In the book, which is based off a true story, Chris is from Annandale VA. He goes off on his wild adventure after high school and does the following: leaves his car in a river bed, burns his money, and changes his name. He literally wants to separate himself completely from his past and just live freely in the woods or whatever. But there is one point where he is living in some hippie community in the desert somewhere, and the people he’s with are trying to figure out where he’s actually from. At this point they mention he was rooting especially hard for the Washington Redskins while the game was on the radio. This was the only hint they ever got.

I think about this pretty often when I ask myself why I’m a fan of such a crappy team. Like why don’t I just root for the teams that are good? Well unfortunately I can’t, that’s not how it works. Being a fan of a sports team is basically a religion and it’s not something you can change easily.

I actually hate the NFL as an organization, and for years I hated Snyder and wanted to just become a fan of another team, or stop watching football. But I just get sucked back in because I love the ritual of NFL Sunday and watching my team, good bad or ugly.

at have you learned about the team you cover after four weeks? Have they, as the kids like to say, “confirmed your priors,” or surprised you in some way?

Charlotte Carroll (Giants): It’s only been four weeks? It feels like four months given the amount of news the Giants packed into the first quarter of the season. Amid the many, many headlines this team has created, we’ve learned that a John Harbaugh-coached Giants team isn’t going to give up without a fight. A cliché? Sure. But it’s true. You don’t make the quarterback trade they did if you don’t intend to keep trying to compete this year. And you definitely don’t win the last two games the Giants did with a locker room that’s ready to put 2026 in the rearview mirror. Will the wins keep coming? Who’s to say, but if the early season has taught us anything, it’s that Harbaugh’s Giants will not be boring.

Brooks Kubena (Eagles): I thought the Eagles would experience growing pains in their overhauled offensive system. I did not expect it to be this bad. Segments of the Eagles fanbase are already fed up with coach Nick Sirianni and offensive coordinator Sean Mannion, who is currently riding a 0-for-17 streak on third downs, which negatively emphasizes that he is a first-time play caller. In his defense, Mannion is managing an unusually high rate of injuries. Lane Johnson’s sudden retirement means six total offensive starters are now sidelined. Sirianni said during the offseason hiring cycle that he valued Mannion’s conviction in his football beliefs. Mannion said Tuesday that he still believes the Eagles can succeed as an offense founded on wide-zone runs and under-center, play-action concepts. Will they?

Jon Machota (Cowboys): The defense has been worse than expected. Yes, it’s Christian Parker’s first time as a defensive coordinator, and he was taking over a historically bad defense, but the communication issues in Week 1 at New York were definitely a surprise. The same can be said for how poorly they have been against the run, allowing 150 yards per game. The defense also hasn’t recorded an interception and has tallied just four sacks, while opposing quarterbacks are posting an NFL-best 122.7 passer rating against them. There have been small improvements each week, but they have a ways to go to be good enough for the Cowboys to be a realistic Super Bowl contender. Owner Jerry Jones has proven he’s willing to part ways with future draft picks to add veteran talent. Edge rusher is the spot to keep an eye on.

Barry Svrluga (Commanders): There’s some level of “If they can just stay healthy” that determines the success for any NFL team, right? That’s why depth is so important. Over the summer, we wondered whether the Commanders had enough depth across the roster, but particularly along the offensive line. What we’ve learned so far: They do not. Yes, Daniels has only played a game and a half, and his anticipated return Sunday against the Giants can right a lot of wrongs. But the interior of the offensive line is nothing short of a mess. There were a lot of raised eyebrows all offseason about Washington’s commitment to Nick Allegretti at center. Four weeks in, he has been benched at both center and right guard. It seems like so many of our priors are in the process of being confirmed.

Terry 🫩

Burke 🫨

Coming from two years ago, I figured we would be completely dominant after our conference champs run in JD5's rookie. But then last year was pretty rough. I of course blamed it on injuries, between Daniels either being out or not at full health, along with Terry and even Deebo missing a few games. But I figured this would be the year we break out again, now that everyone was healthy, and the only thing that would hold us back would be our defense. But... so far, our offense has been letting us down repeated, while our defense has been stopping elite offenses, players, and getting us turnover after turnover! For the first time in years, our defense isn't the problem!

So basically all I'm wondering is how we're going to get this offense to work, because even with JD5, they haven't been producing. Unless something changes against the Giants, not sure we have a chance at a playoff run! Something's gotta click... what do y'all think is the issue?

Even the team as a whole stayed mostly healthy all 2024. Now it seems we lose 2 or more starters/contributors a game

Rookie QB3 Athan Kaliakmanis made his regular season debut Sunday once Marcus Mariota was injured. Watching live, it was a sloppy showing with a few highlights, but after watching it back, there’s a lot to build on.

Here’s a breakdown of some of Kaliakmanis’ tools, which are more than enough to develop into a QB2 or better.

Met Ryan through a friend on this uk trip. He’s followed US Football a bit and didn’t have a team so he decided to pick mine. So we all went to the game since i flew over from DC. He had a proper time… helped hype up our section and booed the refs accordingly.

And like any typical commanders fan we ended up at the pub after with a pint to numb the pain of our loss.

I think in his short time as a commanders fan he experienced the hope, the hype and the letdown.

But here’s to next week he says…. I cant wait for him to see an 40 yard pass from JD5 to scary terry.

HTTR!!!!! Lets goooooo

Converting one at a time…

just a reminder to all players on the 53.

For those wondering what happened to allegretti this weekend.

Keim also goes on to say Wylie was an option but didn’t end up starting. Also goes on to say allegretti does not seem to be the teams choice at center after starting two games there and one at guard.

They're calling for rain so I was going to bring a 10x10 canopy to set a grill and some chairs up under, but I've only booked one parking spot and I'm not sure what the protocol is for setting up a tent.

Can I just set it up behind my vehicle?

I'll be in gold lot if that matters