Brian Mitchell to retire as a Redskin

[firstdown]

Can anybody recall why we let him go. Did we think he was washed up? Did we have a person we thought would be better? Or was it just a dumb move by snyder?

[wolfeskins]

the skins brought somebody in who was, supposedly , pretty good. i cant remember his name at the moment and i'm not completely sure if he was here to replace mitchel. the most i remember about him is he had a kickoff return for a td against the giants (i think) to give the skins their 2nd win of the year when marty shottenhiemer was the coach. dont think i spelled shottenhiemer correctly.

[manicd]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

the skins brought somebody in who was, supposedly , pretty good. i cant remember his name at the moment and i'm not completely sure if he was here to replace mitchel. the most i remember about him is he had a kickoff return for a td against the giants (i think) to give the skins their 2nd win of the year when marty shottenhiemer was the coach. dont think i spelled shottenhiemer correctly.

Eric Metcalf. He returned a punt for a TD in that game. Don't know if he returned kickoffs. That may have been Michael Bates.

[wolfeskins]

[QUOTE=manicd]Eric Metcalf. He returned a punt for a TD in that game. Don't know if he returned kickoffs. That may have been Michael Bates.



your right, it was a punt return for a td by metcalf and bates was the kickoff returner i was thinking of. thanks for the correction

[joecrisp]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

the skins brought somebody in who was, supposedly , pretty good. i cant remember his name at the moment and i'm not completely sure if he was here to replace mitchel. the most i remember about him is he had a kickoff return for a td against the giants (i think) to give the skins their 2nd win of the year when marty shottenhiemer was the coach. dont think i spelled shottenhiemer correctly.

I thought Mitchell was a casualty of the Deion signing. Wasn't Deion's ability as a returner the reason they used for cutting Mitchell before the 2000 season? Mitchell subsequently signed with the Eagles out of spite, and scored 2 TDs for them that season, one on a punt return and one on a kick return, while Sanders had a grand total of 185 yards and 0 TDs on punt returns in his lone season for the Skins.

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I've always thought letting him go was one of the worst moves Snyder made, and it's often an overlooked mistake.

Gibbs always talks of core Redskins, well it doesn't get much more core than B-Mitch.

I agree 100%.

I'm still pissed we let him go. The guy was here for our worst years and was the only shining star. As soon as we make the playoffs, we ditch him for clowns like Deion and Bruce. BM is the only ex-Skin that I ever cheered for when he played against the Skins, in fact ESPECIALLY when he played the Skins. Good for him for going to our divisional rivals, and for continuing to post solid numbers for years right in our face.

Luckily BM is man enough not to hold grudges, and I'm thrilled he will retire as a Skin. I also think he deserves consideration for the Hall.