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The Commanders deck tracks franchise moments from its earliest years under other names, each with a short description, and you put them in order by year. One card is already down with its year showing. Slot each new card into a gap. Pick right and you see the year; pick wrong and the card moves to its real place while you lose one of your three lives.

Name changes, city moves and ownership changes give this deck its frame, and they're worth placing first. The franchise has had more than one golden era, with title wins and lopsided defeats that are easy to confuse. Coaching hires are a recurring trap, especially when a famous coach shows up more than once. Read the descriptions for the opponent and the stadium.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 28 of the 30 cards you might be dealt, with 2 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Franchise founded as the Boston Braves George Preston Marshall's new NFL team shared a name and a ballpark with a baseball club.
Renamed the Redskins The team took a new name upon moving from Braves Field to Fenway Park, still years away from leaving Boston.
Moved to Washington and won the title In its first D.C. season, the team rode rookie sensation Sammy Baugh to a championship win over the Bears.
Lost the NFL Championship Game 73-0 The Bears handed Washington the most lopsided defeat in league history, popularizing the T formation.
Avenged the rout with a championship Washington upset the previously unbeaten Bears 14-6, two years after the most famous blowout ever.
Lost a title game by a single point A Sammy Baugh pass from his own end zone struck the goalpost for a safety, the margin in a 15-14 loss to Cleveland that prompted a rule change.
Opened D.C. Stadium The team moved into a new home on the Anacostia River, later renamed for Robert F. Kennedy.
Bobby Mitchell debuted Acquired from Cleveland, the future Hall of Famer became the first Black player to take the field for the NFL's last all-white team.
Hired Vince Lombardi The legendary Packers coach came out of retirement and immediately delivered Washington's first winning season in over a decade.
Hired George Allen The trade-happy new coach assembled the veteran 'Over the Hill Gang' and reached the playoffs at once.
Lost Super Bowl VII Miami completed the NFL's only perfect season 14-7, despite Garo Yepremian's botched pass giving Washington its lone score.
Signed John Riggins The bruising fullback left the Jets as a free agent, bringing his diesel running style to Washington.
Hired Joe Gibbs The 40-year-old Chargers offensive coordinator started 0-5, then became the winningest coach in franchise history.
The Hogs got their nickname Line coach Joe Bugel's training-camp label for his massive offensive linemen became a beloved identity.
Lost Super Bowl XVIII Marcus Allen's cutback run highlighted a 38-9 Raiders rout of the defending champions.
Joe Theismann's career ended A gruesome broken leg on a Monday night sack by Lawrence Taylor finished the quarterback's playing days.
Won Super Bowl XXII Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start a Super Bowl, threw four touchdowns in a 35-point second quarter against Denver.
Won Super Bowl XXVI Mark Rypien was MVP of a 37-24 win over Buffalo that capped a dominant 14-2 campaign.
Joe Gibbs retired The coach stepped down with three Super Bowl titles won with three different starting quarterbacks.
Opened a new stadium in Landover The team left RFK for a Maryland venue first named for owner Jack Kent Cooke, later for a shipping company.
Dan Snyder bought the team The 34-year-old marketing executive's roughly $800 million purchase began a turbulent quarter-century of ownership.
Joe Gibbs returned and Sean Taylor arrived The Hall of Fame coach came back after over a decade away, the same spring the hard-hitting Miami safety was drafted fifth overall.
Lost Sean Taylor midseason The All-Pro safety died after being shot during a burglary at his Miami home; teammates honored him by lining up with ten men on defense.
Drafted Robert Griffin III Washington traded a haul of picks to take the Baylor Heisman winner second overall, and he won Offensive Rookie of the Year while claiming the division.
Retired the Redskins name Amid sponsor pressure, the club dropped its 87-year-old name and played as the Washington Football Team.
Became the Commanders After two seasons under a placeholder name, the franchise unveiled its permanent new identity.
Josh Harris's group bought the franchise Dan Snyder sold the team for about $6 billion, then a record price for a sports franchise.
Drafted Jayden Daniels The LSU Heisman winner, taken second overall, won Offensive Rookie of the Year and revived the franchise.