UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT: Washington Commanders key player is set to leave because of.…

On Wednesday, Snyder announced he would consider “potential transactions” regarding his NFL franchise. And while that language should be taken with plenty of grains of salt, it does signal that change is coming in Washington.

Shamelessness is a skill, and Daniel Snyder has it. This is why he still owns the Washington Commanders despite being despised in two states, one federal district, and more than a few owners’ boxes around the NFL. Put yourself in his shoes. When would you get out? During the first ticket scandal? The third ticket scandal? The workplace conduct investigation? The second one? When the stadium started falling part, or when you couldn’t build a new one because politicians found you too toxic to work with? Now, this is a hypothetical scenario: You probably wouldn’t be in this situation. You’d probably let Mike Shanahan do his job, or notice that that Sean McVay fella seems pretty sharp. There are all sorts of skills in the NFL: Joe Burrow’s vision, Josh Allen’s playmaking, Tyreek Hill’s speed. But nothing can beat Snyder’s ability to not feel shame or embarrassment over the past 23 years.

All progress, George Bernard Shaw said, relies on the unreasonable man. And here’s the unreasonable man, persisting in owning a team that any rational person would have explored selling a decade ago, bending and warping the idea of how bad a franchise owner can be in front of our very eyes. We are witnessing history. Stubbornness mixed with cluelessness. If leaving would be the best thing in this century for your organization, you must have made so many mistakes along the way that they almost run together. At some point, it just becomes one big mistake. And that’s a good way to describe the 23 years of Snyder’s ownership.