One of things that bothers me is how disrespected the Washington Redskins are. No, the current Redskins are ripe to be disrespected. However, those Joe Gibbs Redskins teams of the 1980s and early 1990s just don't get any love.
Russ Grimm was just voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's about time! Grimm will be the sole member of "The Hogs" to be in the Hall. "The Hogs" are probably the most storied offensive lines in NFL history. Congrats, Russ!
So that makes just the third Redskin from those Gibbs Era teams to get enshrined. Grimm joins Darrell Green and Art Monk (who both were inducted a couple of years ago) as well as Gibbs, himself.
For those who think that Grimm doesn't belong ... remember this: he was the best known "Hog". That offensive line blocked for three Super Bowl champions. Yeah, there have been other franchises that won three titles in a decade ... but none of them did so with THREE DIFFERENT quarterbacks and THREE DIFFERENT running backs. None. None. No one. Zilch.
From 1982-1991, the Redskins won Super Bowls XVII, XXII and XXVI. They won with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien as the QBs. No Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw or Joe Montana (yeah, the Giants won with three different QBs, but that spanned 22 years). They won with John Riggins, Timmy Smith and Earnest Byner as the running backs. Not as epic (the Patriots have had several different backs) but still remarkable that both positions were in such change.
Congrats Russ! Despite any hate, you deserve it!
Russ Grimm was just voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's about time! Grimm will be the sole member of "The Hogs" to be in the Hall. "The Hogs" are probably the most storied offensive lines in NFL history. Congrats, Russ!
So that makes just the third Redskin from those Gibbs Era teams to get enshrined. Grimm joins Darrell Green and Art Monk (who both were inducted a couple of years ago) as well as Gibbs, himself.
For those who think that Grimm doesn't belong ... remember this: he was the best known "Hog". That offensive line blocked for three Super Bowl champions. Yeah, there have been other franchises that won three titles in a decade ... but none of them did so with THREE DIFFERENT quarterbacks and THREE DIFFERENT running backs. None. None. No one. Zilch.
From 1982-1991, the Redskins won Super Bowls XVII, XXII and XXVI. They won with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien as the QBs. No Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw or Joe Montana (yeah, the Giants won with three different QBs, but that spanned 22 years). They won with John Riggins, Timmy Smith and Earnest Byner as the running backs. Not as epic (the Patriots have had several different backs) but still remarkable that both positions were in such change.
Congrats Russ! Despite any hate, you deserve it!
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