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"I feel like that we had a chance, and I think a very good chance, to make the playoffs," Gibbs said.
"What's happened to the Redskins the last two years, it's hard for me to understand or explain, that many injuries," Gibbs said Friday. "Who would think that you could get two quarterbacks with broken bones in their legs? I mean that's just... The whole offensive line everything that happened to us there. So I feel bad for Jay (Gruden) and kinda everything that happened."
"But I really felt like they made good decisions last year and I felt like that we were gonna be, for sure, playoff headed," Gibbs said. "It just got taken away from us with injuries."
When asked about the state of Redskins fandom, Gibbs said the fan base will bounce back when the play on the field does.
"What's happened, we've been through a long journey here of not having teams that get deep into the playoffs. And when that happens, I think, fans do get frustrated. And that's anyplace in the NFL," Gibbs said. "And I think all we need to do is get a resurgence here, win some games, get deep into the playoffs."
"Our fan base there, there is no fan base like them. That fan base is awesome," Gibbs said. "That fan base is battle tested. Now, they get frustrated. Any fan base will, but I think all we gotta do is bounce back with a good couple of years here and you'll see that fan base back in the stadium."
"Season tickets, if you can get a chance to get one, get it," he said.
Gibbs had praise for Snyder, who has owned the Redskins since 1999 and brought Gibbs back for a second stint as head coach in 2004, but ruled out ever returning to the Redskins in a football role.
"When I was there, I said to everybody, he did every single thing he could as an owner and when I lost games there, coaching games, it was my fault. Not his. He did everything," Gibbs said.
"He was after it," Gibbs said of Snyder. "He somebody that will spend anything, do anything, support every single thing the Redskins did."
"They'll make a good decision," he said. "If (Smith's) not available, then I think there's gonna be a major decision on what we're gonna do at quarterback."
"I think we got team there," Gibbs said. "It's just things haven't gone our way."
"We had a special service last Friday," Gibbs said. "And most people that watched it... came out of it saying, 'I need to be a better person. And it's life changing.'"