The Daniel Snyder Era by SheahanJ

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Runner(s)-Up:

PeskinK


Quiz Description

To refer to the Washington Redskins under Dan Snyder as a dumpster fire would be grossly unfair-- to dumpster fires, which at least usually burn with efficiency and a sense of purpose. Answer the following questions about the (mis)fortunes since 1999 of Snyder's once-proud NFL franchise.

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Questions:

Identify the author of the slightly-NSFW tweets shown here. In typical Redskins fashion, the team initially announced that these tweets were forgeries, only to admit hours later that they were genuine.

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JESSICA MCCLOUGHAN (wife of Redskins GM Scot McCloughan)

80,116 (1997), 91,704 (2010), 83,000 (2011, estimated), 79,000 (2012, estimated), 73,000 (2015, estimated). What downward-trending statistic is this?

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FEDEX FIELD SEATING CAPACITY

Since assuming control of the team, Daniel Snyder has hired seven head coaches. Of these, which has had the best record, in terms of winning percentage? (Counting only games played under Snyder's ownership).

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MARTY SCHOTTENHEIMER (8-8, .500)

Janoris Jenkins, Michael Brockers, Zac Stacy, Stedman Bailey, Greg Robinson, Alec Ogletree, Rokevious Watkins and Isaiah Pead have never played for the Redskins, but they all share a distinction that is relevant to the subject of this quiz. What is it?

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PLAYERS ACQUIRED WITH DRAFT PICKS TRADED AWAY BY THE REDSKINS IN EXCHANGE FOR ROBERT GRIFFIN III

During his tenure with the Redskins, Steve Spurrier's coaching philosophy largely involved putting the ball in the hands of untalented journeyman quarterbacks who formerly played under Spurrier at the University of Florida. Name either of the ex-Gators who started games at quarterback for the Redskins in 2002.

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DANNY WUERFFEL, SHANE MATTHEWS

In 2009, the Redskins responded to fan discontent by banning what item from FedEx Field, supposedly on the grounds of safety? (The Redskins relied on this safety pretext while simultaneously distributing the same type of supposedly-unsafe item to entering fans as part of a GEICO promotion).

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SIGNS

An early sign that Dan Snyder might not be the best boss to work under occurred in 1999, when he twice deposited giant canisters of melting ice cream in the office of a Redskins assistant coach (to express displeasure with that coach's "vanilla" schemes). Name that coach, who would later go on to serve as head coach for the San Francisco 49ers.

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MIKE NOLAN

In 2009, as part of his efforts to pressure coach Jim Zorn into resigning, Snyder stripped Zorn of his play-calling authority in favor of newly-hired consultant Sherm Lewis, who had been out of football for more than five years. In what non-football-related capacity had Lewis been employed immediately before being brought in by Snyder?

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BINGO CALLER

In this image from 2010, what Redskin is shown taking a mid-play breather (as Michael Vick scrambles and prepares to throw a touchdown pass)?

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ALBERT HAYNESWORTH

In the Dan Snyder era (1999-present), the Redskins' best single-season record has been 10-6 (in 1999, 2005, and 2012). During that same time period, every other NFL franchise except one has enjoyed at least one season of 11 wins. Name the exception, the only team other than the Redskins not to have a single 11-win season in the past 16 seasons.

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CLEVELAND BROWNS

Prior to becoming a spectacularly inept general manager for the Redskins, Vinnie Cerrato was a spectacularly inept action movie star. What 1994 straight-to-video release, a ripoff of an Arnold Schwarzenegger title, provided Cerrato's most well-known acting role?

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KINDERGARTEN NINJA

Proving that he knows about as much about the First Amendment as he does about running a football team, in 2011 Snyder sued what alternative DC weekly newspaper for printing a uncomplimentary (but factual) retrospective of his ownership?

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THE (WASHINGTON) CITY PAPER