The Washington Redskins have not been good in primetime games.
And in Week 3 the Redskins have a chance to change that when the Chicago Bears come to FedEx Field on Monday Night Football.
For Skins fans looking for optimism, there is this: The Redskins are due for a home win on a Monday night.
Why? Because their record in on Monday Night Football has been terrible in recent years: 2-15 since 2008.
"That's a big sample size, that's not like one or two games. That's 17 games, that is a trend. It is not fluky," The Sports Junkies' John Auville said Thursday.
And in recent years it has been especially bad in primetime games at FedEx Field: 3-8 since 2013.
"Man that's atrocious," Jason Bishop said on The Junkies.
The Redskins last got a Monday night win on Oct. 27, 2014, when Colt McCoy led the Skins to an overtime win on the road against the Dallas Cowboys. (For those keeping score, that was the infamous Tony Wyllie "No means no" postgame interview game.) McCoy also started the last time the Redskins played on a Monday, in Dec. 2018, when he sustained a broken leg in a 28-13 loss to the Eagles.
Washington's last Monday night home win came in Week 13 of the 2012 season when rookie Robert Griffin III led the Skins to a 17-16 win over the New York Giants.
Monday, the Redskins will be looking to snap a drought of 2,485 days.
Here is the complete breakdown of the Redskins' last 50 primetime games (those are games on Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday nights) since the 2002 division re-alignment: 16 wins and 34 defeats (.320 winning percentage.)
2002: 7-9 overall record, 1-1 in primetime
Week 2, Monday night home to Philadelphia, 37-7 loss
Week 8, Sunday night home to Indianapolis, 26-21 WIN
2003: 5-11 overall record, 1-2 in primetime
Week 1, Thursday night home to NYJ, 16-13 WIN
Week 12, Sunday night at Miami, 24-23 loss
Week 17, Saturday night home to Philadelphia, 31-7 loss
2004: 6-10 overall record, 0-3 in primetime
Week 3, Monday night home to Dallas, 21-18 loss
Week 5, Sunday night home to Baltimore, 17-10 loss
Week 14, Sunday night home to Philadelphia, 17-14 loss
2005: 10-6 overall record, 2-0 in primetime
Week 2, Monday night at Dallas, 14-13 WIN
Week 9, Sunday night home to Philadelphia, 17-10 WIN
2006: 5-11 overall record, 0-2 in primetime
Week 2, Sunday night at Dallas, 27-10
Week 17, Saturday night home to NYG, 38-24 loss
2007: 9-7 overall record, 4-0 in primetime
Week 2, Monday night at Philadelphia, 20-12 WIN
Week 14, Thursday night home to Chicago, 24-16 WIN
Week 15, Sunday night at NYG, 22-10 WIN
Week 16, Sunday night at Minnesota, 32-21 WIN
2008: 8-8 overall record, 0-4 in primetime
Week 1, Thursday night at NYG, 16-7 loss
Week 9, Monday night home to Pittsburgh, 23-6 loss
Week 11, Sunday night home to Dallas, 14-10 loss
Week 14, Sunday night at Baltimore, 24-10 loss
2009: 4-12 overall record, 0-3 in primetime
Week 7, Monday night home to Philadelphia, 27-17 loss
Week 15, Monday night home to NYG, 45-12 loss
Week 16, Sunday night home to Dallas, 17-0 loss
2010: 6-10 overall record, 1-2 in primetime
Week 1, Sunday night home to Dallas, 13-7 WIN
Week 6, Sunday night home to Indianapolis, 27-24 loss
Week 10, Monday night home to Philadelphia, 59-28 loss
2011: 5-11 overall record, 0-1 in primetime
Week 3, Monday night at Dallas, 18-16 loss
2012: 10-6 overall record, 2-0 in primetime
Week 13, Monday night home to NYG, 17-16 WIN
Week 17, Sunday night home to Dallas, 28-18 WIN
2013: 3-13 overall record, 0-5 in primetime
Week 1, Monday night home to Philadelphia, 33-27 loss
Week 6, Sunday night at Dallas, 31-16 loss
Week 10, Thursday night at Minnesota 34-27 loss
Week 12, Monday night home to San Francisco, 27-6 loss
Week 13, Sunday night home to NYG, 24-17 loss
2014: 4-12 overall record, 1-2 in primetime
Week 4, Thursday night home to NYG, 45-14 loss
Week 5, Monday night home to Seattle 27-17 loss
Week 8, Monday night at Dallas, 20-17 WIN in OT
2015: 9-7 overall record, 1-2 in primetime
Week 3, Thursday night at NYG, 32-21 loss
Week 13, Monday night home Dallas 19-16 loss
Week 16, Saturday night at Philadelphia 38-24 WIN
2016: 8-7-1 overall record, 1-2 in primetime
Week 1, Monday night home to Pittsburgh, 38-16 loss
Week 11, Sunday night home to Green Bay, 42-24 WIN
Week 15, Monday night home to Carolina, 26-15 loss
2017: 7-9 overall record, 2-3 in primetime
Week 3, Sunday night home to Oakland, 27-10 WIN
Week 4, Monday night at Kansas City, 29-20 loss
Week 7, Monday night at Philadelphia 34-24 loss
Week 12, Thursday night home to NYG, 20-10 WIN
Week 13, Thursday night at Dallas, 38-14 loss
2018: 7-9 overall record, 0-2 in primetime
Week 5, Monday night at New Orleans, 43-19 loss
Week 13, Monday night at Philadelphia, 28-13 loss2019: 3-13 overall record, 0-2 in primetime
Week 3, Monday night home to Chicago, 31-15 loss
Week 8, Thursday night at Minnesota, 19-9 loss
We shall see.
Update: It didn't go well.
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