Mickalino Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 In the past 2 decades, 7 overall #1 picks have played for the Redskins. Can you name all 7, without looking ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Wilkinson, Carter, Smith, Fryar, Emtman( 6 games in 1999),........ can't think of the others! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Angry Buddha Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Bulldog is correct plus George Rogers. Can't come up with the 7th. ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://home.earthlink.net/~wahoofamily/flag.gif" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted January 2, 2002 Author Share Posted January 2, 2002 Buddha, you're so close : The 7th player's name can be found "within" the 6th name you gave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoR Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Jeff George... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted January 2, 2002 Author Share Posted January 2, 2002 Bulldog got all of them except the 2 "Georges". Can't believe you guys missed Jeff George, of all people. Are we trying to forget him, on purpose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Jeff George was like a bad flu. Once it is gone you hope it never comes back. George Rogers was a quality running back in the NFL and ran for over 1,200 yards one year here in DC. It was a shame that cocaine allegedly ended his playing career in 1988. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoR Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 If we get Drew Bledsoe in here, it would be 8. If we would've signed Russell Maryland in the offseason--add another to that list. Wasn't Troy rumored to come here? (he's also one) What I find remarkable is that while we have had all these overall #1 picks in burgundy & gold, our next opponents, the Cards, have never had one--and they're the perennial cellar dwellars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 what should be more notable is the fact we have had all those #1 picks in recent years (most have come since 1994) and yet we haven't done much more than the Cards They won one playoff game in 1998 against Dallas and the Redskins won one playoff game against Detroit in 1999. Let's face it, we haven't burned up the NFC East in years. Even in 1999 we lost twice to Dallas among those 6 losses. At 10-6, 8-8 and now 8-8 or 7-9 the Redskins are not the Bengals in terms of cellar-dwelling but what we have become is a chronically mediocre team that each offseason talks about the big game or two that got away and cost us a chance for glory. I don't mind the 4-12 season or two to build a strong foundation, what is painful is the fact we have been 'rebuilding' for years and yet keep doing it again and again. Heck, Norv rebuilt his own team 3 times in the 7 years he was coach here. And the results in 2000 at 8-8 were largely the same as in 1996 at 9-7 and 1997 at 8-7-1. All those free agent moves and big signings made little difference to the bottom line. And unfortunately, so have all the high draft choices. Here we are sitting with 8-10 players that any other team would love to get their hands on and because we can't locate an effective NFL quarterback and get the coach/team on the same page during training camp, we are once again sitting at home filling out playoff lotteries for games that don't include us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoR Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Here's something else to chew on... REDSKINS <u>1st rounders</u> Dan Wilkinson (#1 overall) Bruce Smith (#1 overall) Ki-Jana Carter (#1 overall) LaVar Arrington (#2 overall) Champ Bailey Kenard Lang Darrell Green Robert Jones Chris Samuels (#3 overall) Michael Westbrook Rod Gardner Eric Metcalf <u>2nd rounders</u> Stephen Alexander Jon Jansen Dorian Boose Kevin Mitchell Fred Smoot Donnell Bennett Cory Raymer Ben Coleman Tony Banks Kevin Lockett CARDINALS <u>1st rounders</u> Leonard Davis (#2 overall) David Boston Thomas Jones Pete Kendall LJ Shelton Tom Knight Rob Frederickson <u>2nd rounders</u> Jake Plummer Johnny Rutledge Corey Chavous Anthony Clement Frank Sanders And both teams have the same record... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 of course many more of the Cardinals players were picks by their own organization while we got a lot of our players as free agents and in trades. Guys like Metcalf (33), Smith (36), Fryar (37), etc..... were acquired at the end of their careers and really made their names somewhere else. the same thing happened with George Allen who ended up acquiring players like Richie Petitbon, Deacon Jones and Walt Sweeney who were all in their final seasons in the NFL after 10+ years elsewhere. What I want to see is homegrown picks that become consistent pro bowlers, that is how you know your personnel department is doing their jobs. The draft is much more important now than it was 20 years ago because of the cap. Getting a starting caliber safety in free agency can cost $1 million plus while finding one in say round #2 or #3 of the draft can cost $400K. That is a huge difference to the bottom line if matched against two or three draft picks that make an immediate impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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