Report: Daniel Snyder has resumed his day-to-day role with Commanders

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Earlier this week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder continues to not be involved with day-to-day operations of the team. The Washington Times has since offered up a report to the contrary.

According to Matthew Paras of the Times, and this is the exact quote, “According to a highly-placed source familiar with the team’s situation, has resumed his day-to-day role with the Commanders.”

That’s a bold claim. It’s a broad claim. And there’s more.

The source told the Times that “Snyder has no restrictions on what he can and can’t do in overseeing the franchise.” For example, the source says Snyder was “heavily involved” in the discussions that culminated in the trade for quarterback Carson Wentz.

It’s a stunning allegation. And it remains to be seen whether it’s accurate and, if so, whether the league will be doing anything about it.

Stay tuned.

62 responses to “Report: Daniel Snyder has resumed his day-to-day role with Commanders

  1. This is a situation wherein this particular owner needs to be forced out and the NFL needs to auction off this franchise to the highest bidder!

  2. Goodell’s “punishment” of Snyder has been a complete joke. They put his wife out there as a figurehead, but nothing changed. Snyder is still in charge.

  3. Snyder must have dirty pictures of Roger. No other way to explain it. Unreal.

  4. “For example, the source says Snyder was “heavily involved” in the discussions that culminated in the trade for quarterback Carson Wentz.”
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    So that explains how Indy was able to get a second and third round pick (and maybe a third next year) for a QB that may have wound up cutting. Owners trying to be GMs. Will they ever learn.

  5. This isn’t even funny anymore. This is infuriating. This is worse than any other political stunt the league has tried to side with. The fact that they’re not taking action shows how corrupt and the lack of morals Goodell and the league are. This debacle should hurt viewership more than anything else in the past 10 years. This should bother all NFL fans and not just Commander fans. Goodell is the worst!

  6. Speaking for the rest of the NFL East, we fully support Danny Snyder resuming his day-to-day control over the football team.

  7. I can’t be the only person in the world that never believed he had stopped running the team in the first place. Why would he? There are a 1,000 ways to communicate covertly in a way that would be virtually untraceable. And it probably wasn’t even necessary to be that stealthy. You think the NFL did any sort of due diligence to make sure he wasn’t?

  8. Listen closely and you’ll hear thundering applause from the rest of the NFC East.

  9. The previous Carolina Panthers owner was forced to sell his team for doing much less. Wow, Snyder really is the teflon don of the NFL.

  10. Most of the grousing is good old fashioned envy. If you don’t like the way the team is run– buy the team from him.

  11. Goodell: “Dan, I need you to promise me you’re not at all involved in the day to day activities of the team. That way, when I’m asked, I can tell the “truth” as far as I know it.”

    Dan: “I am not involved in the day to day activities of the franchise”

    Goodell: “Perfect, that’s all I need. Don’t say anything more.”

  12. Goodell: “Dan, I need you to promise me you’re not at all involved in the day to day activities of the team. That way, when I’m asked, I can tell the “truth” as far as I know it.”

    Dan: “I am not involved in the day to day activities of the franchise”

    Goodell: “Perfect, that’s all I need. Don’t say anything more.”

    Dan: “….”

  13. Surprise, surprise! Goodell only has teeth when it comes to player discipline. What a joke

  14. cardsgreat says:
    April 1, 2022 at 1:10 pm
    Most of the grousing is good old fashioned envy. If you don’t like the way the team is run– buy the team from him. —— Snyder has to be willing to sell. Thus far, he’s been clear that he’s not selling. So maybe not envy.

  15. Fans can now expect a continued slew of bad decisions and continued mediocrity on the field.

  16. Is there a way to make the team truly public and the fans can actually buy stock in the football company… Become shareholders and truly have a voice when it comes to certain decisions, I.e.: team name, logos, events etc… fans just want a team to believe in… the truth is we’ve all become bitter

  17. evhfan316 says:
    April 1, 2022 at 1:21 pm
    Who is worse Snyder or Goodell?

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    I would add Jerry Jones to that list as well.

  18. Dan should be running the team, it’s HIS team. Iv not seen anything he’s done that would warrant all this baloney.

  19. Congrats Dan – not sure what he ever did wrong in the first place. Just some people trying to run him out.

  20. Arrest, try and convict lawbreaking oligarchs, including Roger Goodell.

    I am sorry, but all these “coincidences” since Goodell took over are not coincidences.

  21. I am a life long Washington fan and I think this is terrible. It’s fine for owners to be kicked out of the league for racism but multiple offenses of sexual misconduct is fine? In what world does that make sense? Clearly there’s something more going on if they don’t want the gov involved.

  22. Just in time to shred and burn all the incriminating financial evidence Congress wants to look into. Brilliant! You can’t make this up.

  23. I have to ask, Why is Congress involved ?
    I’m not a fan of Daniel Snyder. I think he does a poor job of running his business. This seems political. Who’s bidding is Congress doing ? When a former shareholder/partner questions the accounting practices of a company they were part owner of, they get an auditor and a lawyer. There is no way Congress should be involved and it would be interesting to find out how and why they got involved.

  24. So what I’m hearing is an owner that was never publicly suspended, or personally fined, was never publicly suspended or personally fined. It seems there was a wink/nod and it wasn’t upheld on one end and now the shield is getting angry.

  25. He was front and center when they unveiled the new team name. So this shouldnt be shocking to anyone.

  26. The only 2 things Snyder did wrong that I cared about were changing the name and framing Gruden. As long as he kept the original name I did not care what else he did.

  27. Synder won’t be forced out until the Broncos are sold. If you have two teams for sale at the same time it will drive down the price for both teams. He’ll be gone 12 to 18 months after the sale closes in Denver.

  28. To those that say Snyder should be forced out. The team owners are a small group of elites. Snyder must have leverage (intel) on others. They operate in very different circles.

    Jon Gruden emails was a warning shot.

  29. This is an absolute farce, and the only explanation I can think of is that Snyder has serious dirt on the league/owners and threatened to blab if he was forced to sell.

  30. Goodell will no doubt claim circumstances have changed since his prior statement that Snyder required league approval to return, so they now approve. Snyder knows he can and will continue to go unrestricted by the League. Knowing this, why would he ever change?

    Although I think it’s a fair bet the other owners want him to remain in charge, and not because of any incriminating emails.

  31. Snyder has LOTS of leverage. The leak of the Gruden emails was just the tip of the iceberg. In terms of world diplomacy, what Snyder has with the NFL is “mutually assured destruction”; which is what the Soviets and the US had for a long long time (and still have). Nothing will change

  32. Did you really think that his wife was running everything? What a joke. Goodell knows whats going on.

  33. tapper0510 says:
    April 1, 2022 at 2:40 pm
    Synder won’t be forced out until the Broncos are sold. If you have two teams for sale at the same time it will drive down the price for both teams. He’ll be gone 12 to 18 months after the sale closes in Denver.

    124Rate This

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    Umm, no it won’t.

  34. crazyhank says:
    April 1, 2022 at 4:42 pm
    It was easy to tell he was still running things, the team still sucks

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    …it’s the off-season… and they’ve objectively improved…

    Wow haters are desperate.

  35. “Stunning”?
    Not quite.
    What’s stunning is the # of people who believe the NFL’s disciplining of Snyder was anything more than PR window-dressing from the start.

  36. Ha, ha, ha ha. I’m so sorry I’m late to this discussion. My first thought is clear and that is that if you want to let them man head to the chopping block and the exit you first put him back in the spotlight and this does that. It’s beyond laughable. But it’s also a step towards the trap door ahead. So sure Dan you want the wheel of the ship? Have at it. Btw as Captain the next ripple and you’re out including the ripples of the past. So this is laugh out loud comical. It is also I think a step towards the door for Mr Snyder even if he doesn’t realize that. IMO

  37. Someone buy this guy out, please.
    I got $20 in my pocket, Danny. You can have it, right now, if you just walk away.

  38. You guys act so surprised in the media by this… he was involved in the naming of the team, he’s been in constant communication with Ron Rivera (per Ron Rivera), and he’s named as a committee member in multiple NFL committees… the franchise has been a mess since he took over (life long redskins fan here from well before he purchased the team), the majority in MD, DC, VA don’t want to give this guy a dime to build a stadium, and I haven’t even gotten to the workplace misconduct stuff, Nevermind when he sued his own 80+ year old fan into bankruptcy. The NFL (aka self proclaimed smart business men) are idiots for letting “satans little helper” into the NFL.

  39. After all the doomsayers and xey babies get their look at me comment in…let’s look at this with some common sense.
    In a major move for a team someone owns, it’s a non shocker he/she would be involved. Let me say this before someone gets it wrong…I do not support Snyder whatsoever and would love to see a new owner.
    What I am saying is he bought and paid for this team, in today’s let’s cancel anyone and slap my name on it so I can brag…common sense is lacking.
    Do I think he should be back? Idk, none of us ha the true facts. The only thing we ALL have is rumors and opinionated reports from the media whom job it is to get paid.
    Before someone out there pops a blood vessel over news that may ir may not be true or in full…let us wait and see the truth.
    The only fact I can truly say is that a majority of fans want Snyder gone.

  40. One thing that needs to happen: The Congressional committee that is investigating the sexual and financial abuse charges against Snyder should subpoena the NFL to release the results of the so-called Wilkinson investigation. The only way we can actually get rid of Snyder is if he is actually charged with a crime.

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