The Redskins are handing out 50,000 rally towels for Saturday’s home preseason opener against the Steelers.
Boy, that’ll really show those Steelers fans who’s home it is. That is, if there aren’t, say, 30,000 Steeler fans in attendance. That’s why one question I have about this is: will there be 50,000 Redskins fans in attendance? It appeared they only had a little more than 50 thousand for the regular-season home game last November.
Of course, that 23-0 loss to Baltimore probably energized the Redskins fan base. Who wouldn’t want to spend a Saturday night watching a repeat performance?
There’s absolutely no doubt that handing out these towels was a response to the embarrasment last November when it appeared the Redskins had handed out simiilar towels against Pittbsburgh. Except that those were the yellow Terrible Towels being waved by seemingly half the stadium. Dan Snyder is a competitive guy; that stung him.
“It’s in good fun,” Redskins coach Jim Zorn said. “[Snyder is] competitive; we’re competitive. I don’t know if there wil be battles over towels, but it will be fun.”
But it won’t be fun for Snyder if there’s a repeat of November, even if it is just a preseason game.
