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Snyder Lights Up Redskins for the 2000 Season
Posted August 21, 2000, 5 p.m. e.s.t.
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has been a busy man during the offseason -- he deserves a cigar. With acquisitions such as Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders, Mark Carrier and Jeff George -- as well as the 2000 draft choices LaVar Arrington and Chris Samuels, taken with the second and third picks, respectively -- the 'Skins are on the verge of gridiron greatness.
As he watches his team at training camp preparing for the wars of the regular season, Snyder lurks on the sidelines, scrutinizing the action while smoking a fine cigar. Snyder, who puffs four to five cigars a day, has been heard around the organization to capriciously say that smoking cigars keeps the bugs away.
Snyder frequently bends the ear of head coach Norv Turner, and you can be certain he's not telling Norv about his favorite cigars (Hoyo de Monterrey Epicures and Partagas Lusitanias -- when he can get hold of a box). But what the NFL's youngest owner (he's only 35) is really waiting for is the cigar he'll smoke after Super Bowl XXXV -- hoping, of course, that his retooled and revamped team will be the ones hoisting the championship trophy in January 2001. Which cigar? He'll smoke whatever's closest to his hand after the Big Game.
Ultimately, anything less than a championship could be construed as a disappointment for the Redskins. As an owner, Snyder has forged a team that's as competitive as he is in the front office. As a fan, the Redskins are the only team he's ever rooted for. Snyder grew up in the Maryland area and went to his first 'Skins game at age seven. Even when he spent time in England, he was known to call friends in the States and ask them to put the telephone receiver by the TV so he could listen to the games. Now, it's the entire organization that listens to him.
--Mark Weissenberger
Click here to see the 2000 NFL Stadium Guide.
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