ESPN the Magazine ranks the best & worst franchises in america. Redskins ranked 121 out of 122.

[Longtimefan]

The Redskins did not have a comment. Surprising?

Inside the Redskins’ awful ESPN The Mag rankings - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post

[Dogtag]

When I hear or read about such rankings I often wonder if the organization doing the ranking would fair well under the same scrutiny. How does ESPN rank against their competitors in providing value to Redskins fans in their coverage ...

[NLC1054]

Seeing the ratings broken down bugs the crud out of me even more...

118th in players acting professionally? Talk about a few bad apples spoiling the whole bunch. 118th in owners and players showing appreciation towards fans? I don't think we're the highest on that list, but being towards the bottom still urks me.

119th in player accessibility? There's an entire community of Redskins players on Twitter who respond to and appreciate their fans, not to mention the Redskins players regularly do charity work either on there own or on behalf of the team.

118th in Players, ranked 120th in likeability and 117 in effort?

I'm not saying my football team hasn't sucked the past two seasons, but this whole list is bull.

[SmootSmack]

Like I said, much of this survey (and just a reminder much of this is 3rd party reporting-not exclusive to ESPN) was done during the 2009 season. You can't deny there were major issues then.

[Lotus]

^ 2009 was a great year. Everyone was happy. No one here complained about anything.

[Shadowbyte]

It's amazing that the only years we've been recentely competitve was during Gibb's second tenure. That proves we need someone similar to GIBBS. I don't think Shannahan is it. Shannahan's ego has unfortunately gotten the best of him IMO.

[MTK]

Let's not forget that Gibbs was 6-10 in his first year back. Gotta give Shanahan some time, he'll get this turned around.

[Skins4L]

That's a horrible list.
The Skins make moves at least. I see franchises that let the squad rot that's bullcrap.
Playoffs in 05, Gibbs left, another transition, we signed Shanahan.. solid drafts for what he had to work with too.. what a joke.
The teams been better than what they've played on a consistent basis too.. they've shown glimpses of greatness and went on streaks numerous time but we crumble. Well be more competive then they think we still have some talent.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Skins4L

That's a horrible list.
The Skins make moves at least. I see franchises that let the squad rot that's bullcrap.
Playoffs in 05, Gibbs left, another transition, we signed Shanahan.. solid drafts for what he had to work with too.. what a joke.
The teams been better than what they've played on a consistent basis too.. they've shown glimpses of greatness and went on streaks numerous time but we crumble. Well be more competive then they think we still have some talent.

Over the last 10 years those "glimpses of greatness" were fleeting indeed.

When a team aspires to get to 8-8 more seasons than not, "greatness" is rarely involved...

[tc2deuce]

One of the worst franchises but yet the 2nd most valuable at 1.55 billion dollars......ummmmmm. I would not call myself a Danny fan but that is pretty impressive.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by tc2deuce

One of the worst franchises but yet the 2nd most valuable at 1.55 billion dollars......ummmmmm. I would not call myself a Danny fan but that is pretty impressive.

And that's one of the problems. So valuable monetarily, yet so unsuccessful on the field relative to our worth

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

And that's one of the problems. So valuable monetarily, yet so unsuccessful on the field relative to our worth

Most of that value is in the real estate when the Skins were sold by the Cooks,the stadium and area plus the practice facilities.

[tc2deuce]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

And that's one of the problems. So valuable monetarily, yet so unsuccessful on the field relative to our worth

I agree 100 percent! That just shows you what kind of fan base the Skins have.

[hooskins]

I think the Skins are embarrassing since we are such a historic franchise but have made some pathetic moves recently.

It's like Cubs or, dare I say, the Raiders. I don't think we are at a complete laughing stock level, but will be if we continue down the same path as the last decade and a half.

[over the mountain]

All we have to do is go 10-6 or something like that and the city is gonna splode again in the B&G. The team just needs to give the fans something to cheer about.

Even after all our belly achin (mostly justified), if this teams starts 3-1 or something like that, we are all gone be talking positive and about the future .....hopefully leaving the last 13 years in the rear view.