The Skins’ “temporary” run of success in the 80s and 90s under Gibbs was as long as the Ravens have been in existence. The Redskins also have more Super Bowl wins than the Baltimore Colts and the Baltimore Ravens combined.
The Skins’ “temporary” run of success in the 80s and 90s under Gibbs was as long as the Ravens have been in existence.
You are forgetting that run of success during the 40’s with Sammy Baugh. And then there are those championships in the late 30s. It could be said, that the Skins with Sammy Baugh revolutionized the game of football by developing the pass as an integral part of the offense rather than using it as a desparate effort to save a stalled drive. Johnny Unitas gets the credit for being the first modern QB, but I really think that honor belongs to Sammy Baugh. Sammy modeled the behavior of the modern QB, Johnny followed and then wrote a book on it. Go back and watch the film of Sammy and you will see the 3, 5, and 7 step drop, the multiple receiver routes, and the checkoffs. What did Johnny do that Sammy hadn’t already done? Love them both, but lets give cred to who earned it. I don’t think anyone would disagree that Baugh was the greatest athlete to ever play pro football. I think Johnny U would agree with that. Just saying. Lets talk about the Ravens when they hit 20 years of playing.
Seems to me you are both forgetting how pitiful the skins were in the ‘60s.
I really felt sorry for Sam Huff when he was traded. Same with Sonny Jurgensen who was sold by the Eagles because the owner was going broke.
Sonny actually got the ‘72 team respectable.
The Ravens were the original Cleveland Browns from the AA?, whatever back in the late 40s.
First game in the NFL they kicked the crapola out of the champion Eagles by about 51-7 or whatever. It was 1951, can’t remember the score, look it up.
As soon as Rosenbloom forced Irsay on the Colts it was over. He couldn’t even show up sober at a press conference. The destruction of the Colts began the day he became the owner.
I still remember Artie, 85 now, saying about the XXXXskins, “We used to beat them like a drum”.
And I remember the last time the old Browns played the Colts in Memorial Stadium. Browns scored four TDs on four possessions in the first half, 28-0. Game ended 28-0, they didn’t bother playing the second half, both teams just went thru the motions.
That was when Colts fans started walking out on what is now the Indy Irsays.