Baseball is America's pastime, but football is America's passion. No matter how successful the other teams might be around here, it doesn't fill the void that each Redskins fan carries in their heart.

Sports championships present an opportunity to take stock of ones riches.

You might have heard that the Washington Nationals are Major League Baseballs World Series champions.

(Pausing here so you can joyfully scream again.)

The Washington Mystics raised a WNBA trophy of their own a few weeks ago across the Anacostia River.

(Its OK. Embrace the joy. Make some noise.)

And who could forget the Nats beloved bros up in Chinatown, the Washington Capitals? Theyre finally over their 2017-2018 Stanley Cup parade hangover, and theyre leading their division right now.

(Whos up for another parade in June? Yeah? Us too! Make some more noise!)

Give it up for D.C. United, too! Their new pitch is sweet, and they made a playoff run of their own this year.

(Yes, Rooneys gone, but its OK. Theyre still contenders. Lemme hear ya!)

And hey, how about those Washington Redskins?

Youre not cheering.

They beat the Dolphins!

Seriously? Nothing?

They got a damn good organizational culture, yall! Get excited!

Crickets, huh? Wow. OK, then.

Indeed, its impossible to take stock of ones riches without acknowledging the um deficiencies. And before any of yall start sending hate mail this way, keep in mind that social media started the fire here. Im just sayin.

To paraphrase Fox NFL analyst Howie Long: Baseball is Americas pastime, but football is Americas passion. No matter how successful the other teams might be around here, it doesnt fill the void that each fan carries in their Burgundy and Gold heart.

(Cue Rainbows to the End Zone.)

For once upon a time, legends walked the sod of RFK Stadium. Legends known now by their surnames: Theismann. Riggins. Monk. Rypien. Taylor. Washingtons passion was quenched, more than once, once upon a time.

Today, the void is vast. And it expands each year that Sith Lord Belichick raises the Lombardi Trophy.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but autumn Sundays arent an event around D.C. anymore. And for a struggling franchise, the one thing worse than being mocked is being ignored.

At least in this instance, theyre being mocked.

If the crew at Redskins Park needs some inspiration, they can look no further than Capital One Arena. While the Nats were climbing out of a two-run deficit and achieving immortality Wednesday night, Your Washington Wizards were holding their own against James Harden, Russ Westbrook and the Houston Rockets.

They gave up 159 points, yeah. But they rang up 158, too, and they probably wouldve gotten the W if Harden werent such an F-word.

Judging from the first few games, new GM Tommy Sheppard has put together a hungry, fun squad this year.

Perhaps the Wizards potential and the other local teams successes will elevate Washingtons NFL franchise. Perhaps it will drive them to take stock of themselves and make the right changes, so they can make a playoff run of their own in the near future.

Because the void can only exist for so long.

Right?

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