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Redskins' Homecoming offers sad look into eroding franchise
Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

The Washington Redskins welcomed the San Francisco 49ers to FedEx Field on a rain-soaked, dreary Sunday for their annual homecoming game.

The optics heading into the stadium were... sad.


This will undoubtedly end up being the lowest attended game I've been to at FedEx Field NON December in the snow. Will it surpass the Chiefs game in 2013? Tune in to find out! https://t.co/zZNSg4HZ5m pic.twitter.com/pFyflAqboE

— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) October 20, 2019

I walk by this tailgate every week. Normally 15-20 people. Today it was just one man enjoying his music and food. "Everybody else bailed on me."God bless this guy and the several thousand Redskins fans who are at today's game to watch their 1-5 team play in the rain. pic.twitter.com/9UZZepOymL

— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) October 20, 2019

There was perhaps no greater sign of the times for the 1-5 Redskins than this fact: The Redskins mixed up their own championship years, on their own game tickets.

Doug Williams won Super Bowl XXII in Jan. 1988, the 1987 Redskins season; Joe Theismann won Super Bowl XVII in Jan. 1983, the 1982 Redskins season.

On Sunday's game tickets, you'll notice the year 1982 ascribed to Williams, and the year 1987 ascribed to Theismann – the inverse of reality.

The Redskins are a bit fuzzy on their championship history. Flipped Theismann and Williams Super Bowl years on their own game tickets. pic.twitter.com/ufyzRWkqG4

— Chris Lingebach (@ChrisLingebach) October 20, 2019

The pre-game homecoming celebration, meant to celebrate the team's rich history, wasn't exactly a rousing display, either.

It's homecoming and the parade must go on. pic.twitter.com/FJK8yjDedT

— michael phillips (@michaelpRTD) October 20, 2019

Homecoming festivities underway here at FedEx... pic.twitter.com/8UxWueTBoP

— Chris Lingebach (@ChrisLingebach) October 20, 2019

The lower level eventually filled in nicely by game time, in time to see the Redskins spring out of the gate with a 65-yard opening drive – along which Adrian Peterson rushed for 49 yards on eight carries – only to stall out at the 49ers' 21-yard line, followed by a 39-yard Dustin Hopkins missed field goal.

The Redskins are also inducting former tackle Chris Samuels into the Ring of Fame at halftime.

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