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Winning has a way of proliferating good vibes. The Redskins finally are realizing that. This is what owner Daniel Snyder had in mind when he hired general manager Bruce Allen and coach Mike Shanahan little more than three years ago.

Stephen Bowen received a note from security at the Washington Redskins' team hotel last Sunday morning notifying him that his mother-in-law had died. She had suffered from muscular dystrophy, and her condition had steadily deteriorated.

The text message rolled in on Stephen Bowen's phone Wednesday, words that cut through the gloom of an overcast morning at Redskins Park.