Redskins Top Plays of 2005...Rank All-Time??
 

So the Redskins just did the list on redskins.com of the top plays of the 2005 season.

Obviously the top play was the Brunell to Moss pass #2 at Dallas, but really the top 4-5 plays could have been the top four or five plays of the past 15 years and maybe even more.

My question is where does the Brunell to Moss play rank in the Redskins all time top plays and what would you put in front of it, and were any of the other top plays from redskins.com worthy or being discussed as some of the top plays in Redskins history?

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My personal favorite is Darrell Green chasing down Dorsett.
Close second is the punt return for TD against chicago in the 88 playoffs.

The Brunell to moss play has to be up there. Monday night against the Cowboys on the night they put the "Big 3" in the ring of honor. Nothing is better than that!

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I think the Darryl Grant TD vs. Dallas in January, 1983 is my #1. 70 Chip a week later vs. Miami is #2. I think Brunell to Moss is definitely top 10 all time.
One play I thought should have been in this year's top ten but wasn't was Lamar Marshall's int. vs. Philly--a great athletic play by him that was absolutely critical to us winning that game and thus making the playoffs.

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what about riggins 4th and 1 run gainst miami... thats my number one

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[quote=NicknacK89]what about riggins 4th and 1 run gainst miami... thats my number one[/quote]=70 Chip

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I'd really have to give it some thought, but Brunell to Moss I and II are definitely up there when you talk about the most memorable plays in team history. In fact that win over Dallas to me was one of the most memorable wins I've ever witnessed. Truly one for the ages.

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For sure they are in the top 10 of the last 10 years or so. But I think they don't carry as much weight because the game was not not terribly meaningful like it wasn't a playoff game or a game to clinch a playoff spot. But they def. are high on the list

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Given the painful history between us and them, the score at the time of the first Redskins TD, the incredible feeling when the second Redskins TD was scored and the brutal hits from the Redskins D to preserve the win I'd have to say it's the greatest victory (including SB's) I've ever seen.

I love watching the video highlights of the last 3:55 of that game. Beautiful.

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watching those 2 long touchdowns against dallas ALMOST made me forget clint longley on thanksgiving day.top 10 stuff,indeed

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I would say that if you factor in the improbability of the play, those TD passes may collectively be the greatest plays in team history. Although with all the history of the franchise, we should wait some time before dubbing Brunell to Moss as the greatest play in franchise history.

70 Chip is the most easily identifible play with the Redskins, and is no. 1 in my book, at least for right now.

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What about Dexter Manley destroying Danny white in the '82 NFC Championship game? That has to be in the top ten.

#1 70 Chip
#2 Darrell Green punt return TD
#3 "Saunders beats Haynes, 80 yards touchdown, hello sports fans!"
SB XXII The beginning of the Golden Quarter.
#4 Santana Moss beats the Cowboys
#5 Darryl Grant int TD
#6 Ken Houston stops Cowboy Walt Garrison at the goal line.
#7 Kurt Gouveia (the man with every vowel in his last name) picks off
Jim Kelley's first pass in the second half of SB XXVI to essentially
win the game...
#8 Dexter kills Danny White
#9 Bobby Mitchell's "God did that move" against the Browns.
#10 Darrell Green breaks up a pass against Minnesota to put the Skins
in SB XXII
#11 Theismann knocks a 5 yard TD INT out of a Dolphins defenders hand in
SB XVII.


That's my quick list. I Prolly forgot something...

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This is going way back in a loss....but Mike Bass returning Yepremian's blocked field goal/ lame duck pass in Super Bowl VII gave a 11 year old boy hope that the game could be won. It at least kept the Dolphins from having a shutout. A funny play that still brings back fond memories of making it to the big game for the first time.
Mr. Green returning the punt against Chicago was pure magic, especially when you found out he injured himself leaping over a tackler on the way to the end zone. In the replay you see it happen and even when he lets up a bit, still, no one can catch him.

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Thiesmann knocking his deflected pass out of a Dophins defenders hands in the SB is not a flashy play but it was a heads up play that went a long game way to winning the game. The "Golden Quareter" collectivelly is top 10 material, and the Brunnell/Moss play to me is a top 5 play.

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In the last 20 years...
1.Brunell to Moss (both) to win!
2. Sean Taylor fumble recovery for a TD in Tampa
3. Sean Taylor fumble recovery for a TD in Phili
4. Cooley TD against Dallas (all 3)
5. Arrington INT for TD against Weinke/ Carolina.

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[quote=Luxorreb]In the last 20 years...
1.Brunell to Moss (both) to win!
2. Sean Taylor fumble recovery for a TD in Tampa
3. Sean Taylor fumble recovery for a TD in Phili
4. Cooley TD against Dallas (all 3)
5. Arrington INT for TD against Weinke/ Carolina.[/quote]

Those are all like within the last 5-8 yrs...

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I was only 4 or 5 when it happened so I don't personally remember it, but the Darrell Green punt return has to go right up there with 70 Chips and Brunell to Moss # ONE (I'll get back to that in a sec) in my book.

Everytime my dad tells me about Darrell's return, how he was injured and his arm was just sort of limp but he never let up, he practically gets misty-eyed. I've seen the clip a few times but I'd love to see it again if anyone has a link.

I also said the first TD vs Dallas last year because it gave me so much hope. I just remember being so bored and frustrated with that game that i was getting ready to go to bed right before that drive. When Santana made that catch and streaked in for the TD, flipped the ball to the ref, and ran back to the sidelines with the expression that he was just getting started, I had hope again. the big d-bags hadn't done anything since that god-damn flea-flicker and I knew our D would keep it that way. I really think you have to look at the lsat three minutes of that game as it's own entity because ti was so much more than just a single play; of course, the same could be said for just about every memorable play.

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[quote=LBrown43]This is going way back in a loss....but Mike Bass returning Yepremian's blocked field goal/ lame duck pass in Super Bowl VII gave a 11 year old boy hope that the game could be won. It at least kept the Dolphins from having a shutout. A funny play that still brings back fond memories of making it to the big game for the first time.
Mr. Green returning the punt against Chicago was pure magic, especially when you found out he injured himself leaping over a tackler on the way to the end zone. In the replay you see it happen and even when he lets up a bit, still, no one can catch him.[/quote]

if we are going to games lost plays then you gotta remember brian mitchell's kick return for a TD at tampa bay (100 yds). It was a great feeling at the time but we all know what happened after that.

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If we had done well in 2004, Portis' first Redskin carry could have been up there with the all time best. As it is, its merely a significant TD run.

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I am going to say that 70 chip was the best and most significant play in about 20 years. Outside of that the Darrell Green defense against Minnesota and the Green punt return in Chicago have to be right up there with the Golden Qtr and Grant TD against Dallas in 83 NFC Championship in the great RFK....wow, alot of memories in that paragraph!

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[quote=GTripp0012]If we had done well in 2004, Portis' first Redskin carry could have been up there with the all time best. As it is, its merely a significant TD run.[/quote]

I do have to say, that was prbably the most exciting single play I've seen in person. There were so any questions and expectations about Portis and Gibbs' return, and that run just made me feel like everything was gonna be gravy, at least at the time it did.

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[quote=GTripp0012]If we had done well in 2004, Portis' first Redskin carry could have been up there with the all time best. As it is, its merely a significant TD run.[/quote]

With my 11 year old son on my lap, we were very pumped for the season to begin. As the Skins came up for the first play my son said "how great would it be if Clinton ran it for a touchdown his first carry?" And with that the ball was handed off to Portis and he rambled all the way for the TD. A great memory for sure!!

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from Washington Post the season in review 2005. Pretty cool slide show with audio...check it out:
[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2006/01/05/GA2006010501277.html[/url]