Southtown Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 ...it looks like he'll be around for one more year. 1991 was so long ago, but I still can't help having a smirk on my face everytime I see his name! That was one unbelievable season. I'm not quite sure he'll get much playing time in Seattle, but if he does, hopefully he lights it up! Seahawks | Rypien Signed - posted at KFFL (http://nfl.kffl.com) 10:27 PT: ESPNews reports the Seattle Seahawks have signed free agent QB Mark Rypien to a one-year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggoDrill Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 I live in Seattle. That will just add another layer of interest to the November 3rd game between the Skins and Squawks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 I've always liked Ryp. I wouldn't mind hearing he got on the field and made some plays ... as long as it isn't against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 We could easily have seen a late career resurgence a la Steve Buerlein or Rich Gannon from Rypien if he hadn't experienced so much personal tragedy that led him away from football during the mid-1990's. Even when he left us after 1993, he was still a developing QB, especially in his ability to make correct reads and to make touch passes. He's still a good backup, and I recall wishing that we'd had him this time last year. I wish him well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty dread Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Originally posted by redman We could easily have seen a late career resurgence a la Steve Buerlein or Rich Gannon from Rypien if he hadn't experienced so much personal tragedy that led him away from football during the mid-1990's. Even when he left us after 1993, he was still a developing QB, especially in his ability to make correct reads and to make touch passes. He's still a good backup, and I recall wishing that we'd had him this time last year. I wish him well. I agree. Ryp had some tough family issues that took away from his career. Who knows what he could have done. Probably could have been a solid starter, at the worst a good backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Hard to believe that he led us to a Super Bowl and he seems so mediocre now, and for that matter, most of his career. I wish him the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief skin Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 He has guts and he is tough that combination will take you far and he used it all the way to the biggest game of his life and he WON. I wish him all the best in Seattle as long as it is not on NOV 3 against SKINS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuji869 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Glad to see Rypien back in the NFL! He was a key player in our Super Bowl XXVI Championship team and has had some tuff times since then on and off the field. Good luck Ryp except November 3rd if you play then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RySkins Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 I'm a big fan or Ryp and I've always kind of hoped to see him returm here to finish where he started. Good for him! Hope he gets to see some action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuskin Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 I wish this guy well but he used to frustrate me. I had the impression he thought there were birds and worms on the team. Receiver's would be wide open and he would consistantly throw it over their head or in the dirt. We won that Super bowl in spite of Rip, not because of him. I think if we would have had a real QB we would have won more SB's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptown Skins Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Originally posted by Zuskin I wish this guy well but he used to frustrate me. I had the impression he thought there were birds and worms on the team. Receiver's would be wide open and he would consistantly throw it over their head or in the dirt. We won that Super bowl in spite of Rip, not because of him. I think if we would have had a real QB we would have won more SB's. Man quit drinking Haterade. Who do you think was responsible for the aerial attack that year that had to be one of the best in NFL history? Rypien. Give the man his just dues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 60% completions, 28 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions for Rypien in 1991. and the Redskins won the Super Bowl in spite of him? I think you are talking more about a Trent Dilfer or Jeff Hostetler than Mark Rypien looking back at the history of teams dragging players to the Super Bowl Rypien threw for 442 yards and 6 touchdowns in one game that year against the Falcons and the Skins had the ball with a chance to break the touchdown passing record co-held by Sammy Baugh, but Rypien took himself out of the game and said being mentioned in the same breath with Baugh was enough for him. So, that's the bum you are talking about? I love how somebody can come on here and rip players that have PRODUCED for us and then spew about how great some jackass like Westbrook or Deion Sanders is :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 dude doesn't know what he is talking about.. ryp was a very solid qb for a few years... 1991 was a mvp season for him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Sing it, 'dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 To expound a little, for the benefit of those who believed that Rypien sucked, did you know that Rypien had 84 TD passes during his first four seasons (1988-1991) in the league, versus only 48 INT's? Also, during that time, Ryp's completion % was 57.4, and he's a guy who was never considered a high percentage passer, and who was in an offense whose willingness to throw deep sacrificed completion percentage. Even more amazing was his phenomenal 7.9 yards per attempt during that four-year span, a span in which the Redskins made the playoffs only twice. Unfortunately, his career is noteworthy (it really is amazing to look at Rypien's career stats in this regard) for a severe downturn beginning in 1992. That was the first year that he threw more INT's than TD's. He then sort of drifted off into obscurity after that awesome start. I always attributed it to 1991 being a contract year for him, and him becoming fat and happy on a new, huge contract and resting on his Super Bowl MVP and Champion laurels. Anyway, for whatever reason, he was just never the same QB after 1991. But don't dog Ryp by saying that he was a bad QB or something. He wasn't. He earned his stripes in the NFL, and he built towards 1991's pinnacle very diligently. And he was every bit as much a part of that season and that Super Bowl win as anyone on that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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