10 Greatest Redskins You Saw Play
 

With 10 names being added to the Redskins Greatest list, who are the 10 greatest Redskins you ever saw play?

So remember, these are only players that you actually saw playing while they were active NFL players (live or on tv)

So, Mooby you can't pick Sammy Baugh. And, even though I probably saw him, I was too young to remember Ken Houston so I can't pick him.

Here's my 10:

John Riggins
Art Monk
Darrell Green
Jim Lachey
Tony Banks
Clinton Portis
Russ Grimm
Ken Harvey
Dave Butz
Gary Clark

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[quote=SmootSmack;932868]
Here's my 10:

John Riggins
Art Monk
Darrell Green
Jim Lachey
Charles Mann
Clinton Portis
Russ Grimm
Ken Harvey
Dave Butz
Gary Clark[/quote]


GET OUT OF MY HEAD SMOOT! I replaced Ken Harvey and Tony Banks with Manley and Mann.



John Riggins
Art Monk
Darrell Green
Jim Lachey
Charles Mann
Clinton Portis
Russ Grimm
Dexter Manley
Dave Butz
Gary Clark

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I couldn't really think of a 10th....so I threw in John Riggins ;)

Seriously though, narrowing it down to 10 was actually a bit harder than I expected

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[quote=SmootSmack;932871]I couldn't really think of a 10th....so I threw in John Riggins ;)

Seriously though, narrowing it down to 10 was actually a bit harder than I expected[/quote]

The more I think about it, the more I want Charles Mann and Dexter Manley on my list. I would place them over Harvey and Banks for sure.

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Cool idea. Here's my list:

Art Monk
Darrell Green
Charles Mann
Stephen Davis
Champ Bailey
Clinton Portis
London Fletcher
Sean Taylor
Chris Cooley
Marko Mitchell

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Darell Green
Sean Taylor
Dexter Manely
Charles Mann
Gary Clark
London Fletcher
Art Monk
Joe Jacoby
Chris Samuels
Champ Bailey

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Really hard to narrow it down to just 10

Riggins
Monk
Green
Theismann
Grimm
Lachey
Clark
Taylor
Mann
Manley

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Damnit, how'd you know I was going to pick Sammy Baugh? My list is going to be pretty weak now.

Darrell Green
Sean Taylor
Chris Cooley
Chris Samuels
London Fletcher
Lavar Arrington
Champ Bailey
Shawn Springs
Marcus Washington
Santana Moss
Clinton Portis

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[quote=SmootSmack;932868]With 10 names being added to the Redskins Greatest list, who are the 10 greatest Redskins you ever saw play?

So remember, these are only players that you actually saw playing while they were active NFL players (live or on tv)

So, Mooby you can't pick Sammy Baugh. And, even though I probably saw him, I was too young to remember Ken Houston so I can't pick him.

Here's my 10:

John Riggins
Art Monk
Darrell Green
Jim Lachey
Tony Banks
Clinton Portis
Russ Grimm
Ken Harvey
Dave Butz
Gary Clark[/quote]

Tony Banks? what

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Getting down to 10 was tough. Especially for us ancient guys. You really have 3 time frames to choose from - the early Allen era, the Gibbs era and the Snyder era. I could (and did) get 10 from each easily. It's hard to compare in some ways. Ken Houston and Sean Taylor? Kilmer was one of my favorites - still remember seeing him play with blood all over his face and throwing wobbly ducks to C. Taylor. Then the modern era guys - lots of great players Samuels, Taylor, Portis, Fletcher ... Here then is my stab at it. B/c I have so many players to choose from, I added an additional restriction in that they had to be players I saw live (went to my first game in 73 so Jurgenson and Huff are off the list):

Charley Taylor
Ken Houston
Chris Hanburger
J. Riggins
R. Grimm
J. Jacoby
Art Monk
S. Taylor
Chris Samuels
Darrell Green

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Monk
Grimn
Jacoby
D. Green
S. Taylor
Arrington
Samuels
B. Mitchell
Portis
Fletcher

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[quote=Mattyk;932892][B]Really hard to narrow it down to just 10
[/B]
Riggins
Monk
Green
Theismann
Grimm
Lachey
Clark
Taylor
Mann
Manley[/quote]

Yeah that was the intent. Imagine if we hadn't sucked for for most of the past two decades.

it was tough for me to leave out Jacoby, Theismann, Manley, Mann, Marshall, Samuels, Fletcher, Bailey, Marcus Washington, among others

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oh man just remembered Mark Moseley...NFL MVP!!!

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Monk
Taylor
Clark (go JMU!)
Riggo
Dexter
Green
B. Mitch
Jacoby
London
Butz

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Started following the Skins in 1979 (age 10)

Joe Theismann
Charlie Brown
John Riggins
Dave Butz (and his scratched up helmet)
Clinton Portis (who helped me win my first Fantasy Football Championship in 2005)
Mark Rypien
Earnest Byner
Stephen Davis
Darrell Green
Art Monk

OK one quick story..Went with the family to see the Skins in St. Louis when the Cardinals played there for a December game in 1986 I think. Stayed in the same hotel as the Skins. Watched them arrive and come into the hotel that afternoon as a 16-17 year old kid. I thought they were all enormous. Went downstairs that night to play video games in the game room, and Darrell Green and Art Monk both came up one on either side of me and watched me play Mrs. Pacman or something for about a minute or two! Great thrill as a teen age kid to look back now and think that these tow Hall of Famers were watching me play a video game the night before their game. Oh they won the next day...it was freezing!

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Another "Old Guy" list:

Dave Butz
Darrell Green
Russ Grimm
Ken Houston
Joe Jacoby
Sonny Jurgensen
Bobby Mitchell
Art Monk
John Riggins
Charley Taylor

Honorable Mention: Champ Bailey, Larry Brown, Pat Fischer, Gary Clark, Chris Hanburger, Ken Harvey, Len Hauss, Sam Huff, Jim Lachey, Dexter Manley, Wilber Marshall, Mark Moseley, Lemar Parrish, Chris Samuels, Jerry Smith, Sean Taylor, Joe Theismann.

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My top 10-
Monk
Riggins
Clark
Green
Manley
Mann
Harvey
B. Mitchell
Lachey
Bailey

Honorable mention-S. Taylor, Moss, Cooley, Theismann, Rypien, Portis and Fletcher.. And of course, Colt Brennan.

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I'd like to nominate Micheal Westbrook.

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Sonny Jurgenson
John Riggins
Art Monk
Sean Taylor
Chris Samuels
Charles Mann
Jack Pardee
Chris Hanburger
Darrell Green
Ken Houston

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[quote=JoeRedskin;932898]
Charley Taylor
Ken Houston
Chris Hanburger
J. Riggins
R. Grimm
J. Jacoby
Art Monk
S. Taylor
Chris Samuels
Darrell Green[/quote]I'm in the same timeframe as you, started in '72. Here's my list:
Charley Taylor
Ken Houston
J. Riggins
R. Grimm
J. Jacoby
Art Monk
Dave Butz
Dexter Manley
Larry Brown
Darrell Green

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John Riggins
Joe Theismann
Charlie Brown
Art Monk
Gary Clark
Ricky Sanders
Mark Rypien
Darrell Green
Dexter Manly
Charles Mann

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Art Monk
Darrell Green
Gary Clark
Clinton Portis
Charles Mann
Dexter Manley
London Fletcher
Sean Taylor
THE HOGS - all of them
Chip Lohmiller (our last great kicker)

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green, talyor were pretty special.

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I don't get the tony banks!?!?

Brian Mitchell
Darrell green
Champ bailey
Clinton portis
Sean Taylor
Michael Westbrook
London fletcher
Chris Cooley
Marcus Washington
Todd Collins Haha he makes my 10 for the only playoff victory I can remember

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[quote=Pigskins;933127]I don't get the tony banks!?!?

Brian Mitchell
Darrell green
Champ bailey
Clinton portis
Sean Taylor
Michael Westbrook
London fletcher
Chris Cooley
Marcus Washington
[B][U]Todd Collins Haha he makes my 10 for the only playoff victory I can[/U][/B] remember[/quote]

Collins helped get the Shins there but no dice in Seattle. (x2)
Brunnell was QB vs Bucs last playoff victory.

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[quote=CrustyRedskin;933155]Collins helped get the Shins there but no dice in Seattle. (x2)
Brunnell was QB vs Bucs last playoff victory.[/quote]

Wasn't the Bucs that the 'skins lost to in '07 wild card game?

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[quote=skinsguy;933163]Wasn't the Bucs that the 'skins lost to in '07 wild card game?[/quote]

No, lost to Seattle in 2007. Beat Tampa and lost to Seattle in 2005

And y'all gonna act like Tony Banks didn't nearly lead the greatest single season turnaround in Redskins (perhaps NFL) history? Pffft...bunch a haters

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[quote=skinsguy;933163]Wasn't the Bucs that the 'skins lost to in '07 wild card game?[/quote]1999 divisional

dan turk

13-14

haunts me

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Brad Johnson never gets any love.

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[quote=mredskins;933272]Brad Johnson never gets any love.[/quote]

He was awesome in '99. If we only had a defense to go along with that team that year, we could have gone a long way.

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I really want to list the last 10 starting QBs for the Redskins but that might only take us back about 2.5 seasons so I'll list my actual top 10.

Art Monk
Darrell Green
Ken Harvey
Kurt Gouveia
John Riggins
Charles Mann
Mark Moseley
Brian Mitchell
George Starke
Russ Grimm

HAIL!!

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Sonny Jurgensen
Kenny Houston
Charlie Taylor
Larry Brown
Riggo
Monk
Green
Grimm
Joey T.
Jacoby
And many more

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[quote=SmootSmack;933169]No, lost to Seattle in 2007. Beat Tampa and lost to Seattle in 2005

And y'all gonna act like Tony Banks didn't nearly lead the greatest single season turnaround in Redskins (perhaps NFL) history? Pffft...bunch a haters[/quote]

Cant believe you have tony banks on your list as a greatest redskin,is that sarcasm?

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[quote=htownskinfan;933332]Cant believe you have tony banks on your list as a greatest redskin,is that sarcasm?[/quote]

Yes, of course it is. Like I said earlier, hard to narrow it down to just 10 so I just threw him in there

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Monk
Clark
Green
Jacoby
Grimm
Riggins
Wilber Marshall
Manley
Mann
Butz
Samuels
Bailey
Portis
Moss
Sean Taylor
Fletcher

Yeah, that's more than 10. I don't care. I probably missed a few.

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Darrell Green
John Riggins
Art Monk
Joe Jacoby
Champ Bailey
Chris Samuels
Charles Mann
Gary Clark
London Fletcher
Ken Harvey

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Sonny Jurgenson
Russ Grimm
Joe Jacoby
Jim Lachey
John Riggins
Darrel Green
Ken Houston
Dave Butz
Jumpy Geathers (human forklift)
Jack Kent Cooke (NFL created salary cap cause of JKC)
Joe Gibbs

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[QUOTE=Defensewins;933343]Sonny Jurgenson
Russ Grimm
Joe Jacoby
Jim Lachey
John Riggins
Darrel Green
Ken Houston
Dave Butz
Jumpy Geathers (human forklift)
Jack Kent Cooke (NFL created salary cap cause of JKC)
Joe Gibbs[/QUOTE]


Incredible! You saw Jack Kent Cooke and Joe Gibbs play!?!?!

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[quote=SmootSmack;933335]Yes, of course it is. Like I said earlier, hard to narrow it down to just 10 so I just threw him in there[/quote]

lol,ok,good:)

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No way I could get it down to 10,theres probably 10 on the first team I ever watched.I started watching in the Jurgenson Kilmer era.
I remember watching superbowl 7 on a small black n white tv in our flooded out house in manassas va
The flooded house was thanks to hurricane agnes,anyone old enough to remember that?