Postgame provides fun ’Skins haven’t

Last week’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys was one of the most infuriating games I’ve been able to see this year as the Washington Redskins pulled defeat from the jaws of victory.

Of all the things that have gone wrong this season, you’d think there would be one shred of fortune for this team, and it almost happened when the ’Skins made three big stops at the goal line only to surrender the go-ahead touchdown with mere seconds left in the game.

Of course, with the way this trainwreck of a season has gone, there’s been very little solace for we Redskins fans to vent our frustration. Some go to message boards to display their anger, others go on social media and express their displeasure — which there’s much of it in spades — but I tend to go to another forum.

I’ve been a big fan of the postgame shows on Comcast Sportsnet with former Redskins players Brian Mitchell and Trevor Matich.

In the past, there’s been very few opportunities to watch it for celebratory reasons, so seeing the outrage and disappointment of the day’s game shows that the former athletes do care and are not just there for a paycheck spouting cliches.

I’ll admit there are some fans who have been critical of Mitchell, the longtime Redskin running back and returner, saying that he has played up the drama that has gone on throughout the season, but he — like many fans of the team like us — are just conscientious observers to a season marred by so many incidents.

Of course with today being the final game of the regular season, it will be at least a nine-month hiatus from the postgame win, lose or draw. But hopefully over those next few months, there will be much more to discuss — preferably more positive things.

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