Last week when Dallas absolutely blasted the Washington Football Team on their home field to quell any questions about who the best team in the division was, they brought their own benches to FedEx field.
They didn’t really do it as a flex, per se. It was really because the heated benches in Washington weren’t working.
It still ended up being a flex despite the completely sound reasoning for it. That’s how pretty much everyone took the gesture, anyway. That includes the WFT. Ron Rivera called the gesture “gamesmanship.”
Now, fast forward a week later, and here WFT is trying to pull a gamesmanship gesture of their own.
They apparently had their own heated benches shipped to Philadelphia for their upcoming game against the Eagles on Tuesday. And they’ll also be using those benches through the rest of the season against all of their divisional opponents.
We have a bench update! #WashingtonFootball reached out to @DragonSeats on Monday following the Dallas game and are planning to use them for the rest of the season, in Philly, in Dallas, in New York pic.twitter.com/H8IEJZS5Ke
— Mitchell Tischler (@Mitch_Tischler) December 21, 2021
Yup. They seriously did this. If it feels sort of predictable, corny and unoriginal to you, don’t worry. You’re totally not alone in this.
Everyone saw it coming after this quote from Ron Rivera last week.
After the Cowboys brought their own benches to Washington, Ron Rivera said: “That’s all the gamesmanship that goes with it. It’s part of the mind games people like to play.”
So he’s not bringing his own benches to Dallas? Rivera: “I didn’t say that.”
Guess we got our answer. https://t.co/2Hr3eOLcNP pic.twitter.com/iXeMWqxnGY
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 21, 2021
I think everyone just hoped that it wouldn’t happen deep down. But it did. And we’re here. Sigh.
Fans absolutely roasted them for doing this.
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