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Today’s wallpaper subject is Charles Leno Jr. With the Washington Commanders season coming to a close last week with their win over the Dallas Cowboys, the only thing left in 2022, are the personal accolades for players. Starting left tackle Leno, is Washington’s nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
And he couldn’t possibly be more deserving.
With nothing to play for but pride, the Washington Commanders handed the Dallas Cowboys their proverbial behinds in the final game of the 2022 regular season. Washington outclassed the Cowboys 26-6 largely on the strength of a colossal effort from their defense.
In what may very well have been the very last time that the Commanders took the field with Dan Snyder as owner, there wasn’t much to play for. Perhaps that’s fitting given the tumultuous times of the past two decades-plus under Snyder’s thumb. Washington were eliminated from Wild Card contention in Week 17, and no result from them in Week 18 was going to change that.
Given that, the Commanders chose to sit some regulars in lieu of evaluating some talent that had seen little or no playing time this season. That included getting quarterback Sam Howell his first start.
Sonny Jurgensen is already in Pro Football’s Hall Of Fame. He is arguably one of the most recognizable player’s in D.C. history. On Sunday, Sonny will watch his number 9 raised to the rafters, never to be worn by anyone in Washington again. The 88-year old Jurgensen will join Sammy Baugh (33), Bobby Mitchell (49) and Sean Taylor (21) as just the fourth player to have his jersey retired by Washington.
The team has had a long-standing tradition of not handing out the numbers of their heralded – regardless of if they are retired – so nobody has worn Sonny’s number 9 since he retired in 1974 anyway.
But on Sunday, it will become official.
There’s a good chance if you’re poking around the world of the Washington Commanders online this week – you will likely find some common verbage.
“Nothing to play for.”
“Play the young talent.”
“No playoffs again!”
What there hasn’t been much of, is the thing that might be the most exciting of all.
A seemingly overlooked thing that might make this meaningless game, the most meaningful game in 20-plus years.
There’s a chance that it could be the last game ever with Dan Snyder as the owner.
In what was perhaps the scariest moment in NFL history, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field during the Monday Night Football broadcast. Players on both teams stood mouths agape – many in tears – as Hamlin had CPR performed on him.
It was like nothing any National Football League game had ever seen. The thousands in attendance in Cincinnati, as well as millions watching around the globe, all held their collective breaths in disbelief about what was unfolding before them.
Hamlin remained on the field for half an hour before he was whisked away in the ambulance. He remained in critical condition at the hospital overnight.
It’s Week 17 of the 2022 NFL season. The Washington Commanders will face off against the Cleveland Browns on New Year’s Day in Landover.
The game might not have any meaning for the Cleveland Browns, but the Commanders are still very much in the playoff hunt.
Last week, Chase Young got back to doing what he loves – playing football. After a year on the shelf, the stud defensive end finally got to make his 2022 debut against the San Francisco 49ers. The former Defensive Player of the Year played very well. The Plan The official word was that Young would … Read more
The 2022 Taylor Heinicke experiment appears to have come to a close. Head coach Ron Rivera announced this week that Carson Wentz would get the start against the Cleveland Browns this Sunday. The NFL is very much a what have you done for me lately kind of league. And lately, Heinicke has faltered. The Commanders … Read more
It’s Week 15 of the 2022 NFL season. The Washington Commanders will face the San Francisco 49ers
Washington is coming off of a narrow victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
They say that no one play determines the outcome of a football game – and that’s probably true. But what about when multiple plays seemingly go against a team unfairly? For that certainly seemed to be the case for Washington on Sunday Night in their 20-12 loss to the New York Giants. Did Washington play … Read more