The Washington Commanders are entering a new era after decades of dysfunction, mediocrity and drama under former owner Dan Snyder. In July of 2023, just before the start of last season, the NFL owners unanimously approved the sale of the Commanders for a record $6.05 billion – with the attached condition of a $60 million fine for Snyder – during a special league meeting in Minneapolis on Thursday. An in-depth investigation into sexual allegations and financial coverups that directly took money from other teams pockets led the other NFL owners to vote and Snyder was forced to sell the team.…
Author: Sean Labar
Sean Labar
Sean Labar is a sports writer who has covered the NFL and college football for 12+ years. Since graduating from Towson University with a degree in journalism, he has worked & written for the Washington Nationals, Sports Illustrated, On3, Saturday Down South and OutKick amongst other national media outlets and websites. Sean joined Gridiron Heroics in 2023 to focus on NFL and college football coverage. He primarily focuses on the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears and Washington Commanders. On the college scene, he covers the Alabama Crimson Tide, Ole Miss Rebels, Colorado Buffaloes, Texas Longhorns and Michigan Wolverines. Sean currently resides in Virginia with his two rescue pups, Wally & Reagan.
The Washington Commanders are heading into 2024 hoping to start a new era of the franchise after more than two decades of bad personnel decisions, poor treatment of the fans, a toxic workplace for anyone that worked for them team and an overall damaged culture Dan Snyder created and continued since buying the team in 1999. Before the then Redskins were sold to Snyder, they were viewed as one of the most prestigious franchises in all of sports. With Joe Gibbs as head coach and under owner Jack Kent Cooke, Washington won three Super Bowls from 1982 to 1991 and…
The Pittsburgh Steelers are desperately trying to find the spark on offense that has been missing from the franchise since the days of Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown. So this offseason, the organization went out and added two starting level quarterbacks with the acquisitions of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. Neither QB has impressed in limited regular season action, but the Steelers brass is hoping the addition of OC Arthur Smith will help propel an offense that was stagnant the last few seasons under former OC Matt Canada. While the Pittsburgh Steelers were attached to trade talks involving Brandon Aiyuk,…
Chicago Bears rookie Caleb Williams dazzled fans with multiple big plays in preseason game two
The Dallas Cowboys are getting closer and closer to the start of the regular season and there are still so many questions about the roster heading into 2024. While Dak Prescott has been present at practices this offseason and throughout training camp despite playing the final year of his current contract, there are still huge questions about CeeDee Lamb and why the organization has yet to ink their star wide receiver to a long-term extension. Many believe this could be the final season the Cowboys could make a legitimate run at a Super Bowl with the current roster in place.…
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones attempted to clarify his recent comments about CeeDee Lamb’s contract but he may have made things worse
The Baltimore Ravens have always been known as a defensive juggernaut and in the first round of April’s NFL Draft, they added another playmaker by selecting CB Nate Wiggins out of Clemson with the 30th overall pick. Wiggins plans to be a featured part of possibly the league’s best secondary alongside veteran mentor Marlon Humphrey and the NFL’s top safety duo of Marcus Williams and All-Pro Kyle Hamilton. Wiggins was ready to make his Ravens debut against the Philadelphia Eagles in the preseason. It took Wiggins all of one day to show the rest of the football world he can…
The Michigan Wolverines are entering the 2024 season coming off a national championship campaign. But heading into the new season, the Wolverines are looking much different. Former head coach Jim Harbaugh decided to take his talents to the NFL and take over as the Chargers’ head coach. Now the keys have been turned over to Sherrone Moore, who served as the offensive coordinator under Harbaugh, While Harbaugh leaving will be hard enough to overcome in a season where Ohio State looks like they have one of the best rosters in the NFL, Moore and the Michigan Wolverines are entering 2024…
The Dallas Cowboys are in a pivotal place when it comes to their immediate future. Instead of extending Dak Prescott and freeing up salary cap space to add talent that would help them make a run at a Super Bowl in 2024, they are allowing their franchise QB to play through the end of his contract. Now, with far less talent —due to players who have left during free agency — Prescott is expected to somehow win this season without the same level of talent he had last season. Either way, there’s a strong chance he walks and joins another…
The Kansas City Chiefs are attempting to pull off an almost impossible feat by winning three Super Bowls in a row. Heading into a season with so much on the line, the organization would ideally like to avoid as many distractions as possible heading into 2024, but the opposite has been true. The Chiefs have dominated headlines this offseason —but the storylines haven’t been about football — and there seems to be one controversy after the next with the Super Bowl champs. For the last two months, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been in the news and…