WASHINGTON, D.C. - DECEMBER 5: Billy Kilmer #17 of the Washington Redskins drops back to pass against the New York Giants during an NFL football game on December 5, 1971 at RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington D.C.. Kilmer played for the Redskins from 1971-78. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
Fifty years ago, as the start of the 1971 NFL season approached, the Washington Football Team had not sniffed the playoffs for twenty-six straight years.
You had to go back to the final year of World War 2, when Sammy Baugh was still slingin’.