{"id":1884,"date":"2009-06-01T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T13:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2009-06-01T13:40:03","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T13:40:03","slug":"so-long-big-jon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/06\/01\/so-long-big-jon\/","title":{"rendered":"So Long, Big Jon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As someone that has been known as JansenFan for the past 5 years, someone that owned a 76 jersey before you could buy them at the Redskins Store, it was sad news when Jon Jansen was released by the Washington Redskins. He has been my favorite player over the past 10 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>I understand why the Redskins made the decision they made, and I understand Rock&#8217;s decision to keep playing, particularly when his hometown Lions offered him a contract to play close to his family and off-season home. <\/p>\n<p>So to the question I&#8217;ve received both publicly and privately, no, I will not change my screen name. I am still a Jon Jansen fan. Since he made the decision to stay out of the NFC &#8211; East, I won&#8217;t even stop pulling for him to do well unless he&#8217;s up against Brian Orakpo or another Washington player. <\/p>\n<p>Watching Jansen and Michael Strahan battle it out twice a year was the highlight for me of some pretty dismal years as a Redskins fan, so for that, I am grateful. Thanks for being a classy leader, a solid contributor, and a Rock for this franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Good Luck with Detroit&#8230; except on September 27th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone that has been known as JansenFan for the past 5 years, someone that owned a 76 jersey before you could buy them at the Redskins Store, it was sad news when Jon Jansen was released by the Washington Redskins. He has been my favorite player over the past 10 seasons. 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