Scott Van Pelt grew up in the greater DC area and knows how important the Washington football team once was to this area. Once a juggernaut, a true dynasty, Washington has since become the laughingstock of the league, an 0-5 team known as much for opposing fans invading the stadium as anything they do on the field.
After head coach Jay Gruden became yet another casualty of this organization, getting fired at 5 a.m. following a drubbing to the Patriots, GM Bruce Allen gave an interview to the press and said he believed “the culture is damn good” at the team.
That set Van Pelt off. In a four-minute clip on SportsCenter on Monday night, SVP detailed just how broken this franchise has become under Allen and team owner Dan Snyder. It’s pretty damning.
While I didn’t live in DC during the glory days of this team, I am here now, and I can say that they have become almost completely irrelevant to the area. My friends who grew up fans of the team now joke about whether they should support the Ravens or the Browns. No one wants to go to games. No one cares.
This seems impossible, but it’s what it is. And trying to blame that on the coach or a bad draft pick or two is ridiculous. This comes from the top.
