In mid-October last season, Washington Redskins defensive linemen Ricky Jean Francois and Chris Baker had egocentric messages for whomever would listen.
“We run the damn East,” said Jean Francois in the tunnel of FedEx Field after the Redskins’ fourth consecutive win, this one against the Philadelphia Eagles. “Not Philly, not Dallas, not all of them. We run the damn East. Better remember we got that damn [title].”
Backing him was pal and fellow talker Chris Baker, who made his own proclamation that day.
“Y’all forgot who the real champs of the NFC East is.