83 Skins Rank #4 All Time

Joe Gibbs has said that the '83 team was the best he's ever had.

I see it's only the last 25 years ,why not the last 75 years ?

I see it's only the last 25 years ,why not the last 75 years ?

It was a much diffferent game 75 years ago. For awhile, the league didn't even allow the forward pass.

It was a much diffferent game 75 years ago. For awhile, the league didn't even allow the forward pass.

and some of the linemen weighed 170 lbs...

[quote=Defensewins]Actually CNN ranks 83 redskins offense fourth best in the last 25 years, NOT best of all time.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0605/gallery.bestoffense/content.7.html
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Here's a little trivia for you. The number 6 team on this list is the 1981 San Diego Chargers coached by Don Coryell. Joe Gibbs helped build that team as O-coordinator up to the 1980 season. He was hired by the Redskins for the '81 season. For more on Gibbs' career, look here (http://runningredskins.blogspot.com/2006/05/joe-gibbs-coaching-pedigree.html).

when was al saunders brought in to the "air coryell" system?

the 83 team ws a juggernaut.offensively, the best team i have ever seen.should have one it all but no one could stop us

and some of the linemen weighed 170 lbs...

ok then why not the last 10 years ?

I have been a skins fan since the mid 70's and the 1983 team is the best Redskins team I have ever seen. I have magazines from 1983 comparing the redskins to the 1970's Steelers leading up to Super Bowl XVIII. Had they not laid an egg that day in the super bowl we would be talking about one of the greatest teams in NFL History let alone Redskins history.

When You consider the 1983 teams greatness you also have to take into account that they played that year as defending champions which means that everyone was gunning for them. In spite of that they lost only 2 games by 1 point each and set a record for points scored that stood for 15 years. We saw how the pressure and complacency of a championship unraveled the other two Redskins title defenses. That was simply a great team...

ok then why not the last 10 years ?

wow, that made absolutely no sense. good job.