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Stephen Davis for me, but then again I never really got to see my man Sam Huff play (rather unfortunately). I love what the guy stands for, though; and I bet that his leadership and spirit would fit well with Gibbs.

But since I'm young, I'll go with Davis. (Thank you very much, SS)

I second the Butz nomination. and Darryl Grant playing next to him!!! There's not another former Skin who could come in a provide the run-stuffin' we need in the middle as much as Butz, IMO.

I dont understand the question - is it bring back any great player from the past (how could you not pick D. Green?) or bring back a current player that we once had? I think bring back a current player that we once had would be a more interesting question. Champ is obviously one of the best we have let go as is Stephen Davis, but we have quality people at these positions now so maybe it wouldnt be a huge upgrade if they were somehow to come back. I think I would go with Kenard Lang. He is an average DE but average is an improvement over what we have now. He had 8 sacks last year on a bad team.

Tunover has been so rampant with the Skins the last several years that you could almost field a team of current NFL players with exSkins. You would actually have some really good players too - Brad Johnson, Trent Green, Rich Gannon, Stephen Davis, Champ Bailey, Kenard Lang, Kalu, Stephen Alexander, Ron Gardner, Shawn Barber. Those are just the ones I could think of off the top of my head.

Since our teams most needed position is Defensive End. I gotta pick Dexter Manley. That guy cracked me up when he would say things like, "I'M GONNA RING HIS CLOCK!!!" or "MIKE DITKA IS A BUMB!!!"

If we needed a running back I would have to pick "Big Diesel" or a quarterback I would have to pick Doug Williams. But we need a defensive end more than anything else so I gotta pick Dexter.

Dieon Sanders -

PUKE, not really - I really don't think about stuff like that. If I had to pick a guy - I'll take Dexter ... drug free ... age 19 :0)

Riggo as #1... Sling'in Sammy as #2

I'd take Coy Bacon in his prime over Dexter though.

Still active Skins I'd take Cory Ramer......Oh we signed him.

Then I'd take Thrash .... Oh we signed him too.

Luckily Alexander signed with the Lions !!!

This would be easier if we were talking about the DC basketball team vis-a-vee the Detroit Wizards

posse wrote:

DG28 wrote:Everyone's answer should be this, Darrell Green the greatest Redskin of all time.

ehhhh... I don't know about that. Darrell Green is an al-Queda sympathizer who was partly involved in 9/11. He also spits on children every chance he gets.

I'm sticking with Raphel Cherry.

What the...?

anyways you've all got i wrong. We need a run stuffer in the middle.KEN HARVEY BABY!!!

I'll go with the players still playing that would help if we had back motif:

#1 Kenard Lang (dude just hitting his prime when we let him go)
#2 Stephen Davis(snubbed by all as a 70 greatest redskin)
#3 Daryl Gardner (run stop)
#4 ND Kalu
#5 Ladaris Jackson

Umm...John Riggins.
I admit that I would have to put Sonny Jurgenson as number two. Unfortunately I never got to see him play. I've heard so many stories that he must have been something.

Sonny is my pick. I got to see him play many times.

JR_USCG_GOSKINS wrote:When I think of Redskins, Its got to be Darrell Green...

I agree...I also liked Stephen Davis, but we got Portis now.

Please don't get me wrong when I say this because I am thrilled that we have Portis....but....I still wish we had a bigger back for 3rd and short situations.
I'm sure it happened many times, but off the top of my head, I can't recall Riggins being stopped when it was 3rd and one. With Gibbs's offense, we need to keep the drives going.
I think Portis is going to do spectacular things, and I think he will keep the chains moving, however, I'm not convinced that his body can handle the pounding short situations call for.
I would feel more comfortable with a bigger back for these situations, so I'd rather have Riggins back.

Brad wrote:Please don't get me wrong when I say this because I am thrilled that we have Portis....but....I still wish we had a bigger back for 3rd and short situations.

Cartwright!



CARTWRIGHT!!!

I look at this as a 2 sided question.

1) The player I would want the most, no matter what.

2) The player who could help us the most.

1 would be, drum roll, John Riggins. Like you didn't know that was comming.

2 would have to be Dave Butz. He would make our D-line great, and free up the LB's.

We need defensive line help bad.

I would take Dave Butz, Daryl Gardner and then Dexter Manley.

posse wrote:

Brad wrote:Please don't get me wrong when I say this because I am thrilled that we have Portis....but....I still wish we had a bigger back for 3rd and short situations.

Cartwright!



CARTWRIGHT!!!

I have seen Portis get the tough yards...he gets real low to the ground and hits the hole.

But...Cartwright and Betts are there too, why risk injury to your stud when you got a couple work horses on the sideline just waiting to get a shot in the game...when other backs come in to play they will play hard and make the most out of the opportunity.

If it were up to my dad he would say "Slingin' Sammy Baugh - Jurgenson was the only QB they've had that could carry his jockstrap. The rest of those QBs are bums - bums I tell ya, Bums!" Thats just my dad though.

oafusp wrote:

posse wrote:

Brad wrote:Please don't get me wrong when I say this because I am thrilled that we have Portis....but....I still wish we had a bigger back for 3rd and short situations.

Cartwright!



CARTWRIGHT!!!

I have seen Portis get the tough yards...he gets real low to the ground and hits the hole.

But...Cartwright and Betts are there too, why risk injury to your stud when you got a couple work horses on the sideline just waiting to get a shot in the game...when other backs come in to play they will play hard and make the most out of the opportunity.

True, but can Portis keep it up for 3 or 4 years? I'm more worried about the abuse he's going to take. I'd love to see Cartwright or Betts take that role. When you have a sleek racehorse, you don't send him out to plow. What would work is a mini-hog.

If it is short, tough yards you need, then we need Otis Wonsley back. He didn't carry the ball, but he led it through the hole.

i'm very surprised that no one has mentioned brian mitchell. so, my vote is for.....brian mitchell.

i love watching old tapes where he would get up after EVERY return and find someone to talk trash to. every single time. even if he got his head knocked off. he was a leader, a guy that fired up the whole team. to me, he was a big part of that attitude that joe gibbs initiated, that attitude that said 'lose?!? what, are you nuts?!?'

we need a guy like that now, a guy who strikes fear into his teammates as well as the opponent.

Hm... Joe, didn't we once have so many QBs get injured in a game that he had to go to the QB? From my unreliable source, he had to run the option.

Smithian wrote:Hm... Joe, didn't we once have so mny QBs get injured in a game that he had to go to the QB? From my unreliable source, he had to run the option.

Wasn't that the body bag game in Philly?

Smithian wrote:Hm... Joe, didn't we once have so many QBs get injured in a game that he had to go to the QB? From my unreliable source, he had to run the option.

...the point being.....?

Joe Jacoby straight up!!! I want that mean man back, bloody face and all. Talk about a warrior!!! If I could make another choice... And the choice is extremely difficult... ART MONK!!!!