
Before the Washington Commanders reached the NFC championship game, before the start of the 2024 NFL season, and even before the team drafted rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, who just might be the savior the franchise had been trying to find for decades, Commanders fans were already celebrating.
The joy stemmed from the team’s sale by former owner Dan Snyder, who in the summer of 2023, ended the most disastrous stretch of ownership the NFL has ever seen, selling the team to a group led by Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris for $6.05 billion.