It started about 4 or 5 days ago, when Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post published a story titled, What once seemed impossible is now undeniable: The Redskins have lost Washington.
To be fair, it probably started 20 years ago when Dan Snyder bought the Redskins franchise, but I’m guessing neither of us has the time for that.
Here’s Thomas Boswell:
The prestige and status of the Washington Redskins within the D.C. area reached their absolute bottom — the lowest point in the existence of the franchise in this city since 1937 — on Sunday at FedEx Field.