Does anybody believe in the "Redskins curse"?

Dogtag

Sorry - no curse. Injuries are an unpredictable part of the game and poor gametime performance is just that.

My mother can claim Cherokee Nation (Eastern Band) heritage but I'm only 1/64th Cherokee and therefore have no claim. I called her up in North Carolina and asked her about the curse - she just laughed. She did say Go 'Skins.

BDBohnzie

Mods - to thread hell and step on it.

One of the most storied franchises in league history, and now there's a curse? Give me a break. 3 Super Bowl Wins + 2 NFL Championships in 10 appearances. Players like Baugh, Taylor, Mitchell (both), Jurgensen, Huff, Kilmer, Brown, Krause, Green, Monk, Theismann, Mann, Coleman, Butz...coaches like Flaherty, Lambeau, Graham, Lombardi, Allen, Gibbs.

All franchises have their ups and downs, and some can't ever seem to get it together. But the Redskins certainly aren't cursed by any means...

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Wasn't there some coach here a while back who many questioned why JKC hired him, he opened his tenure at 0-5 (regular season games), the fans and media were calling for his head, and ultimately that situation turned out pretty good.....

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doughtydoubter

dude if zorn repeats what gibbs does ill be amazed..im not saying he wont be good.
but i think it will take alot more time. Hes got to get the players to "fight their guts out" for him first..probably the only good thing about maybe williams getting the job over him..the players immensely respected and would go to war for him...with zorn it remains to be seen

doughtydoubter

dude i think williams would have bothced the job...he is too martyesque...hes a good guy, i love him to death..but we need somebody young, and exciting that can grow with this team

BringBackJoeT

Seriously, I'm surprised it's been allowed to last this long (even though I'm doing nothing to cut it short by weighing in).

This idea of a "curse" is what you begin to think when: (1) you take the ups and downs of your favorite sports team too seriously, and (2) you have an inflated view of your team's position in the sports universe.

"Curses" have become unfortunately popular thanks to the over-the-top promotion of the supposed Bambino curse on the Red Sox by media franchises bent on milking the Yanks-Sox rivalry for all it is worth. That talk is now over, thankfully. We don't need revivals of such stupidity going forward. Seriously. There are a number of teams in the NFL that have never made it to a Super Bowl, let alone won one. And there are other teams in other sports that have endured strings of bad luck without any silly "curse" discussions. The Pittsburgh Pirates, for example, are careening toward an MLB record-tying 16th consecutive losing season. No mention yet of a Blackbeard curse, because that would be idiotic, when you stop to consider the real-life factors that are at the heart of the Pirates' problem. Same for all other teams in all other sports that have endured hard times.

C'mon, this is just dumb.

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SmootSmack

What if by locking it we anger the curse gods even more?? Aaaaahhhhh!!!!

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