RIP Frank Wycheck

[spjunkies]

He's one of the players that I remember watching from my early days of watching the team. Gone way too young

 

 

 

[Birdlives]

RIP. Really sad. He was a Skin at one point but we let him walk along with a lot of other talent

[DWinzit]

I was a big fan of us drafting him. He was to be used as a Terry Orr style H-back. He had such good hands and ability to get open even though he didn't have a ton of speed.

 

Norvulous screwed him up when he was hired. He tried changing him to a straight up FB which he wasn't about. He beefed up and got caught using steroids while beefing up so got suspended. If I recall he ended out with a couple concussions trying to lead block for Norv. He later left and was used correctly by Tennessee. 

RIP!

Edited December 10, 2023 by DWinzit

[KWilliamsAWinfield]

53 minutes ago, Birdlives said:

RIP. Really sad. He was a Skin at one point but we let him walk along with a lot of other talent

Terrible coaching did not help him either but I am glad he went on to a have better career with the Titans with better coaching, rest in peace Frank

Edited December 10, 2023 by KWilliamsAWinfield

[El Mexican]

Great player.

 

Reading the news it seems he struggled with brain issues, like so many other NFL pros. Very sad indeed. 

Edited December 10, 2023 by El Mexican

[TradeTheBeal!]

Turtle legend and a terrific pro that should’ve been a Redskin his whole career.

 

RIP

[SoCalSkins]

1 hour ago, TradeTheBeal! said:

Turtle legend and a terrific pro that should’ve been a Redskin his whole career.

 

RIP

Norv tried to convert him to fullback and he ended up getting suspended for steroids. Norv sucked. 
 

Apparently he fell and hit head at home and died. Way too young. RIP.

[Koolblue13]

I don't remember him as a skin, but he was awesome. Such a bully out there.

[Stone Cold]

Seem to recall him having problems with concussions here.  He somehow managed to clean that up and had a good resurgence with Tennessee.  Gone too soon.  RIP

Edited December 10, 2023 by Stone Cold

[RVAskins]

Condolences to the Wycheck family. Very sad news.

[Playaction2Sanders]

16 hours ago, DWinzit said:

I was a big fan of us drafting him. He was to be used as a Terry Orr style H-back. He had such good hands and ability to get open even though he didn't have a ton of speed.

 

Norvulous screwed him up when he was hired. He tried changing him to a straight up FB which he wasn't about. He beefed up and got caught using steroids while beefing up so got suspended. If I recall he ended out with a couple concussions trying to lead block for Norv. He later left and was used correctly by Tennessee. 

RIP!

 

First off thoughts with his family and respect to them. I remember the short time he was with us he made a couple of plays that made us ask, who is this guy? At least he was able to have a career, not get it shut down by us completely. It was interesting seeing young Redskins fans react to Washington's support of his passing and learning we drafted him.. I wanted to tell them, you know we also drafted Keenan McCardell in '91.

Edited December 11, 2023 by Playaction2Sanders

[Riggo-toni]

Good ol' Norvo the Clown cut Wychek, Rich Gannon, and Keenan McCardell to make room for Heath Shuler and Alvin Harper. Pure genius...

[profusion]

RIP.

 

I remember his Redskins career well. He stood out in what was a pretty dismal era for the team.

[Jumbo]

****in great player. Hated  how norv mishandled him. Rip Frank. You were an old school junk yard dog.

[hail2skins]

I cringed when Kelce threw that lateral to Toney at the end of the game yesterday (of course negated by the much-discussed offside), but was Travis trying to pay tribute to Frank's role in the Music City Miracle there?

[tmandoug1]

RIP Wycheck....

[skinsfan66]

On 12/11/2023 at 5:57 AM, Playaction2Sanders said:

 

First off thoughts with his family and respect to them. I remember the short time he was with us he made a couple of plays that made us ask, who is this guy? At least he was able to have a career, not get it shut down by us completely. It was interesting seeing young Redskins fans react to Washington's support of his passing and learning we drafted him.. I wanted to tell them, you know we also drafted Keenan McCardell in '91.

If I am not mistaking we included him on a list of players each team had to make for the new franchise for Houston and may have been a QB at Md? Keenan McCardell was plucked off our practice squad when the Posse was still in tack and getting older, Gibbs was pissed. 

[Ghost of]

On 12/11/2023 at 9:51 AM, Riggo-toni said:

Good ol' Norvo the Clown cut Wychek, Rich Gannon, and Keenan McCardell to make room for Heath Shuler and Alvin Harper. Pure genius...

I was at the training camp in '91 and even with the Posse, it was clear that McCardell was very talented and already looked like he belonged on an NFL field. So much so that I always remembered who he was and didn't understand why we let him escape when it was obvious the Posse were on their way out in the next 2 or so years.