The joy stemmed from the team’s sale by former owner Dan Snyder, who in the summer of 2023, ended the most disastrous stretch of ownership the NFL has ever seen, selling the tea

Snyder eventually gave up control of the team for just north of $6 billion dollars, but was fined an NFL-record $60 million on his way out the door as a condition of the sale. The Van Natta and Wickersham report includes new details on all the ways Snyder tried to tank the deal at the eleventh hour before ultimately relenting.

For the first time since 1992, the Washington Commanders have a chance to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. They'll take on the Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday in their conference title game. The Commanders spent the past two decades in a pretty depressing state.