Articles written by Barry Svrluga

Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post|Feb 2, 2017

This is a franchise that, in no particular order: chose a guy who couldn’t win at the University of Toledo over a Hall of Famer as its coach, nearly electrocuted that coach at a news conference, suspended another coach for taking a different job in-season, played 19 seasons before hosting a playoff game, played 26 before winning a playoff game, and then reached the Super Bowl only as a means to sharpen the punchlines to an endless jokes steam of jokes. That was all before they reached rock bottom. It’s a franchise that was going to move to Bir...