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Week 17 of the 2019 season is a strange time to be a Redskins fan. For me, it’s filled with contradictions.

Lots of positives

For example, the team lost in Weeks 15 & 16 — two division games to the Eagles and Giants. Normally, this would be extremely disappointing, but the fact that the ‘Skins had the lead with half a minute left against the Eagles, and that they went into overtime against the Giants with Dwayne Haskins looking like he was a very positive force on the field in both games gives me a lot of hope for the future.

Being in position for the 2nd overall pick in the draft and not needing a quarterback is also something that makes me a bit giddy. Of course, with a win over the Cowboys this coming Sunday, the Redskins could still drop way down the draft order if the Lions, Giants and Dolphins all lose, but if Washington finishes the season with the 2nd overall pick, the possibilities for draft selections or trade-downs are enough to keep mock drafters sleepless and arguing for the next 4 months.

Of course, it hasn’t just been Dwayne Haskins that has offered fans like me hope for the future of the roster.

Terry McLaurin looks like a 5th year receiver already in terms of what he does on the field and how he carries himself off of it. He has a legitimate shot at reaching 1,000 yards in 15 games this season.

Steven Sims is an undrafted free agent who still makes rookie mistakes, but is showing promise of being an offensive starter and kick returner for years to come.

Kelvin Harmon has come on strong in the latter part of the season, and even Cam Sims made a play or two this week.

We haven’t seen Bryce Love on the field yet, and Derrius Guice hasn’t been able to stay healthy, but with the entire off-season to ask, “what if” the two runners are healthy and teamed up with Adrian Peterson... it’s enough to make a fan of explosive running attacks salivate on his keyboard.

Defensively, the team can afford to upgrade some positions, but there are no o

The Redskins haven’t given any indication they they’re willing to trade franchise-tagged quarterback Kirk Cousins to the 49ers (or any other club), and Washington may be holding onto its signal-caller thanks to owner Daniel Snyder‘s poor relationships with both Cousins and the Shanahans, Kyle and Mike, according to Kevin Jones of KNBR.

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Snyder reportedly still holds a grudge against the Shanahans after firing the pair following the 2013 campaign, per Jones, and especially dislikes that the duo’s prediction of a failed Robert Griffin III career ultimately proved true. As such, Snyder has no interest in “helping” Kyle Shanahan in any regard, including sending him a ready-made franchise quarterback in Cousins.

Snyder may also possess personal animus towards Cousins, as Jones describes a “weird” relationship between the two. After Cousins won the first game of his career in 2012 filling in for an injured RGIII, Snyder reportedly refused to congratulate or even acknowledge Cousins in the locker room following the contest, according to Jones. Although Snyder has since softened his stance, a degree of tension still endures.

Cousins will make nearly $24MM in 2017 under the terms of his second consecutive franchise tag, which he has yet to sign.

Further information: Washington Redskins name controversy

For decades, hundreds of organizations and individuals advocated that the American football team formerly known as the Washington Redskins should change its name and logo. In July 2020, following a wave of racial awareness and reforms in wake of national protests after the murder of George Floyd, major sponsors of the league and team threatened to stop supporting them until the name was changed. As a result, the team initiated a review of the name and decided to retire it and the logo, temporarily playing as the Washington Football Team pending adoption of a permanent name. The new name, Washington Commanders, was announced on February 2, 2022.

The team was one of the leading examples of the Native American mascot controversy, as the Redskins name itself is defined as derogatory or insulting in American English dictionaries. The issue is often discussed in the media in terms of offensiveness or political correctness, which reduces it to feelings and opinions, and prevents full understanding of the historical, psychological and sociological context provided by academic research on the negative effects of the use of Native American names and images by sports teams. As of 2010, over 115 professional organizations representing civil rights and scientific experts published resolutions or policies stating that the use of Native American names and symbols by non-native sports teams is a harmful form of ethnic stereotyping that promotes racial prejudice.

Since its founding in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) has campaigned to eliminate negative stereotyping of Native American peoples in the media. Over time, the campaign began to focus on Indian names and mascots in sports. The NCAI maintains that teams with mascots such as the Braves and the Redsk

Controversy involving the name and logo of the Washington Redskins NFL team

The Washington Redskins name controversy involved the name and logo previously used by the Washington Commanders, a National Football League (NFL) franchise located in the Washington metropolitan area. In the 1960s, the team's longtime name—the Redskins—and the associated logo began to draw criticism from Native American groups and individuals. The topic, part of the larger Native American mascot controversy, began receiving widespread public attention in the 1990s. In 2020, the team responded to economic pressure in the wake of the George Floyd protests by retiring the name and logo. The team called itself the "Washington Football Team" before rebranding as the Commanders in 2022.

"Redskin" is a racial slur for Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada. The term redskin underwent pejoration through the 19th to early 20th centuries and in contemporary dictionaries of American English it is labeled as offensive, disparaging, or insulting. The Cambridge Dictionary defines the word as “an extremely offensive word for a Native American (a member of one of the groups of people who were living in North and South America before Europeans arrived)”

For several decades, the team's owners and management, NFL commissioners, and most fans sought to keep the Redskins name, claiming that it honored the achievements and virtues of Native Americans and that it was not intended in a negative manner. Then-team president Bruce Allen noted that three high schools with a Native American-majority student body used the name. Supporters also pointed to a national poll taken in 2004 by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, which found that a majority of Native Americans were not offended by the name. The use of public opinion