Press Release: REDSKINS ANNOUNCE “10 FOR 80” WINNERS AT ANNUAL REDSKINS WELCOME HOME LUNCHEON

[just654]

10 for 80: Joe Bugel, Bobby Beathard, Arrington, Terry Hermerling, Jansen, Portis, Samuels, Sean Taylor, Richie Petitbon, Roy Jefferson

Just announced at the Welcome Home Luncheon.

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ES Staff Edit:

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

August 24, 2012

REDSKINS ANNOUNCE “10 FOR 80” WINNERS

AT ANNUAL REDSKINS WELCOME HOME LUNCHEON

WASHINGTON – The Washington Redskins announced today the 10 members of the organization selected to join the 70 Greatest Redskins named in 2002 and complete the 80 Greatest Redskins of All-Time. The 10 winners include LaVar Arrington, Bobby Beathard, Joe Bugel, Terry Hermeling, Jon Jansen, Roy Jefferson, Richie Petitbon, Clinton Portis, Chris Samuels and Sean Taylor.

The winning 10 members of the organization, selected by fans and a blue ribbon panel, were honored at the 51st Annual Welcome Home Luncheon at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Friday in celebration of the team’s 80th Anniversary.

Arrington spent 2000-05 with the Redskins after the team selected the linebacker with the No. 2 overall pick of the 2000 NFL Draft. The Penn State product earned three consecutive Pro Bowl selections from 2001-03, setting different single-season career highs in each year — interceptions in 2001 (three), sacks in 2002 (11.0) and forced fumbles in 2003 (six). He was named second-team Associated Press All-Pro in each of those three seasons.

Beathard served as the General Manager of the Redskins from 1978-89, helping to construct and refine a roster that was one of the most dominant in the National Football League for more than a decade. In Beathard’s 12 seasons as Redskins General Manager, the team won 126 combined regular season and postseason games, more than any other NFL franchise. Beathard’s teams appeared in three Super Bowls, including winning titles in Super Bowls XVII and XXII.

Bugel became one of the most beloved position coaches in the history of professional football during multiple tenures overseeing the Redskins’ offensive line from 1981-89 and 2004-09. Bugel, or “Buges” as he was affectionately known, was responsible for one of the most dominant offensive lines in NFL history as well as the creation of one of the most endearing nicknames in sports history: “The Hogs.”

Hermeling grew from an undrafted prospect out of Nevada-Reno into a dominant tackle during his tenure with the Redskins from 1970-80. Hermeling appeared in 120 regular season games in his 11 seasons with Washington, blocking for backs such as Larry Brown and John Riggins. He helped lead the burgundy and gold to the 1972 NFC Championship.

Jansen appeared in 126 regular season games for the Redskins from 1999-2008, earning 123 starts on the offensive line. The Michigan product started in 80 consecutive regular season games plus two playoff games from 1999-2003. He and Chris Samuels formed one of the league’s top tackle duos in the early 2000s, as both played a pivotal role in helping running back Clinton Portis set a team record for rushing yards in a single season in 2005 (1,516).

Jefferson was a dynamic threat at receiver for the Redskins from 1971-76, amassing 208 receptions for 3,119 receiving yards and 16 receiving touchdowns during his six seasons in burgundy and gold. During his time in Washington, he was second only to Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Taylor for the team lead in receptions and receiving yards in that six-year span, as the duo helped propel the Redskins to their first Super Bowl appearance following the 1972 season.

Petitbon played safety for the Redskins for two seasons from 1971-72 but truly left his mark on the organization as a coach from 1978-93, including serving as the team’s defensive coordinator from 1981-92. Petitbon is one of three members of the organization to have appeared in all five of the team’s Super Bowl appearances as either a player or coach. In 2011, Petitbon was inducted as the 45th member in the team’s Ring of Fame.

Portis spent seven years of his nine-year NFL career in Washington from 2004-10, compiling 6,824 rushing yards with the Redskins, the second-most in team history. Portis, who announced his retirement at Redskins Park on Thursday, is responsible for the two-most prolific rushing seasons in team history, posting a franchise-record 1,516 rushing yards during the 2005 season and putting together a 1,487-yard season in 2008.

Samuels was one of the game’s most dominant left tackles during his career from 2000-09, all 10 seasons of which were spent in Washington. Drafted by the Redskins out of Alabama with the No. 3 selection in the 2000 NFL Draft, Samuels started every single one of the 141 regular games and three playoff games in which he appeared. Samuels is one of five players in Redskins history to be selected to at least six Pro Bowls, as he earned berths in 2002-03 and 2005-08.

Taylor played in parts of four seasons in Washington from 2004-07 before his tragic passing. The No. 5 overall pick by the Redskins in the 2004 NFL Draft, Taylor twice earned Pro Bowl honors, including becoming the league’s first posthumous selection in 2007. The Miami (Fla.) product spent his three-plus seasons as one of the league’s most-feared hitters and one of its most athletic safeties, notching 12 interceptions and eight forced fumbles in his 57 career combined regular season and postseason games.

The 10 winners join the 70 Greatest Redskins, selected in 2002 as part of the team’s 70th anniversary. More information on those named as the 70 Greatest Redskins in 2002 can be found by visiting www.redskins.com and navigating to the “History” section under the “Team” tab at the top of the page.

[NewCliche21]

Thanks for posting!

Arrington on that list makes me want to vomit.

[just654]

Thanks for posting!

Arrington on that list makes me want to vomit.

No problem...same here he was the first one in the video they showed...ended it with Taylor, doing the leap into the endzone during the philly game

[ZRagone]

I like the list. Nice mix of older individuals and the 2000's generation.

I have to imagine Cooley, Moss, and Fletcher make it come 2022.

[Dark Acre]

Arrington? Wow.

[Warhead36]

Some of those are real reaches, but I guess you have to when you're coming up with 80 greatest players...

[SkinsCrushCowboys]

Arrington is a suprise...Sean has to be on the list given the tragic end to his career and life, but he really did not get a chance to put up the type of numbers that everyone assumes that he would have produced.

[Daaskins]

So happy ST21 made it!!! by far my favorite Redskin of my short life. RIP

[ChampSkinsFan]

I voted for Arrington, I always liked him as a Redskin and don't really get why he gets so much hate on ES.

[BornToHail]

Thanks for posting!

Arrington on that list makes me want to vomit.

Ditto. How'd that happen?

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Some of those are real reaches, but I guess you have to when you're coming up with 80 greatest players...

Exactly...averaging one "great" Redskin per year of existence is actually pretty tough.

[oscarsandman]

Arrington just made my stomach churn :puke:. Not a true skin in my book.

[ChampSkinsFan]

http://www.redskins.com/news-and-events/article-1/Ten-Newest-Greatest-Redskins-Announced/f7b069bd-3876-4759-97d4-fafc71a0722d

LAVAR ARRINGTON:

“LaVar Arrington “leaped” into the NFL as the second overall pick in 2000. He immediately made an impact, as the Redskins defense finished in the Top-10, five-of-the-next-six years. Explosive and powerful, Arrington could run sideline to sideline to take down an opponent, as the Cowboys’ Troy Aikman and many others found out over the years.”

[Botched]

Lavar Arrington was basically the face of the franchise for several years. I'm as critical of him as anyone, but he probably belongs on the list.

[KCClybun]

Lavar Arrington was basically the face of the franchise for several years. I'm as critical of him as anyone, but he probably belongs on the list.

If that's not a sad commentary on the state of the Redskins I don't know what the frak is...

[ChampSkinsFan]

I'm shocked Santana or Chris Cooley didn't make the list. Also would have liked to see Marcus Washington or Mike Sellers make the list over Terry Hermerling or Roy Jefferson.

[oscarsandman]

I don't dislike him for how he played. I dislike him because of the way he left the organization and the things he said about the organization after. I dislike him as a member of the DC Media as well because he incoherently runs his yap (a lot of it related to the skins) and I hate that this type of guy is being considered one of the greatest to ever play for my beloved team. Based on play I knew he might be there but I just don't like him personally.

[Boss_Hogg]

Wow, I still can't believe Arrington got in. Is there anyway we can change this to the 79 greatest? Just take away the 2009 season?

I lost all respect for Arrington when he called Joe Gibbs a coward in 2006.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Thanks for posting!

Arrington on that list makes me want to vomit.

+100

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

Wow, I still can't believe Arrington got in. Is there anyway we can change this to the 79 greatest? Just take away the 2009 season?

I lost all respect for Arrington when he called Joe Gibbs a coward in 2006.

You, me and every other decent minded, true Redskin out there.

He is one inductee I'd boo until I was hoarse were I to be in the Stadium on that day. Pretty darn disgusted with that.

Hail.

[SkinsCrushCowboys]

This is why Arrington pisses me off.....

"I called Joe Gibbs a coward for leaving," Arrington said in the Times interview. "You came in, you made some money for your NASCAR team. No one else is going to say that. I'm sure more people thought I was a [jerk] for saying that. Joe wouldn't call me because he knows. There are a lot of people who know the truth about what went down with me and the Redskins."

Gibbs retired for a second time from the Redskins in January.

[RVAbrendan]

Also would have liked to see Marcus Washington or Mike Sellers make the list over Terry Hermerling or Roy Jefferson.

I love me some Mike Sellers. Surprised he didn't get in, too (yet!). Not very nationally known, but watching him play was a blast, especially in 2007 (I believe?) when he was our biggest redzone threat. Watching him truck over defenders was a thing of beauty, and having CP26 hold onto him as they dashed towards the endzone was one of the coolest plays I can remember. Also, wasn't he a career-long Redskin?

Makin' Walla Walla proud!!

[greenspandan]

on initial consideration i dont think lavar deserves it, but id like to hear the argument in favor.

im certain the only reason moss and fletcher arent on there is because theyre still playing, and the listmakers decided they were ineligible for that reason.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Lavar Arrington was basically the face of the franchise for several years. I'm as critical of him as anyone, but he probably belongs on the list.

Absolutely correct. No matter how things ended up in 2005, he was certainly a very good player and the face of franchise for several years.

[KCClybun]

I'll put it like this;

London, a consummate professional and a guy who's produced every tie he's been of the field, has to wait ten years to be named one of the greatest Redskins. London has not missed a game, has never said a bad word about the team, and no matter how poorly the organization was doing, he went out and busted his ass every Sunday.

LaVar is the anti-London. And he gets in because he was the "face of the franchise" even though he was never quite as good as we pretended and effectively has made a career off badmouthing the football team.

People's priorities are funny.