You too can own a commemorative Wild Card shirt

January 4th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

I’ll own up to an embarrassing bit of trivia: I do, in fact, own a Chicago Bears 2007 NFC Conference Champions shirt. I wanted it at the time, I was excited for it … but now, without that Super Bowl in tow (and let’s just face it, that Super Bowl was never gonna happen), I can barely look at the conference shirt, let alone wear it. It’s been relegated, become one of those long sleeved t-shirts you never wear outside of the house without a different t-shirt above it. It’s a strictly chill-mode t-shirt now. If that.

But the Redskins are taking this sordid phenomenon to new heights. I thought my conference shirt was bad; the Redskins are officially  — get this — selling 2007 Wild Card t-shirts. That’s right: Wild Card. It’s the perfect mix of desperation (as the hat tip-worthy Mr. Irrelevant notes) and the drastic lowering of the bar for NFL success. With the exception of one team, National Football League is already a wide-open crapshoot; any team can make the playoffs with a few breaks here and there. You’re telling me you want to openly celebrate the fact that your team was barely — barely — above mediocre? That you survived the limp-dick NFC on your way to Wild Card glory? That Todd Collins is your one great hope?

Jamie at Mr. I lays down the law: These are not to be purchased. Skins fans, now is the time to prove your mettle. There’s a whole world of things you can buy for $17.99. Buy the first season of “The Office.” Take a friend to see There Will be Blood. Have a nice, well-balanced meal. Just don’t, for the love of God, buy these shirts. You hold humanity in your clammy, bulbous hands, Skins fans. Make the right choice.