Just a thought...
Its been 3 weeks since we lost Sean Taylor..The skins worked thru 3 games, going 2-1 and losing Campbell for the season. Losing Campbell put the cherry on top of an injury devastated offensive season, plus the loss of Taylor to a defensive team that has had significant injuries and guys playing hurt. In my eyes, this team has turned it around by refusing to give up, when a ton of teams would have. One guy is possibly responsible for this, when players could start mailing in their performances OR continue to play at a level less than their best. Most fans gave up after Gibbs called the 2 timeouts, even now after going 2-1, most fans aren't happy with the past 3 weeks results.
You can only play on emotion so long, before it wears you out. I think alot of the players have stood up and taken notice of how their owner stepped to the plate during the past 3 weeks. Instead of seeing their owner as the guy that gives them a paycheck, regardless of the their less than stellar output on the field, they've seen a giving human being that I never thought possible. I think most owners would have given the players a day off to fly at their own expense to Taylors funeral, not an owner who would rent 3 planes and take the whole organization to Florida at his expense. When Todd Collins found that his wife was possibly gonna have an emergency caesarian on Friday, the owner didn't hesitate at getting a private plane and car to get him to Boston for the birth of his son.
All this is a side of Dan Snyder that I have never seen, and I honestly think it has gotten the players attention to where they WANT to earn their paychecks for this guy. We may not make the playoffs, but in my eyes, we are dealing with a team of guys with a totally different mindset than earlier in the year when some were just going thru the motions.
I never thought I would say this, but my hat is off to you, Mr Snyder.