Redskins Top Plays of 2005...Rank All-Time??

What about Dexter Manley destroying Danny white in the '82 NFC Championship game? That has to be in the top ten.

#1 70 Chip
#2 Darrell Green punt return TD
#3 "Saunders beats Haynes, 80 yards touchdown, hello sports fans!"
SB XXII The beginning of the Golden Quarter.
#4 Santana Moss beats the Cowboys
#5 Darryl Grant int TD
#6 Ken Houston stops Cowboy Walt Garrison at the goal line.
#7 Kurt Gouveia (the man with every vowel in his last name) picks off
Jim Kelley's first pass in the second half of SB XXVI to essentially
win the game...
#8 Dexter kills Danny White
#9 Bobby Mitchell's "God did that move" against the Browns.
#10 Darrell Green breaks up a pass against Minnesota to put the Skins
in SB XXII
#11 Theismann knocks a 5 yard TD INT out of a Dolphins defenders hand in
SB XVII.


That's my quick list. I Prolly forgot something...

This is going way back in a loss....but Mike Bass returning Yepremian's blocked field goal/ lame duck pass in Super Bowl VII gave a 11 year old boy hope that the game could be won. It at least kept the Dolphins from having a shutout. A funny play that still brings back fond memories of making it to the big game for the first time.
Mr. Green returning the punt against Chicago was pure magic, especially when you found out he injured himself leaping over a tackler on the way to the end zone. In the replay you see it happen and even when he lets up a bit, still, no one can catch him.

Thiesmann knocking his deflected pass out of a Dophins defenders hands in the SB is not a flashy play but it was a heads up play that went a long game way to winning the game. The "Golden Quareter" collectivelly is top 10 material, and the Brunnell/Moss play to me is a top 5 play.

In the last 20 years...
1.Brunell to Moss (both) to win!
2. Sean Taylor fumble recovery for a TD in Tampa
3. Sean Taylor fumble recovery for a TD in Phili
4. Cooley TD against Dallas (all 3)
5. Arrington INT for TD against Weinke/ Carolina.

In the last 20 years...
1.Brunell to Moss (both) to win!
2. Sean Taylor fumble recovery for a TD in Tampa
3. Sean Taylor fumble recovery for a TD in Phili
4. Cooley TD against Dallas (all 3)
5. Arrington INT for TD against Weinke/ Carolina.

Those are all like within the last 5-8 yrs...

I was only 4 or 5 when it happened so I don't personally remember it, but the Darrell Green punt return has to go right up there with 70 Chips and Brunell to Moss # ONE (I'll get back to that in a sec) in my book.

Everytime my dad tells me about Darrell's return, how he was injured and his arm was just sort of limp but he never let up, he practically gets misty-eyed. I've seen the clip a few times but I'd love to see it again if anyone has a link.

I also said the first TD vs Dallas last year because it gave me so much hope. I just remember being so bored and frustrated with that game that i was getting ready to go to bed right before that drive. When Santana made that catch and streaked in for the TD, flipped the ball to the ref, and ran back to the sidelines with the expression that he was just getting started, I had hope again. the big d-bags hadn't done anything since that god-damn flea-flicker and I knew our D would keep it that way. I really think you have to look at the lsat three minutes of that game as it's own entity because ti was so much more than just a single play; of course, the same could be said for just about every memorable play.

This is going way back in a loss....but Mike Bass returning Yepremian's blocked field goal/ lame duck pass in Super Bowl VII gave a 11 year old boy hope that the game could be won. It at least kept the Dolphins from having a shutout. A funny play that still brings back fond memories of making it to the big game for the first time.
Mr. Green returning the punt against Chicago was pure magic, especially when you found out he injured himself leaping over a tackler on the way to the end zone. In the replay you see it happen and even when he lets up a bit, still, no one can catch him.

if we are going to games lost plays then you gotta remember brian mitchell's kick return for a TD at tampa bay (100 yds). It was a great feeling at the time but we all know what happened after that.

If we had done well in 2004, Portis' first Redskin carry could have been up there with the all time best. As it is, its merely a significant TD run.

I am going to say that 70 chip was the best and most significant play in about 20 years. Outside of that the Darrell Green defense against Minnesota and the Green punt return in Chicago have to be right up there with the Golden Qtr and Grant TD against Dallas in 83 NFC Championship in the great RFK....wow, alot of memories in that paragraph!

If we had done well in 2004, Portis' first Redskin carry could have been up there with the all time best. As it is, its merely a significant TD run.

I do have to say, that was prbably the most exciting single play I've seen in person. There were so any questions and expectations about Portis and Gibbs' return, and that run just made me feel like everything was gonna be gravy, at least at the time it did.