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I was thinking about Rg3 and giving up those 1st round pics to get him and for some reason I decided to look back at the skins 1st round draft history and boy did it surprise me.

My mouth almost hit the floor in shock ..... only three players taken from 1970 to 1990. That just blew my mind ..how much talent did we let get away over those years. I know the skins always liked the vets but only three 1st round picks over a 20 year span that is something else.

Two of the picks are now in the hall of fame. Art Monk and Darrell Green.

Mark May was the other.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wa ... raft_picks

That info's wrong. We also drafted Sean Taylor, Carlos Rogers, Jason Campbell, Trent Williams and many more players.

frankcal20 wrote:That info's wrong. We also drafted Sean Taylor, Carlos Rogers, Jason Campbell, Trent Williams and many more players.

1970-1990

whoops. For the record, I posted that before I had any coffee. It's only 10 till 7am here in the WCoast.

I think someone might need another cup of coffee this morning

Edit: didnt see his post lol

skinpride1 wrote:That just blew my mind ..how much talent did we let get away over those years.

Enough to win 3 Super Bowls.

But that was a different era. The draft is indispensable today. It wasn't then.

I agree with that statement in the 80's, however we still got art monk and darrell green also. The 70's ... I can't agree with that statement and maybe a couple of solid 1st round selections in the 70's and you might be saying 4 super bowl wins. I was just a baby in the 70's and a kid in the early 80's however

Forget another few 1st round picks . . . as welch would tell you, if only Sonny would have played in January 1973, we'd have 4 Lombardi Trophies.

The damage here was done by not having anyone in charge of managing this franchise since Snyder became the owner

UNFORTUNATELY - it will take a year or so more to get over that era


we are fortunate to have our QB of the future on board
- it will still be another year or so before we can see a consistently competitive product on the field

Irn-Bru wrote:Forget another few 1st round picks . . . as welch would tell you, if only Sonny would have played in January 1973, we'd have 4 Lombardi Trophies.

Yes I have watched some stuff on that...I even seen where Don Shula said the wrong Q.B. played.

I also have watched clips of Sonny because many on here said Sonny J. was best Q.B. to play for the skins. I have to say he could throw it deep with amazing accuracy. I really like that, when i think of a real Redskins football team. I always think.... Good ground attack, with a killer deep passing game, and a solid defense.

Irn-Bru wrote:Enough to win 3 Super Bowls.

And lose two others, as well as a Championship game.

Irn-Bru wrote:

skinpride1 wrote:That just blew my mind ..how much talent did we let get away over those years.

Enough to win 3 Super Bowls.

But that was a different era. The draft is indispensable today. It wasn't then.

I agree with FFA

draft picks and managing franchises was very, very different in the 70s and 80s and to a less extent the 90s

Since Snyder took over here we have not had anyone managing the franchise or the draft - AT ALL

we now have guys in charge that have this franchise on the right track and they have turned things around here

time should show that the last 2 drafts were really great for this franchise

im with SJ... weve turned a much needed corner