Glory days

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by SkinDogg

Get to 4:00 on this one (playoffs v. Atlanta...it was about effing cold and rained the entire time, one of favorite RFK memories). Anyway, I was in my early 20s during the glory years, and hope those of you of the same age today get a taste of this. You so deserve it.

If I remember correctly it was this game that Rypien threw a late INT (game was already out of reach) to Deion. On the INT return, Rypien ROCKED Deion. That was one I'll never forget, great hit by Rypien and I couldn't stand Deion even back then. Couldn't find the clip on YouTube.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

If I remember correctly it was this game that Rypien threw a late INT (game was already out of reach) to Deion. On the INT return, Rypien ROCKED Deion. That was one I'll never forget, great hit by Rypien and I couldn't stand Deion even back then. Couldn't find the clip on YouTube.

Yeah I remember that play well too. Rypien stuck him good and make a textbook tackle.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

If I remember correctly it was this game that Rypien threw a late INT (game was already out of reach) to Deion. On the INT return, Rypien ROCKED Deion. That was one I'll never forget, great hit by Rypien and I couldn't stand Deion even back then. Couldn't find the clip on YouTube.

Yeah I remember they started celebrating, typical Deion and his low rent teammates, they were celebrating like the play won them the game. Safety's Danny Copeland and Brad Edwards interrupted their celebrations rather physically, grabbed them and pointed to the scoreboard. Reminded them they were losing something like 24-7. It shut them up qucily, funniest moment of the game.
I remember there were numerous Atlanta area stars (musicians,boxer, etc) on the sidelines line at RFK. SoOme of the Redskins later said they took offense to that.
Man how times have changed. The Joe Gibbs Redskins teams were classy.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

My favorite Redskins moment. Our NFC Championship game against Dallas. THis was the game that told the nation the Redskins have arrived! We beat to a pulp the famed doomsday defense.
This was the famous game Grimm changed Gibbs playcalls in the huddle near the end of the game to run right at HOF'er Randy White and run out the clock.
We do not have that physical play anymore.
YouTube - Washington Redskins-Diesel destroys Dallas!

Thanks for the YouTube memory! What a glorious time that was to be a Redskins fan. Our young O-line really jelled into a dominant unit that post-season. I still say that we could have had the 2nd coming of the Hogs had Marty drafted Steve Hutchinson over Rod Gardner. A young Hutch, lined up next to Samuels would have been completely sick.

[BringBackJoeT]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

My favorite Redskins moment. Our NFC Championship game against Dallas. THis was the game that told the nation the Redskins have arrived! We beat to a pulp the famed doomsday defense.
This was the famous game Grimm changed Gibbs playcalls in the huddle near the end of the game to run right at HOF'er Randy White and run out the clock.
We do not have that physical play anymore.
Notice in the background the home made banners and painted bed sheets that Jack Kent Cooke allowed fans to bring to the games back them.

YouTube - Washington Redskins-Diesel destroys Dallas!

Yeah, I think this was my favorite game from the entire era. The Super Bowl victories were all fantastic and unforgettable, but this was not only the game that earned us our first SB visit of the Gibbs I era, it also came with a "I can't believe it!" feeling. Entering that season, the Cowboys had won the NFC East the previous six years in a row and had made it to the NFC Championship game the previous two. They were the only team to beat us during the regular season, and it was their fifth consecutive victory over us. As badly as I wanted the win, I really wasn't expecting it. That made Grant's touchdown quite possibly my favorite moment of all of the years I've rooted for the team.

And how great is it to watch replays featuring the Redskins at RFK with Pat Summerall announcing the game?

[skinsfaninok]

God we need a RB like Riggins, he was an even better Marion Barber!!

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

God we need a RB like Riggins, he was an even better Marion Barber!!

Here's your man:

This guy is the next Riggins.

* Toby Gerhart
* #7
* Running back
* Stanford Cardinal
* Class: Senior 3V
* Height: 6-1
* Weight: 237

[dblanch66]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

God we need a RB like Riggins, he was an even better Marion Barber!!

Marion Barber?? He couldn't hold Riggins' jock.

[over the mountain]

im 31 yrs old which means i was about 4th grade to 8th grade during our true SB glory days. i do remember, before i even knew what football really was, sitting around the house at a very young age, bored on a sunday and i decided to really give footballa chance. i remember watching the likes of the running back for the giant morris called mighty mouse, seeing him do what he did at such a small size was amazing to me a very young boy. phil simms bravado parcells were names i learned as i followed mighty mouse. a year later i learned of the skins and darrel green. so many people spoke so highly of darrell green. i was at a pizza party and saw him intercept and return a ball for a td. the pizza party lil kid thing i went to every adult wnet nuts. i became a d green fan. soon enough the skins were apparently in the super bowl. still at a very young age, i watched as the skins put up the greastest quater in sb history as doug williams ricky sanders art monk and that other guy (im been drinkin) put up spectacular play after play. right then and there i understood football, i understood home town pride, i understood ....lady feell on flor

[tryfuhl]

My parents wouldn't let me watch SuperBowl XXII despite sitting through whole games that year at the ripe young age of 4. They went to a party which I assume was filled with drinking and debauchery and I was stuck in the rec room beside the big room in the basement, they wouldn't even turn on a TV upstairs because I'd be "too far" from them I still hate them for that.

[skinsguy]

Great memories guys! You remember the punter we had in the early 80's? Haynes? The dude was a threat to fake the punt and take off running. One of the few punters other teams feared.

[Longtimefan]

These are some of the moments that make what we're witnessing now so challenging. Hopefully, in my lifetime there will come a time when we will return to some semblence of then.

Good work Matty.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

These are some of the moments that make what we're witnessing now so challenging. Hopefully, in my lifetime there will come a time when we will return to some semblence of then.

Good work Matty.

Longtime, do you remember these?

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Longtime, do you remember these?

Smack, you have me summoning the depths of my memory. Much of the early and mid 40's I always relied on my Father, and my Uncle to tell me about because I didn't go to my first Redskin game until the 49-50 season. When we played that championship game against the Bears I was only four yrs. old.

My Father would always tell me about Ray Flaherty, and how great the Redskins were in the years immediately following the start of the war. Ray Flaherty then, was our Joe Gibbs now.

That's really good stuff though,and makes me think a long way back.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

Smack, you have me summoning the depths of my memory. Much of the early and mid 40's I always relied on my Father, and my Uncle to tell me about because I didn't go to my first Redskin game until the 49-50 season. When we played that championship game against the Bears I was only four yrs. old.

My Father would always tell me about Ray Flaherty, and how great the Redskins were in the years immediately following the start of the war. Ray Flaherty then, was our Joe Gibbs now.

That's really good stuff though,and makes me think a long way back.

Check this out

Hall of Fame Redskins: Ray Flaherty