "boutique" coach.