There is perhaps no one person more beloved in the 91-year history of the Washington NFL franchise than Joe Gibbs. Players come and go, so do executives and coaches, but Gibbs transcends every era of Washington football.
Over the past 24 years of Dan Snyder’s ownership, Gibbs would often pop up when Snyder needed him. After miraculously luring Gibbs out of retirement in 2004, where he coached four more seasons, those appearances weren’t as frequent in recent years. But when Gibbs came, Washington made sure the cameras found him.
