Setting the record straight with Charley Casserly

[hands11]

I get so tired of seeing people pin so much blame on Casserly.

It’s a slow next few days so this is as good a time as any to post some information about what he actually did for us.

He was a good professional GM and IMO if we left him in charge we would have been winning more a long time ago.

http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/features_1999/schleiden_111599.asp

[kleese]

Couldn't disagree more. Al Noga, Ethan Horton, Carl Banks, Tim McGee, and Leonard Washington was his first FA class.

He also gave money to BIG busts like Stanley Richard and James Washington.

Heath Shuler and Michael Westbrook also come to mind, not to mention the grand-daddy of them all:

Andre Johnson. Casserly traded UP to the first round (w/ Dallas mind you) to select Johnson who NEVER PLAYED A DOWN IN THE NFL. Yikes!!

He did make a solid pick with Stephen Davis, and Ken harvey was a good addition, but overall, I'd give Cass a "C" at BEST as our GM. WAY too many draft blunders, especially at the top. Let's also not forget hiring Norv, sticking with Norv, and not helping Norv get decent assistants. All mistakes.

Casserly did a GREAT job with the Ricky Williams trade, but I HATED the Brad Johnson trade and still wish we would have kept Trent Green instead.

Below average GM.

[hands11]

Now he is building the Texans. Unlike what happen here after he left, he is building this team at a steady pace.

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/7201732

[Mania]

Couldn't disagree more. Al Noga, Ethan Horton, Carl Banks, Tim McGee, and Leonard Washington was his first FA class.

He also gave money to BIG busts like Stanley Richard and James Washington.

Heath Shuler and Michael Westbrook also come to mind, not to mention the grand-daddy of them all:

Andre Johnson. Casserly traded UP to the first round (w/ Dallas mind you) to select Johnson who NEVER PLAYED A DOWN IN THE NFL. Yikes!!

He did make a solid pick with Stephen Davis, and Ken harvey was a good addition, but overall, I'd give Cass a "C" at BEST as our GM. WAY too many draft blunders, especially at the top. Let's also not forget hiring Norv, sticking with Norv, and not helping Norv get decent assistants. All mistakes.

I agree with everything you say except you can't blame Heath Shuler or Trent Green on Casserly. It was Norv Turner who wanted Heath Shuler, Casserly wanted Trent Dilver. We also wanted to keep Trent Green, but when the original bid for the Redskins went sour (can't remember his name, but Snyder would've been the minority owner). Trent Green didn't want to wait around anymore with all the uncertainty.

Although, I do feel Casserly sucked as a GM and if you remember from the days when he was our GM we all wanted him out of here.

Casserly did a GREAT job with the Ricky Williams trade, but I HATED the Brad Johnson trade and still wish we would have kept Trent Green instead.

Below average GM.

[Jimbo]

Casserly worked hand in hand with Norvous so you can't blame him for every failed pick. As for Trent Green, he left via free agency. He didn't want to be here because the ownership situation was in flux at the time and he wanted to go where he was going to be guaranteed the starting QB spot. He was the Rams' starter until an injury allowed Kurt Warner to show his stuff.

Casserly was responsible for assembling "The Replacements" during the 1987 strike. In case you've forgotton, they were integral in helping us win the division.

Oh, and one last thing, Snyder called Casserly and apologized and told him he made a mistake in letting him go. How often does Dan do that? That tells you what he thinks of Charley Casserly.

[jimster]

Now he is building the Texans. Unlike what happen here after he left, he is building this team at a steady pace.

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/7201732

no doubt he is doing a better job with the Texans, but I think some of the mistakes he had made here has helped him some. - He's a nice story being that he literly worked his way up from the bottom here.

Trent Green was a victim of our team undergoing ownership change and because Milstein was rejected and Snyder stepped up, the sale took longer. Trent had his position coach with the Redskins (Mike Martz) get the OC job in his home town and was promised a starting job - that vs. the Redskins with no one knowing who the owner, GM or coach was going to be and free agency just started. - I don't blame him for his choice.

[sydshobob]

Kleese is right. Some baaad decisions in there. As for building at a steady pace, at this rate it should be sometime around 2008 before they win 10 games in a season...

2002 4-12

2003 5-11

2004 7-9

[hands11]

Couldn't disagree more. Al Noga, Ethan Horton, Carl Banks, Tim McGee, and Leonard Washington was his first FA class.

He also gave money to BIG busts like Stanley Richard and James Washington.

Heath Shuler and Michael Westbrook also come to mind, not to mention the grand-daddy of them all:

Andre Johnson. Casserly traded UP to the first round (w/ Dallas mind you) to select Johnson who NEVER PLAYED A DOWN IN THE NFL. Yikes!!

He did make a solid pick with Stephen Davis, and Ken harvey was a good addition, but overall, I'd give Cass a "C" at BEST as our GM. WAY too many draft blunders, especially at the top. Let's also not forget hiring Norv, sticking with Norv, and not helping Norv get decent assistants. All mistakes.

Casserly did a GREAT job with the Ricky Williams trade, but I HATED the Brad Johnson trade and still wish we would have kept Trent Green instead.

Below average GM.

You disagreeing is exactly why Im doing this thread.

Lets look at these a piece at a time and in context.

His first class ? Would that be the first year the cap was in effect and we were like 20Mil over the cap ? Richie Petitbon was coaching.

"Al Noga, Ethan Horton, Carl Banks, Tim McGee, and Leonard Washington was his first FA class. "

We were getting what we could that year. I remember it well. Its sucked but Tim McGee and I believe Leonard washington end up being pretty good players.

Noga was done by the time we got him but we needed someone to play end.

Carl Banks. Help me out here. He was from the Giants and played LB. He was an ok player.

Keep in mind they were cutting salaies and a lot of the players from the first couple years he was here were just place holders. Players they could get who filled possitions and didnt cost much.

[hands11]

Couldn't disagree more.

Heath Shuler and Michael Westbrook also come to mind, not to mention the grand-daddy of them all:

Casserly did a GREAT job with the Ricky Williams trade, but I HATED the Brad Johnson trade and still wish we would have kept Trent Green instead.

Below average GM.

The Heath trade was all Norv. He was an excellent assistant O coach, who I wish we never would have gotten simply because of the Dallas connection, but he was a QB genious. That what they said a least.

Heath was picked by Norv.

Westbrook had injuriy problems that he never seemed to shake.

[hands11]

Casserly did a GREAT job with the Ricky Williams trade, but I HATED the Brad Johnson trade and still wish we would have kept Trent Green instead.

Below average GM.

Trent Green left will the team ownership was getting drug out. As I recall, he was a FA and we were not able to sign players until the ownership had changed. He got and offer and left.

This one move I think had a huge effect on this team. We could have had a solid QB here for all these years.

[Dirk Diggler]

I think he finished on a high note with the Skins. Some of those moves in the last 1-2 years set us up to land some high-end talent like Bailey, Arrington, and Samuels. Jansen was a wonderful pick in 1999 (don't forget he traded up to get him in the 2nd) and I think Shawn Barber was a steal in 1998.

However, I can't help but think what could have been had the team stuck with Trent Green after 1998, saved the picks from the trade for Brad Johnson, and taken Culpepper at #11 in 1999. Imagine him in Washington? It's easy if you try.

[jimster]

I don't know if Heath was a mistake, but rather throwing him to the wolves as a rookie was.

[hands11]

Casserly worked hand in hand with Norvous so you can't blame him for every failed pick. As for Trent Green, he left via free agency. He didn't want to be here because the ownership situation was in flux at the time and he wanted to go where he was going to be guaranteed the starting QB spot. He was the Rams' starter until an injury allowed Kurt Warner to show his stuff.

Casserly was responsible for assembling "The Replacements" during the 1987 strike. In case you've forgotton, they were integral in helping us win the division.

Oh, and one last thing, Snyder called Casserly and apologized and told him he made a mistake in letting him go. How often does Dan do that? That tells you what he thinks of Charley Casserly.

I hadnt heard that. Thanks for that info.

No doubt in my mind we would won a lot more games with him here. This was the biggest problem we had. Mr Snyder trying to learn to be a GM and making lots of mistakes along the way. He would have done much better to have keep Charlie and learned from like he is learning from Joe Gibbs

[hands11]

Kleese is right. Some baaad decisions in there. As for building at a steady pace, at this rate it should be sometime around 2008 before they win 10 games in a season...

2002 4-12

2003 5-11

2004 7-9

Come on, read the article. You cant just look at wins and looses, you have to look at who they play in thier division also.

Judge the team for how they are playing and how they are progressing.

There have been lots of great teams that had hard time because they were in a tough division. We used to have it like that in the NFC East.

There was a good chance whoever won our division would be in the super bowl because the division was so competitive.

[hands11]

I think he finished on a high note with the Skins. Some of those moves in the last 1-2 years set us up to land some high-end talent like Bailey, Arrington, and Samuels. Jansen was a wonderful pick in 1999 (don't forget he traded up to get him in the 2nd) and I think Shawn Barber was a steal in 1998.

However, I can't help but think what could have been had the team stuck with Trent Green after 1998, saved the picks from the trade for Brad Johnson, and taken Culpepper at #11 in 1999. Imagine him in Washington? It's easy if you try.

Thanks. Its so hard to piece all this together. Its been a while so its hard to remember the exact situation we were in for each trade and how the players played. Did they get injuried, etc.

You seem to remember Jansen situation well.

I also remember how I respected that he left that one DL sit the whole year because he wasnt going to over pay him. I think we traded him for some of those high first round picks.

And didnt Stub, ( he just wanted paid ) slip walking down some steps and got injuried.

[hands11]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/1999/nfldraft/news/1999/04/20/pf0426/

In February he traded a 1999 first-round choice and two other picks to the Vikings for quarterback Brad Johnson, giving Turner the accurate passer he has sorely lacked since the team's misguided drafting of Heath Shuler in 1994, Turner's first season. Then, having stolen two first-round picks, in 1999 and 2000, from the Panthers last year as compensation for the signing of holdout defensive tackle Sean Gilbert, Casserly traded twice early in Saturday's draft and ended up not only with the player he coveted, Georgia cornerback Champ Bailey, but also, among other picks, with an additional first-round choice in 2000, giving Washington a total of three next year.

Still, it's been a strange, and strained, off-season around Redskin Park. In late February, Milstein was allowed to appoint an ad hoc general manager, former 49ers director of player personnel Vinny Cerrato, to work in concert with Casserly. Cerrato wanted an office at Redskin Park. Cooke said no, so Cerrato set up shop in a hotel five miles away. "Every time we were considering a free agent," Casserly says, "I had to remind myself to copy some tapes and send them to Vinny. It was uncomfortable, but I told Vinny, 'This isn't complicated. Either you're going to be here or I'm going to be here. We have to do what's best for the Redskins.'"

Which is what Casserly did in the draft. Last Saturday morning Casserly, who had the fifth pick, set up a tentative deal with New Orleans, which was choosing 12th and looking to move up to take running back Ricky Williams. The teams would swap first-round selections, and the Redskins would get the Saints' other five choices in this draft, plus a first- and a third-rounder next year. But that deal was contingent on Washington's pulling off another trade, with the Bears, who had the seventh pick. Casserly got that done, sending Chicago third-, fourth- and fifth-round choices this year along with a third-round pick in 2000. After everything fell into place, an amazed Casserly said, "We got our guy, and we've got three ones next year."

Yes, the Redskins now have three first-round picks in 2000, but who will make those selections remains to be seen.

[Dirk Diggler]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/1999/nfldraft/news/1999/04/20/pf0426/

In February he traded a 1999 first-round choice and two other picks to the Vikings for quarterback Brad Johnson, giving Turner the accurate passer he has sorely lacked since the team's misguided drafting of Heath Shuler in 1994, Turner's first season. Then, having stolen two first-round picks, in 1999 and 2000, from the Panthers last year as compensation for the signing of holdout defensive tackle Sean Gilbert, Casserly traded twice early in Saturday's draft and ended up not only with the player he coveted, Georgia cornerback Champ Bailey, but also, among other picks, with an additional first-round choice in 2000, giving Washington a total of three next year.

Still, it's been a strange, and strained, off-season around Redskin Park. In late February, Milstein was allowed to appoint an ad hoc general manager, former 49ers director of player personnel Vinny Cerrato, to work in concert with Casserly. Cerrato wanted an office at Redskin Park. Cooke said no, so Cerrato set up shop in a hotel five miles away. "Every time we were considering a free agent," Casserly says, "I had to remind myself to copy some tapes and send them to Vinny. It was uncomfortable, but I told Vinny, 'This isn't complicated. Either you're going to be here or I'm going to be here. We have to do what's best for the Redskins.'"

Which is what Casserly did in the draft. Last Saturday morning Casserly, who had the fifth pick, set up a tentative deal with New Orleans, which was choosing 12th and looking to move up to take running back Ricky Williams. The teams would swap first-round selections, and the Redskins would get the Saints' other five choices in this draft, plus a first- and a third-rounder next year. But that deal was contingent on Washington's pulling off another trade, with the Bears, who had the seventh pick. Casserly got that done, sending Chicago third-, fourth- and fifth-round choices this year along with a third-round pick in 2000. After everything fell into place, an amazed Casserly said, "We got our guy, and we've got three ones next year."

Yes, the Redskins now have three first-round picks in 2000, but who will make those selections remains to be seen.

And the Skins used another pick or 2 from the windfall of picks to move up over Carolina in the 2nd round who was coveting Jansen. They got stuck with RT Chris Terry who was a league flunky and beat his wife regularly.

Without Bailey and Jansen, the Skins don't go to the playoffs in 1999.

[hands11]

Casserly, Washington's G.M. since 1989

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/wasindex.htm

Lets not forget the 4 years he was here with Gibbs.

1993

Then Gibbs leaves. He gets a new coach and has to cut a ton a salaries.

Plus, even before he was the GM here, wasnt he on the staff as an assistance GM type person. I even though he was here with Bethard.

[jtyler42]

I think w/Casserly here we wouldnt hae had that 00 circus season...I also dont htink we would have so few draft picks over the past couple yrs if Casserly were still here...What he did w/the picks is a different story but he put the Skins in a good position before he left and Snyderatto f'd it up starting in 00....

[hands11]

http://www.webskins.org/DRAFT92.html

Here is an interesting article that adds flavor to the time these things took place. I think they are a little harsh at the end.

The Skins at that time, as I recall, were really run by Gibbs. Much like the Heath pick was hand picked by Norv, Gibbs was really running the show at this stage.

He and Beathard, while they produced a lot of winning teams, didnt always see eye to eye. They were very different men.

Charlie was around for that stuff also, as he was Beathard right hand man. We dont give Charlie any credit for what happen back then because Beathard was the face on that monster.

Again, one Gibbs left, the Cap kicked in and we had to cut a lot of players to get under the cap.

In all fairness, we were the NY Yankees of football. What do you think would happen to them if the NBL would put in a hard cap. It would be ugly for a few years.

[hands11]

http://www.houstonprofootball.com/scout/scout29.html

So the man made some mistakes. He seemed to defer to his coaches who were offensive coaches when it came to high offensive draft picks.

Give, he was there with Gibbs, you can blame him for letting Gibbs pick Howard and once Norv was here, he needed to get him the QB he wanted, so he let Norv pick Heath.

This article adds in some of the details I was refering to.

Casserly and Bethard together.

Cass and Gibbs

Cass and Norv.

in 1992 when Casserly deferred to Joe Gibbs and traded up, taking WR/KR Desmond Howard with the fourth overall pick in the draft.

With Turner on board, the Redskins let out early rumors of their plan to draft a quarterback with the third pick in the 1994 draft. Turner was eager to find someone in the mold of Troy Aikman and couldn't take his eyes off the cannon arm on Shuler. Casserly, who actually favored Fresno State QB Trent Dilfer, let his rookie coach make the call on draft day to take Shuler.

- these were the 2 QB everyone was looking at that year. 1 and 2.

Casserly has, however, made his share of great late round picks. In addition to Frerotte, a seventh rounder, Casserly also drafted RB/KR Brian Mitchell (1990 - 5th round), WR Keenan McCardell (1991 - 12th round), TE Frank Wycheck (1993 - 6th round), and RB Stephen Davis (1996 - 4th round).

This underscores his ability to unearth that diamond-in-the-rough type, the sort of thing Casserly excelled at earlier in his career under Beathard. Casserly scouted and signed future Hog stalwarts Joe Jacoby and Jeff Bostic, virtual unknowns at the time. He put in overtime filling out a scab roster in 1987 that went 3-0 during the strike. Casserly also mastered Plan B free agency in the early nineties, putting the final touches on the Super Bowl squad in 1991. It is a skill that has served Casserly well in filling an expansion roster for the Texans, but now the attention turns back to the draft.

- So was he perfect. No. But he is way underapprehiated by Skins fans for what he did while he was here. I remember when he took over. He was a quiter man then Bethard and I think he wanted to win over the organization at first. That why he let Gibbs pick Howard. He also did what he had no choice in doing in letting P Bone run the team for a year. The fans would have gone nuts if P Bone didnt get a chance at the head coach job.

The said thing is, just as he was really hitting his stride and had matured as his own man, a established professional GM, we let him go.

We grow him and just when it would pay off the most, we let him go.

This guy is very smart. I cant even follow the details of many of his moves. Traded this for that to trade down then up and bam, he has his man and picks to spear.

[hands11]

I think w/Casserly here we wouldnt hae had that 00 circus season...I also dont htink we would have so few draft picks over the past couple yrs if Casserly were still here...What he did w/the picks is a different story but he put the Skins in a good position before he left and Snyderatto f'd it up starting in 00....

Yes, thats exactly what Im getting at. It was painful to watch what he build get thrown away.

[hands11]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/history/gibbs/articles/gibbs27.htm

Here is a nice article that will give everyone a flavor for the skins and Gibbs as he was going into the hall of fame.

Charlie gets some props. People forget he helped us put together the 91 superbowl team.

"Some of the things seem subtle but they were very well thought out," said Redskins General Manager Charley Casserly, who replaced Beathard in 1989 and helped put together the Super Bowl champions of 1991. "He was an innovative coach and he never stopped trying to improve on what he was doing. His work habits were legendary. He probably hit his second gear about 11 o’clock or 12 o’clock at night."

With Gibbs in charge, the Redskins were 124-60 in the regular season and 16-5 in the playoffs. His .683 winning percentage is the third best in history and he had just one losing season. He’s the only coach to win three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks.

- And yet people think we will have a loosing season. The odds are against it.

8-8 at worst.

This is his second year. Al lot went wrong last year and it was his first year back after many years away and he didnt have a QB he could count on.

Enough said.

[FuriousD]

I always liked Casserly. He was/is a great story. By and large, he was good for the Redskins and I was sorry to see him go like that. Snyder quickly realized the mistake he made. CC was a legit GM. Turner was a washout as a HC but Snyder took the easy road at the time and ultimately payed for it.

It's been said many times but it bares repeating.

Shuler was Turners pick. Casserly prefered Dilfer, who btw has a ring and a long career.

Westbrook was Turners pick. Casserly prefered Kevin Carter DE, who btw has a ring and a long career.

Yeah, Andre Johnson was a bust but someone else would have drafted him for sure in the second round and he would have been a bust from there as well.

Anyway, Beathard liked and believed in him. Gibbs liked and believed in him. Turner didn't like and believe in him. Hmmmmm.

:2cents:

:helmet:

[scruffylookin]

Casserly's legacy.

Defend this.

1990

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 2 46 Andre Collins LB 90-94 75

2 3 76 Moe Elewonibi G 92-93 20

3 4 86 Cary Conklin QB 92-93 5

4 4 109 Rico Labbe DB 0

5 5 130 Brian Mitchell RB 90-99 159 1

6 6 160 Kent Wells DT 0

7 9 243 Tim Moxley G 0

8 10 262 D'Juan Francisco DB 0

9 10 270 Thomas Rayam DT 0

10 11 297 Jon Leverenz LB 0

Rookie FA

Alvoid Mays CB 90-94 61

Plan B Free Agents

Mark Adickes OL 90-91 24

John Brandes TE 90-92 33

Tom Brown RB 0

Brad Edwards S 90-93 64

Jumpy Geathers DT 90-92 41

Milford Hodge DL 0

Kevin McArther LB 0

Ron Middleton TE 88,90-93 62

Jeff Rutledge QB 90-92 42

Walter Stanley WR 1990 9

Pat Swoops DT 0

James Wilder RB 1990 1

Notable Trades

Traded 2 5th round picks for 1 4th round pick with Patriots

Traded 1990 5th round pick with Miami for Dolphins 1990 10th round pick and 1991 4th round pick

1991 4th round pick for Tim Johnson DT 90-95 91

James Wilder and 1991 4th rd pick for Eric Williams DT 90-93 38

1991

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 1 17 Bobby Wilson DT 91-94 42

2 3 76 Ricky Ervins RB 91-94 62

3 6 159 Dennis Ransom TE 0

4 7 188 Keith Cash WR 0

5 8 215 Jimmy Spencer DB 0

6 9 243 Charles Bell DB 0

7 10 270 Cris Shale P 0

8 11 299 David Gulledge S 1992 4

9 12 326 Keenan McCardell WR 0

Rookie FA

James Jenkins TE 91-00 133

Plan B FA

Danny Copeland S 91-93 43

Terry Hoage S 1991 6

Matt Millen LB 1991 16

John Settle RB

Notable Trades

Traded a 1 and a 5th in the 1991 draft with Dallas to move up and select Bobby Wilson

Traded 1991 2nd and 1992 5th round pick to Chargers for 1992 1st round pick

1992

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 1 4 Desmond Howard WR 92-94 48

2 2 47 Shane Collins DE 92-94 30

3 3 74 Paul Siever OL 0

4 4 112 Chris Hakel QB 0

5 6 168 Ray Rowe TE 92-93 4

6 7 196 Calvin Holmes DB 0

7 8 224 Darryl Moore OL 1993 12

8 9 252 Boone Powell LB 0

9 10 280 Tony Barker LB 1992 8

10 11 308 Terry Smith WR 0

11 12 336 Matt Elliott OL 1992 16

Rookie FA

Robert Green RB 1992 15

Plan B FA

Steve Gabbard OT 0

George Hinckle DE 0

Gary Wilkens TE 0

Keith Willis DE 0

Notable Trades

Traded 2 1st round picks (6 and 28) and their 3rd round pick for the right to move up to 4th pick and select Desmond Howard

They also received the Bengals 3rd round pick.

Traded Stan Humphries to Chargers for 1993 3rd round pick.

Traded Joe Johnson and George Hinckle to Minnesota for 1993 6th round pick

Traded #7 draft pick in 1993 draft for

Huey Richardson LB 1992 4

1993

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 1 17 Tom Carter CB 93-96 62

2 2 45 Reggie Brooks RB 93-95 30

3 3 71 Rick Hamilton LB 93-94 17

4 3 80 Ed Bunn P 0

5 4 101 Sterling Palmer DE 93-96 49

6 5 128 Greg Huntington C 1993 9

7 6 155 Darryl Morrison S 93-96 48

8 6 160 Frank Wycheck TE 93-94 18

9 8 212 Lamont Hollinquest LB 93-94 30

Rookie FA

Free Agents

Carl Banks LB 1993 15

Rick Graf LB 1993 5

Tim McGee WR 1993 13

Al Noga DE 1993 16

Jim Riggs TE 1993 3

Reggie Roby P 93-94 31 1

Notable Trades

Traded 1994 5th round pick to Vikings for

Rich Gannon OB 1993 8

1994

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 1 3 Heath Shuler QB 94-96 19

2 2 31 Tre Johnson OL 94-00,02 90 1

3 3 67 Tydus Winans WR 94-95 23

4 3 97 Joe Patton OL 94-98 61

5 4 105 Kurt Haws TE 1994 6

6 6 163 Dexter Nottage DE 94-96 47

7 7 197 Gus Frerotte QB 94-98 52 1

Rookie FA

William Bell FB 94-96 39

Lamar Mills DE 1994 13

Unrestricted FA

Marc Boutte DT 94-99 70

Henry Ellard WR 94-98 65

John Friesz QB 1994 16

John Gesek C 94-95 31

Chris Hall S 0

Ken Harvey LB 94-98 74 4

Ethan Horton TE 1994 16

Leonard Marshall DT 1994 16

Trevor Matich C 94-96 48

Leslie Shepherd WR 94-98 56

Cedric Smith FB 94-95 20

Tyronne Stowe LB 1994 16

Keith Taylor S 94-96 20

Tony Woods DE 94-96 44

Notable Trades

1995

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 1 4 Michael Westbrook WR 95-01 80

2 2 37 Cory Raymer C 95-01,04 63

3 3 68 Darryl Pounds CB 95-99 69

4 4 103 Larry Jones RB 0

5 5 137 Jamie Asher TE 95-98 48

6 5 152 Rich Owens DE 95-98 42

7 6 176 Brian Thure OL 1995 4

8 7 226 Scott Turner CB 95-97 41

Rookie FA

Patrise Alexander LB 96-98 33

Scott Blanton K 96-98 33

Terry Crews LB 1995 16

Ron Lewis G 1995 4

Unrestricted FA

Terry Allen RB 95-98 52 1

Darrick Brownlow LB 95-96 32

William Gaines DT 95-97 44

Scott Galbraith TE 95-96 32

Trent Green QB 95-98 16

Marc Logan FB 95-97 45

Eddie Murray K 1995, 2000 22

Marvcus Patton LB 95-98 64

Stanley Richard S 95-98 64

Rod Stephens LB 95-96 32

Matt Turk P 95-99 78 3

Matt Vanderbeek LB 95-96 17

James Washington S 1995 12

Notable Trades

1996

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 1 30 Andre Johnson OL 1996 0

2 4 102 Stephen Davis RB 96-02 99 2

3 5 138 Leomont Evans S 96-99 59

4 6 174 Kelvin Kinney DE 96-98 18

5 7 215 Jeremy Asher LB 0

6 7 250 Deandre Maxwell WR 0

Rookie FA

Larry Bowie FB 96-98 23

Brian Walker S 96-97 21

Unrestricted FA

Bill Brooks WR 1996 16

Bob Dahl G 96-97 27

Jeff Uhlenhake C 96-97 26

Notable Trades

Traded 1996 1st round pick for

Sean Gilbert DT 1996 16

Traded 1996 2nd and 3rd round picks to Dallas for 1996 1st round pick to select Andre Johnson

1997

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 1 17 Kenard Lang DE 97-01 75

2 2 51 Greg Jones LB 97-00 63

3 3 80 Derek Smith LB 97-00 64

4 4 115 Albert Connell WR 97-00 50

5 5 132 Jamel Williams S 97-99 35

6 5 140 Keith Thibodeaux CB 1997 15

7 5 148 Twan Russell LB 97-99 27

8 5 162 Brad Badger OL 97-99 42

Rookie FA

Unrestricted FA

Jesse Campbell S 97-98 19

Cris Dishman CB 97-98 32 1

Jamal Duff DE 97-98 26

Alvin Harper WR 1997 12

Jeff Hostetler QB 97-98 6

Chris Mims DT 1997 11

Chris Thomas WR 97-99 29

James Thrash WR 97-00,04 62

Dan Turk C 97-99 48

Notable Trades

1998

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 2 48 Stephen Alexander TE 98-01 53 1

2 3 69 Skip Hicks RB 98-00 27

3 4 113 Shawn Barber LB 98-01 49

4 5 140 Mark Fischer OL 98-01 22

5 6 170 Pat Palmer WR cut 0

6 7 191 David Terrell S 00-03 63

7 7 206 Antwaune Ponds LB 1998 3

Rookie FA

Mike Sellers TE 98-00, 04 60

Unrestricted FA

Doug Brown DT 98-99 20

Joe Cocozzo G 0

Troy Drake T 1998 11

ND Kalu DE 98-00 40

Rod Milstead G 98-99 20

Keith Sims G 98-00 29

Dana Stubblefield DT 98-00 38

Matt Stevens S 98-00 33

Notable Trades

Franchise tagged DT Sean Gilbert who was signed by the Carolina Panthers. Did not match, Skins to receive Carolina’s 1st round pick in both the 1999 and 2000 drafts.

Traded 1st round and 3rd round picks in the 1998 draft to Bengals for

Dan Wilkinson DT 98-02 76

1999

Pick Round Overall Player Position Redskin Games Played Pro Bowls

1 1 7 Champ Bailey CB 99-03 80 4

2 2 37 Jon Jansen OL 99- 80

3 4 107 Nate Stimson LB cut 0

4 5 165 Derek Smith OL 1999 0

5 6 181 Jeff Hall K cut 0

6 7 217 Tim Alexander WR cut 0

Rookie FA

Derrick Ham DE 2000 1

Derrius Thompson WR 2000-02 36

Unrestricted FA

Jamie Brown T 1999 1

(Snyder/Cerrato) Larry Centers FB 99-00 31

(Snyder/Cerrato) Marco Coleman DE 99-01 44 1

Anthony Cook DE 1999 16

(Snyder/Cerrato) Irving Fryar WR 99-00 30

(Snyder/Cerrato) Andy Heck T 99-00 32

Sam Shade S 99-02 57

Fred Strickland LB 1999 5

Notable Trades

Traded 1999 1st and 3rd round picks and a 2000 2nd round pick to Vikings for

Brad Johnson QB 99-00 27 1

Traded 1999 1st round pick (5th) to Saints in exchange for entire Saints 1999 draft picks including 1st round (12th pick) also received Saints 1st and 3rd round picks in 2000 draft.

Traded 1999 picks (1st,4th and 5th round) plus 2000 3rd rounder to Bears to move up to pick 7 in 1999 1st round and select Champ Bailey.

Traded 2000 6th round pick to Eagles for

Rodney Peete QB 1999 3

That is Charley Casserly's work here in DC as GM. Defend it.

By the way, when the Texans fail to make the playoffs this year, they'll be the least successful expansion team since the Seahawks 30 years ago.

If/when the Texans fail to post a winning record this year, they'll be the least successful expansion team since the 60's.

Charley Casserly is a nice rags to riches story and he may have been a decent to good scout UNDER Bobby Beathard, but as a GM, he stinks plain and simple.