Perspective: Washington Commanders fans are going hard for their team. Like, showing up to the Commanders’ practice field despite the extreme heat blanketing the region.
training ground for the most dysfunctional team in the NFL transformed into the happiest place in the Washington metro area.In Ashburn, clouds resembling the color of dirty dishwater covered the sun, while the outdoors felt like being stuck under the hood of a car. And yet, they still came out.
Smallwood remembered attending Washington football training camps since the Carlisle, Pa. days, and how then-owner Jack Kent Cooke would step out of his car and take photos with fans. Thursday morning, nostalgia must have swept over Smallwood when he spotted Harris, in a black polo, stop to greet fans on his way to the practice field.
With only assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy standing near the 40-yard line — he’s not exactly a shutdown corner — new starting quarterback Sam Howell connected with McLaurin. Cheers erupted from the bleachers. Someone yelled “Touchdown!” A man in one of the yellow staff shirts proclaimed: “I got you over 1,200 this year!”The energy continued like this throughout the day.
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