Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:15 pm EST
Washington
Redskins owner Dan Snyder takes a lot of heat from a lot of people these days,
but his harshest critic might be John Riggins, a beloved former Redskins running
back. These days, Riggins is a D.C. sports media personality, and he
doesn't hold back on the topic of Snyder.
It's like Riggo saw this video of Daniel Snyder being just a tiny bit relatable, sensed that a few people didn't hate Snyder as much as they did before, and immediately wanted to rectify that. Riggins was on Showtime's "Inside the NFL" on Wednesday night and unleashed his coldest words yet. Here are some of Riggo's words, via Dan Steinberg at the Washington Post:
"...This is a bad guy that owns this team. I'll just tell you that upfront. Bad guy. And if the Commissioner is worried about potential new owners and saying some of these guys shouldn't apply, he might want to police his own inside guys..."
Cris Collinsworth tried to maybe easy Riggins in the direction of saying that Snyder is a bad GM instead of a bad person, but Riggins made it clear what he meant.
"Let me put it to you this way, Cris, this person's heart is dark."
His heart is dark. Not a lot of gray area there. It would be hard to say something worse about a person than, "His heart is dark."
To me, that means that this is a person trying to do evil. This is a person who wants to, or doesn't care about, hurting other people.. He's not misguided, he's not trying to do the right thing and failing, it's not his fault because his daddy didn't hug him enough as a child ... he's just a bad person who seeks to spread misery. His heart pumps not with warm, life-giving human blood, but a frigid, black bile that fuels his foul existence.
Is that about what you're saying, Riggo? Because that's how I interpret it, and it's a little messed up, my man.
After the relative peace of a bye week, the Redskins return on Sunday to play the Falcons in Atlanta.
Shutdown Corner is an NFL blog edited by Matthew J. Darnell. Email him, and follow him on Twitter.

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--Dan Snyder as the Emperor from Star Wars
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Back to football, the Raiders are another crappy team that has lost its edge and what made them special. Grandpa Al Davis needs to retire. And whoever the hell keep hiring Mangini for head coach should be fired automatically.
Jerry Jones is okay - at least sane and competent. He is the football version of the Yankees or the Lakers. Buy up superstars and expect a title.
There are a lot of teams that struggle but show signs of potential, yet a few have to blame their owners for the mess they are in. Snyder could be better if he hadn't made a scapegoat out of Zorn and run his stadiums like a totalitarian idiot not allowing specific signs to be displayed. Not everyone can be as good as a young Al Davis or J. Jones.
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Clinton's not that dumb.
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MJD, you are incompetent. You barely speak the English language, and you're too lazy to proofread your own blogs. Get off Yahoo. No way this garbage should be featured on Yahoo's main NFL page, or even allowed on the site.
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Truth is - Snyder love the Redskins to a fault - throws money after money after money - this isn't a computer facility, and money won't buy you love... Riggo, needing somewhere to live and someone to buy his next bottle of Jack Daniel's, jumps on the highway to hell and spits on everyone in the parade...
and who give's a S*@T?? only those in DC... watching the only team they could ever hope to win, go down the drain like the Terps, Hoyas, Capitals, Wizards...etc..etc..etc..etc.... welcome to Cleveland with a White House....
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