1991 Redskins on NFL Network Friday

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

well for that 1 year there was nobody better at throwing the deep ball,rypien had the magic touch that yr,its easy to call those plays when you have a qb making those throws almost every time and a defense that would stop the other team if you didnt

True. People forget that Rypien was the QB when Monk, Clark and Saunders all got over 1,000 yards. I think it was in 89 when we went 10-6 but didn't make the playoffs.

[brent]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

True. People forget that Rypien was the QB when Monk, Clark and Saunders all got over 1,000 yards. I think it was in 89 when we went 10-6 but didn't make the playoffs.

That year, the running game had gone MIA (I think someone got injured?) and Gibbs called them into his office and said, "I'm turning it over to you guys to pull this out the season for us." They passed their brains out and did well, but still too many Rypien fumbles (he had a big problem fumbling) and mistakes proved too hard to overcome. Gibbs later said that experience convinced him that he couldn't win that way and he had to get the running game going again.

In the NFL Network video, they say that the Eagles "bodybag" game refocused the Redskins on being tougher and more physical.