The Pick is In - We're going to the Superbowl!

Day 135:

Okay, okay... Maybe not the Superbowl, but a guy can dream!

As a typical Redskins fan, this is the time of year we get most excited, Conor.  In fact, in the last 21 years our Washington Redskins have won the off-season Superbowl maybe 15 times!  Though they haven't won much else, Son.  When the season starts it's typically a totally different story.   In fact, the Redskins have had almost as many quarterbacks in that time and only been to the playoffs 3 times...

Know how many quarterbacks the Green Bay Packers have had in that time?  2.  And they've actually won 2 REAL Superbowls in the last 20 years!  The Colts?  They've had one quarterback in 15 years and won a Superbowl themselves.  The Patriots?  They've had 1 quarterback in the last 11 years, won 3 Superbowls and competed in 5!

See the trend, Son?  Franchise quarterbacks, though rare, give your team the best chance at being competitive at the highest level season over season... Tonight our Washington Redskins took one giant step toward trying to achieve that very thing.  Tonight the Redskins, with the 2nd overall draft pick in the 2012 draft by way of a trade with the St Louis Rams, selected Robert Griffin III, or "RG3" as he's known now.  Heisman winner, hardcore competitor, and a seemingly great guy with his head screwed on tight.  The kind of character the Redskins haven't seen since Darrell Green - maybe the greatest Redskin of all.

I don't expect miracles, Conor.  But I would like to see your first full NFL season showcase a talented and competitive ball club.  The Washington Redskins went to the Superbowl (the REAL Superbowl) the year I was born, Boy'O.  Granted, they lost that game to who would become the only team to ever go undefeated in the Miami Dolphins of the '72 / '73 season, but at least they were there (and with a great quarterback in Billy Kilmer).  For more than 20 years the Redskins were one of the toughest football clubs in the NFL, and with the most loyal fans in all of football.  For the last 20, not so much.  But you know how it goes, right Boy?  Ebbs and Flows, Son.  Ebbs and Flows.  Perhaps it's about time the Redskins get their flow back.

In other news, in just a few short hours you'll be taking your 1st cross country flight, Son!  We're off to sunny California with Mommy and Mom-Mom to meet friends from Hawaii and maybe make some new friends... And we can't WAIT!

I love you, Son... and oh yeah,
HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!  HAIL VICTORY!  BRAVES ON THE WARPATH! FIGHT FOR OLE DC!!!!

-Dad