fixer26er Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 I can't seem to remember the medical excuse used to stash Rypien on the PUP list his first or second year in the league. Can someone help me out on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montilar Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Don't remember Ryp's medical reason, but Humphries was a "rare blood disorder". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.M. Fletch Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Did Humphries really have a blood disorder or was that just made up in order to stash him on IR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddha Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Wasn't it genital herpes? Or am I thinking of Michael Westbrook??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Originally posted by I.M. Fletch Did Humphries really have a blood disorder or was that just made up in order to stash him on IR? Me (in a bar): Yeah, I'm in training to be an astronaut.Dumb Blonde: Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Joe Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Blockheadness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 I liked Ryp. I know his fame was short lived, but IMO that Super Bowl win will forever tie him to us. It kind of sucked seeing him toil around the league for years with teams like Indy and the Rams. His first four years were fantastic. 84 TDs and only 48 INTs in his first four seasons. I think Gibbs was alot of the reason he looked good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixer26er Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by Montilar Don't remember Ryp's medical reason, but Humphries was a "rare blood disorder". Was it Humphries? I could have sworn it was Ryp. That was the disorder I was looking for. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixer26er Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by SlinginSammy HOF '63 I think Gibbs was alot of the reason he looked good. I think at this point it is safe to assume that Gibbs was the ONLY reason. I always liked Rypien though. He quarterbacked the team about as well as anyone could the '91 campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rypien 91 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 As you can tell, Ryp is my fav. Redskin. I was 11 when he led us to the promised land. I will always remember him running and jumping up and down the sideline, arms pumping. Too bad, he didn't stick around long after that...one season? Anyways, he was a great QB for a few years and in my mind, will always he a great Redskin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 I think the two years he was on IR was always something "pulled" or "strained" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuji869 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Ryp was a victim of his own success. He won the big one, held out for more money and then was never the same. He is truly the greatest tragic hero of Washington Redskins History. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Ryp had a mediocre 1992 season then totally blew in 1993. Then he spent the next 5 seasons with 4 different teams including a 4 year period where he was out of the league. A different team every season. Sad to see someone start his career as a star in this league only to slowly fade away and become forgotten except by Skins fans. http://jupiter.jt-sw.com/football/pro/players.nsf/ID/06910178 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 It was definitely Humphries who had the "rare blood disorder." If memory serves, that, and other Gibbs specialities of the like, were a large part of the reason the league tightened the injury disclosure rules. I can't recall if Ryp was ever on the list or not, but I do know he spent the first few years of his career here modeling ugly team sweaters and scribbling on a clipboard on the sidelines near Coach Gibbs. Once he got on the field, he quickly separated himself not for his physical skills (read: big arm, accurate deep ball) but for his unbelievable football smarts. Gibbs called him the "smartest QB" he'd ever been around. Sadly for Ryp, after the magical '91 season and subsequent contract holdout, he came to camp late the following year, and was simply a different QB. I've personally always thought the reported "minor hand injury" we heard about that summer after the Super Bowl in reality was much worse than was ever reported, because from his first pass in preseason in '92, Ryp's ball just wasn't the same. His "touch"---short stuff, even the intermediate and deep stuff he had been so witheringly accurate with---was simpy gone. It was night and day. Maybe it was all mental, we'll never know for sure ... but I've always believed there was something mechanical that happened to his throwing motion involved as well ... something he just couldn't overcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan4life Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 IMHO... I think it really doesnt matter. What I remember Rypien is his achievement at the top of his game in 1990-1991yr. Most stay in the league for 15yrs without a ring. Also...in the GRAND scheme of things. Rypien has not been faded by his drop in the NFL. The Guy has gone through a great deal of Tragic death of his kid, And alot of other things that are just more important to a man's character. Ashame that there arent many NFL players like MR. Be a better leauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by Fan4life IMHO... I think it really doesnt matter. Forgive me, but ... you think what doesn't really matter? What I remember Rypien is his achievement at the top of his game in 1990-1991yr. Most stay in the league for 15yrs without a ring. Also...in the GRAND scheme of things. Rypien has not been faded by his drop in the NFL. The Guy has gone through a great deal of Tragic death of his kid, And alot of other things that are just more important to a man's character. Ashame that there arent many NFL players like MR. Be a better leauge. Nobody here has suggested otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixer26er Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 Sounds kind of like Kurt Warner is Mark Rypien Jr. doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNEET Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by fixer26er Sounds kind of like Kurt Warner is Mark Rypien Jr. doesn't it? nailed it. they even look somewhat alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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