Skins5235 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 probably one of the best teams in the redskins history and got beat by the raiders What is your take on that team ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefPowhatan17 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 First off that was the 1983 SKINS. But, definitely haven't gotten any credit for being one of the best, cause all anyone remembers is them losing to the Wildcard Raiders. We still shouldn't have lost that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 The one time I remember from Gibbs I that he didn't have the team ready to play a big game. Not even close. Also, great offense, but defense was weak especially the secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFKFedEx Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 All our team did was party all week leading up to the SB as Doc Walker will atest. The Raiders had a better game plan. Probably the second biggest upset in SB history at the time, aside from SBIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFK Lives Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Yeah, it's really 1983 Redskins. Let's not forget they blew a 23-3 halftime lead to lose to Dallas in the opener 31-30 (Moseley missed a long one that could have won it) and they lost the 48-47 shootout on Monday Night to Green Bay (Moseley missed a short one that could have won it). This team was 2 points and 2 kicks away from 16-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllBusiness Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Ask Marcus Allen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMONEY Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Played a close game against the Raiders earlier that year, but the Skins were rolloing over everyone, so they took the Raiders lightly and got their tails whooped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSkinsfaninNJ Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 First off that was the 1983 SKINS.But, definitely haven't gotten any credit for being one of the best, cause all anyone remembers is them losing to the Wildcard Raiders. We still shouldn't have lost that game. The Raiders weren't a wild card team. I believe they were 12-4 and AFC West champs. The Raiders wild card Super Bowl was the victory over the Eagles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCnDaHouse Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I have that game on tape. I remember in the pregame they showed Riggins reading "Mauled" a book about a guy getting mauled by a bear. It was supposed to get him in the right mind set but it appeared to be appropriate considering what happened. MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEGSKINS Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 the name is REDSKINS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zallera Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 If they win that Super Bowl, they're in the mainstream conversation with the '85 Bears about the greatest team of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneBoost Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 They just allowed themselves to be intimidated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins5235 Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 That is why the Redskins are overlooked as being the best team in the 1980's. We could have been undefeated that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch_Lives59 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 That Offense was beast, they had 3 games over 40 points scored and one was the one point loss to Green Bay 48-47 but ever week they were scoring in the 30's atleast. The best was the divisional game against the Rams when we throttled them 51-7, Riggins had a beast year too with 24 TD's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 A. You mean, the '83 Skins. B. My take: Probably one of the best teams in the redskins history and got beat by the Raiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 That Offense was beast, they had 3 games over 40 points scored and one was the one point loss to Green Bay 48-47 but ever week they were scoring in the 30's atleast.The best was the divisional game against the Rams when we throttled them 51-7, Riggins had a beast year too with 24 TD's.... When did "beast" become an adjective? This annoys me. It's a dumb way to describe someone to begin with. But it should be "beastly." "That offense was beastly." "Riggins had a beastly year." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch_Lives59 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 When did "beast" become an adjective? This annoys me. It's a dumb way to describe someone to begin with. But it should be "beastly.""That offense was beastly." "Riggins had a beastly year." wah wah, tough, deal with it or move onto the next Thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphil006 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 spell the name right first... :laugh: it's cool I agree... probably one of the best teams of all time. That season and the season before we were just rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972FAN Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I heard pretty much the same thing. They got big Heads, stayed out and party alot. Riggins supposedly had the Flu. The Fact is the Raiders wanted it more, We beat them earlier that year. Everybody thought we were going to blow them out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Defense Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 if you watch that game again, you see how a few key early plays put us on our heels (punt block, etc) and we couldn't recover. however, the key indicator of how good that team was is the turnover differential for the season--i believe it was + 43. an awesome stat from any era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANDWARF Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Similar to this years Pats. Odds were for us, but we had to play the game to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I heard pretty much the same thing. They got big Heads, stayed out and party alot. Riggins supposedly had the Flu. The Fact is the Raiders wanted it more, We beat them earlier that year. Everybody thought we were going to blow them out.. I attended the Skins 37-35 victory at RFK and the fact is the Skins were lucky to win that game. It was a great come-from-behind effort but the Raiders turned the ball over six times that day while the Skins gave it away only once. It took a recovered onside, or power, kick for the Skins to get the ball back and score the winning TD. That was the first game the Raiders lost that year. The other three losses were the result of 17 turnovers, 13 to the Seattle Seahawks alone. The Raiders scored the 3rd most points in the NFL in 1983 and it was possibly the best of their Super Bowl teams. They ranked 7th in total offense and 4th in total defense. I attended the Super Bowl as well and knew there was no way the Skins could blow them out. Unfortunately, the Raiders got early momentum from a blocked punt while their secondary absolutely mauled our receivers and almost seemed to know what was coming. Theismann was very inconsistant, likely from too much fun the night before, and Riggins looked a little lethargic as well which supports the flu theory. Besides the partying, there was a rumor that the Raiders had gotten hold of a Skins playbook and gameplan. Who knows if it was true but it sure looked like it. Definitely one the the better Skins teams in history but also possibly the best Raiders team as well. I refuse to watch that game anymore. Witnessing it in person was bad enough. It ranks with any loss to Dallas as a low point in my life. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 83 Skins were the equal of the 2008 Patriots..... offensively. They were awesome to watch. Defensively they obviously had holes. Up until this year's timeout, Gibbs made the worst call of his career in the SB; a screen pass inside our own 10 yd. line that was picked for a TD with time running out in the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972FAN Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I attended the Skins 37-35 victory at RFK and the fact is the Skins were lucky to win that game. It was a great come-from-behind effort but the Raiders turned the ball over six times that day while the Skins gave it away only once. It took a recovered onside, or power, kick for the Skins to get the ball back and score the winning TD.That was the first game the Raiders lost that year. The other three losses were the result of 17 turnovers, 13 to the Seattle Seahawks alone. The Raiders scored the 3rd most points in the NFL in 1983 and it was possibly the best of their Super Bowl teams. They ranked 7th in total offense and 4th in total defense. I attended the Super Bowl as well and knew there was no way the Skins could blow them out. Unfortunately, the Raiders got early momentum from a blocked punt while their secondary absolutely mauled our receivers and almost seemed to know what was coming. Theismann was very inconsistant, likely from too much fun the night before, and Riggins looked a little lethargic as well which supports the flu theory. Besides the partying, there was a rumor that the Raiders had gotten hold of a Skins playbook and gameplan. Who knows if it was true but it sure looked like it. Definitely one the the better Skins teams in history but also possibly the best Raiders team as well. I refuse to watch that game anymore. Witnessing it in person was bad enough. It ranks with any loss to Dallas as a low point in my life. :doh: Awesome, I watched both on T.V. being 18 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins4ever Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I think the 1984 Redskins went 11-5 and lost to the Bears in the playoffs at RFK, the only time we lost a playoff game at home ever. The 1983 Redskins played great. I think the 1991 team was a little better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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