Three things the Redskins can learn from 2020 Super Bowl participants

The Redskins are as far as they can be from the coming Super Bowl, but that doesn’t mean they can’t learn from what they see.

Learning. It’s such a basic human concept, and yet pervasively confounding, for another simple reason. Some humans refuse to learn, and in one of the most complex sports ever to exist, a failure to learn is a failure itself for the Washington Redskins.

Why do so many reject the benefits of learning? Because learning demands putting aside pride in one’s beliefs. Learning demands an acknowledgement of superiority to an opponent’s philosophies, and an acknowledgement of one’s own flaws. And learning demands more effort and self-reflection than complacency and willful…