Redskins Greatest Draft Picks Round By Round
” Draft me, I’ll take care of this little problem for the next 20 years!”The NFL draft is upon us and the question is whom will the Redskins take in the first round? There is plenty of speculation about that going around. I decided to take a look back and choose my choices for the Redskins best picks, based upon the round they were drafted in. My picks are based from the 1980 draft on, since I’ve only been following football since that time. Also, my picks are based off how the players performed during their time with the Skins. So if they drafted a player that became a star somewhere else, they do not qualify. The Skins have also signed some UFA’s that made a significant contribution during that time and I’ll touch on them at a later date.
Rd 1 1983 Darrell Green CB Texas A&M
Played 20 seasons and 295 games with the Skins. 7 time Pro Bowler was first ballot HOF and one of the best ever at his position. 2 Super Bowl rings.
Honorable mention – Art Monk
Rd2 1999 Jon Jansen RT Michigan
Reliable lineman entering 9th season, started 120+ games
Rd3 1981 Russ Grimm G Pitt
4 Time Pro Bowler, 3 Super Bowl titles, Head Hog for 11 season
Honorable mention – Chris Cooley (could overtake Grimm with a couple more solid seasons,) Charles Mann
Rd4 1996 Steven Davis RB Auburn
Shook off the Michael Westbrook fight to become one of the NFL’s best backs for a brief period. Over 7 seasons he totaled nearly 7,000 yd’s and 48 Td’s.
Rd5 1981 Dexter Manley DE Oklahoma St
9 seasons and 2 Super Bowl wins. 91.5 sacks during that period and he was one of the most dominating defensive players of his era.
Honorable Mention – Brian Mitchell
Rd6 1986 Mark Rypien QB Washington St
1991 NFL & Super Bowl MVP played 6 seasons with the Skins. Threw for 15,000+ yds and totaled 109 TD’s. 2 Time Pro Bowler.
Honorable Mention – Ed Simmons
Rd7 1994 Gus Frerotte QB Tulsa
“In Gus we trust.” Underdog overtook Heath Schuler for starting QB and played 5 seasons for DC. Did make the Pro Bowl in 1996 and threw for nearly 10,000 yds and 51 Td’s.
Honorable Mention – Rock Cartwright (still playing could overtake Frerotte)
Rd8 1986 Kurt Gouveia LB BYU
Amassed 573 tackles with 7 Int’s during his 9 seasons with the Skins. 2 Super Bowl Rings.
Honorable Mention – Barry Wilburn
Rd9 1981 Darryl Grant G Rice
Played in over 140 games spanning 10 seasons. Started 3 Super Bowls, and scored INT return for TD in 1982 NFC Championship vs. Cowboys. Several 100+ tackle seasons.
Rd10 1989 Mark Schlereth G Idaho
“Stinky” played 75 games over 6 seasons winning a title in 1991.
Rd11 1985 Raleigh Mckenzie G Tennessee
Reliable lineman played in 144 games over 10 seasons with Skins, winning 2 titles.
Rd12 1981 Clint Dider WR Portland St
Played 6 seasons and won 2 Super Bowls with the Skins. 129 receptions and 19 Td’s.
Honorable Mention – Keenan Mccardle
Cheers and Hail
Posted by fatpickle Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009
Categories: Fatpickled, Redskins
Tags: draft, list, NFL, washington redskins
Note To The O’s, Vote For Pedro
The O’s need to sign Pedro Martinez and they need to do it soon. The Orioles are batting .290 as a team and scoring over 6 runs a game. This kind of offensive production should be enough to win a lot of games and compete in the AL East. Unfortunately, the O’s have assembled what might be one of the worst pitching staffs ever. The 3,4, and 5 starters are horrible (and the 3rd starter is on the DL.) The middle relievers have struggled and a couple of them, Bass and Liz, have proven that they are not major league pitchers. The back end of the bullpen has also struggled. Ray appears that he is not fully recovered, or not comfortable yet, from shoulder surgery. Sherrill has been shaky at best.
We can only assume that the offense will continue this kind of production (Jones is blossoming into a star) or even get better with the addition of Weiters sometime soon. So why not compete now? Why wait till 2010?
Reportedly, Martinez can be had for a 1 year $5 million dollar deal. That’s certainly not going to break the bank and the one year deal does nothing to mortgage your future. I know Martinez is on the decline and his health is a major risk. But you can’t tell me he’s not better than Hendrickson or Eaton. How is Adam freakin Eaton even on this squad? They couldn’t talk Steve Trachsel into returning? Sign Martinez, and bring up Tillman, Bergesen, and Patton to fill some of the holes. The O’s are 4-0 when Guthrie or Uehara start, after that you get 19 runs in a single game put up on you.
Cheers and Hail
Posted by fatpickle Date: Friday, April 17, 2009
Categories: Fatpickled, Orioles
Tags: MLB, O's, pedro martinez
Dan and Vinny Are Giving JC The Dirty Sanchez
I’d like to squash that half a motherf&%ker!It’s true…and it’s like Ron Jeremy delivered the dirty sanchez. It’s ridiculous the way the brain trust of the Skins are treating Jason Campbell. Dan and Vinny have gotten around more the past couple of weeks than Paris Hilton does on a Vegas trip.
A quick recap of the “relationship” that JC is in:
With only one year left on his original contract, the Skins let him know that they will not be offering him a new deal before the season. This is the equivalent of your girlfriend telling you to not buy those airline tickets for both of you to fly to your hometown for Christmas…let’s wait and see what happens.
After denying that they have any interest at all in Jay Cutler, they tried to trade JC plus a couple #1′s for him. This is the equivalent of your girlfriend denying she’s seeing anyone else. Meanwhile, she’s texting some “party dude” for a late night booty call. After random dude bangs her out, she comes back apologizing to you.
Dan and Vinny then meet with JC to clear the air, said meeting provides the “we’re cool” media responses. Meanwhile, Byron Leftwich is at Redskins Park for a workout. This is the equivalent of your girlfriend saying everything is fine, and you say “no, somethings wrong?” And it goes back and forth with her saying nothings wrong and you just want the bitch to say YES, THIS WHOLE RELATIONSHIP IS FUCKED. But she doesn’t, even though she’s getting ready to bang out some old bastard.
Now word is that the front office is “smitten” with Mark Sanchez, but of course they deny everything. This is the equivalent of your girlfriend running away with the pool boy who looks like A-Rod. Your thinking WTF? I give up.
JC keeps giving all the right answers and saying all the right things. He’s got that same calm, cool look that he has in games. At some point he’s got to crack. I hope it’s behind closed doors and he gives Dan and Vinny a verbal ass whooping. JC deserves another season in Zorns offense. He’s improved every year, there’s no reason to believe that he won’t this year. My fear is that they are going to trade him on draft day for a 3rd or 4th round pick. I hope I’m wrong.
Cheers and Hail
Posted by fatpickle Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Categories: Fatpickled, Redskins
Tags: jason campbell, NFL, snyder, vinny, washington redskins
2009 Redskins Schedule…by Jerry Jones
“Yes Dan, you’ll love your seats at the new stadium, you did sign your PSL..right?”For the 2nd consecutive season the Redskins schedule appears to have been written by Jerry Jones. While I’ll admit it’s not quite as bad as last season, the Skins start again @NY, and face back to back weeks of @Dallas, @Philly(I feel like I’m replying on twitter.)The beginning of the schedule does have some weaker opponents that could set the stage for another 6-2 high hopes for playoffs deal. But the last 3 games are brutal, NYG, DAL, @SD. Since the schedule is out, I might as well give my first W-L prediction of the year.
Week 1 @NYG Loss
Week 2 STL Win
Week 3 @DET Win
Week 4 TAM Win
Week 5 @CAR Loss
Week 6 KCC Win
Week 7 PHI Win
Week 8 BYE
Week 9 @ATL Win
Week 10 DEN Win
Week 11 @DAL Loss
Week 12 @PHI Win
Week 13 NO Win
Week 14 @OAK Win
Week 15 NYG Loss
Week 16 DAL Win
Week 17 SDC Loss
There you have it 10-6 and in the Playoffs. We’ll see if they are Miami bound from there.
Cheers and Hail
Posted by fatpickle Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Categories: Fatpickled, Redskins
Tags: NFL, washington redskins
Hot Chick Tournament: And Then There Was 2
Is it me or has this tournament lasted way too long? Some of these chicks have gotten hotter and some not so hot, it’s taken so long. Anyway, we are finally here at the final. In two very, very close picks, Alba edged Cuthbert, and Hough knocked off Fox. So here’s your final choices…and don’t blame me, I would have been happy with Audrina.
Jessica Alba
VS.
Julianne Hough
Cheers and Hail
Great Names For DC Area Sports Blogs
When I named my blog I put about 15 seconds of thought into it. Lets see, I’ll take my username and add a D, yep that works. I didn’t come up with that catchy blog name that incorporates humor with an athlete. Well, here’s a few that have come to mind from the beltway sports area. Do you have ideas for others? Let me know in the comments section. I also might have a few ideas coming soon about teams and players that I dislike, stay tuned…
Jacoby’s TheaterVision
Gary’s Pit Stains
There’s An Arenas Between Us
The Skin’s Traded A 2nd Round Pick For This Blog
Alomar Spits Brady Swallows
Bend Yoder And I’ll Show You
Cooley’s Playbook
Alonzo Mourning Wood
Cheers and Hail
Posted by fatpickle Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009
Categories: Fatpickled
Tags: blog names, O's, Terps, washington redskins
