Patience Is The Right Word For The Skins For Now

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Redskins88

I was born in the latter part of the glory days but didn't Coach Gibbs always use free agency and never really used draft picks?

We had a different type of free agency back then. I think it was called something like Plan B free agency. I don't remember all the details about it. He drafted Mark Rypien, Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders to name a few. I think Art Monk arrived in 1980, so even though Gibbs didn't draft him, we know how much Art Monk was used. So yeah, he used drafts picks and his coaching staff helped develop them quite well.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

We had a different type of free agency back then. I think it was called something like Plan B free agency. I don't remember all the details about it. He drafted Mark Rypien, Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders to name a few. I think Art Monk arrived in 1980, so even though Gibbs didn't draft him, we know how much Art Monk was used. So yeah, he used drafts picks and his coaching staff helped develop them quite well.

Don't forget Darrell Green, Dexter Manley, Charles Mann, Russ Grimm, Mark May, Clint Didier, Charlie Brown, Chip Lohmiller, Brian Mitchell, Kennan McCardell, and Mark Schlereth.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Ramseyfan

Don't forget Darrell Green, Dexter Manley, Charles Mann, Russ Grimm, Mark May, Clint Didier, Charlie Brown, Chip Lohmiller, Brian Mitchell, Kennan McCardell, and Mark Schlereth.

Right! And out of all those names, Darrell Green played (and I think started eventually) in his rookie season and played for 20 years.

[saskin]

Oh okay, thanks for clearing that up then. I had just heard that he relied more on free agency as opposed to drafting.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Redskins88

Oh okay, thanks for clearing that up then. I had just heard that he relied more on free agency as opposed to drafting.

I think he got a good mix from both free agency and the draft. So, I don't think your impression was totally wrong. He got Riggo, Joey T., Sanders, Butz, and Jacoby from free agency and others through the draft.