Players The Impetus Behind Redskins' All-Burgundy Uniforms

Redskins Players Requested All-Burgundy Uniforms

STEELER INVASION: Also in DC, Michael Wilbon, who owns Redskins season tickets in the club section, writes Steelers fans "were everywhere" at Monday night's game, and they were "so loud they effectively drowned out Redskins fans." But what is "unique and beyond the control of fans is that a 90,000-seat stadium is 25,000 seats too many," as there is "no team or city in the league that should have a stadium with more than 70,000 seats." Meanwhile, Wilbon writes drunkenness "and the vile behavior it leads to is a problem" at many NFL games, and reports from Monday night was that the crowd's actions were "business as usual" (WASHINGTON POST, 11/6). The WASHINGTON POST's Boren wrote teams "often don't care" if opposing fans buy tickets "because they make money when tickets are resold [on] StubHub." But Monday night "was just terrible" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 11/4). BLEACHER REPORT's Craig Garrison wrote under the header, "Shame On You Washington Redskins Fans!" Garrison: "Shame on you for allowing another team's fanbase to force your own team into a 'silent count' at times to deal with the amount of noise the opposing team's fans were making IN YOUR HOME STADIUM!" (BLEACHERREPORT.com, 11/5). Redskins OT Jon Jansen: "We've never had to go silent snap count at home." In DC, David Elfin noted Zorn "agreed it was unusual for the offensive players to have a hard time hearing the count in a non-shotgun situation at home" (WASHINGTON TIMES, 11/5).

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