Bruce Allen was asked to apologize to Redskins fans after Patriots fans took over the stadium
Yikes.
The past 24 have been nothing short of an embarrassment for the Washington Redskins. They dropped to 0-5 on the season — their fourth straight double-digit loss. They fired head coach Jay Gruden early Monday morning. And all this came after New England Patriots fans virtually took over FedExField.
On Monday, team president Bruce Allen was asked to address that scene in Landover, Md., which had Patriots players raving about the “ridiculous” Gillette Stadium-like environment for an away game.
It got to the point where Allen was asked if he had an apology for the Redskins fans who had to witness such a stadium takeover.
Allen, somewhat taken aback by the question, said:
“Well, I appreciate, Tom, I appreciate the fact that the Patriots have a great fanbase. They’ve had tremendous success. Bill Belichick’s probably the best coach in NFL history, so I’m sure many of our fans put their tickets on the second market and made some money on it, selling it to people from the Northeast. All we can do is try to improve our product. These games we weren’t close in. We’ve lost five games, and we didn’t lose ’em in the last second. We lost these games decisively, and we have to change that. And our fans deserve that, and this market deserves that. We’re in the nation’s capital, and it deserves better than that. And we have to get it done.”
A simple “no” would have sufficed, but sure, let’s go with that.