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Eh, only you could turn the Redskins drafting a QB into a slutty situation. Roflmbo!
I'm still hoping for Mallet in the 2nd round.
I have a serious question. who was the last franchise QB we had?
sonny?
billy?
sammy?
The temptation is to go back to Sonny. I think that's unfair to Joe Theismann though.I have a serious question. who was the last franchise QB we had?
sonny?
billy?
sammy?
The temptation is to go back to Sonny. I think that's unfair to Joe Theismann though.
Yes he had Riggins. Yes he had the Hogs. And yes he had Gibbs. But I've got a decent memory and some VHS tapes that remind me every time I pop 'em in that that guy was GOOD. And smart, tough and competitive as hell too.
I think the fact he ran his yap too much, and does to this day, has diminished him as a player in a lot of people's eyes.
He wasn't as good as Jurgensen as a passer, no doubt, but then, few have ever been. Joe T was a damn good all around NFL QB though.
You could pin the Franchise QB label on him and sleep at night.
I wasn't trying to compare Rypien to Dilfer, just their situations. Both found themselves in the right situation. Strong running game, airtight defense with a hall of fame pass-catcher(s) to throw too.
rivers wont get a ring..theyre prone to self destruct and it starts from the top.
We agree--no one in their right mind would think that year was anything resembling a major success.Om, I think you addressed it, but I want to emphasize that I don't think anyone "in their right mind" would suggest that Marty's one season was a major success. I think, for me at least, the memories are not of what was, but what could have been had Danny Boy allowed Marty to stay instead of bringing in Steve "Worst Coach in Redskins' History" Spurrier.
You betcha. From Day One it was Oklahoma Drills with 67 year old Bruce Smith ... and so much more. I was there the day he was coaching Darrell Green on proper hand positioning while waiting to field a punt in front of the whole team ... and ran up behind center on a practice PAT, stopping the play, and physically moved the backup center's right ankle three inches to the right before backing off and blowing the restart whistle.There was major rebellion by many of the veterans, I mean look at Deon...he left the second he saw there was a strict disciplinarian coming in. Many of the veterans rebelled at first. (I am using Lavar as my source here since he was outspoken about this years back).
We have different recollections on that. The way I remember it the discussion at the time centered more around how the veterans rallied together against General Schottenheimer, and the resulting turnaroud was attributed as much to them tuning him out and playing for themselves and each other as for their coach or team.Once the vets started to see things could work, Marty's way, they began to buy in and the team got better as the season progressed.
They did win 5 straight after they lost 5 straight.
And they won 5 straight with Tony Banks at the helm!
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