Best Redskins team ever: 1991

Nice post . I actually believe our '87 team was better than the '91 team , not that it matters , both were awesome . The '82 and '83 teams were powerful < we won SB 17 minus Art Monk > , and had yet to draft D. Green and C. Mann .... we were spoiled in the '80's !

Damn straight you were, you bastard!
My earliest years I was watching Gus Frerotte and Heath Shuler. :(

Damn straight you were, you bastard!
My earliest years I was watching Gus Frerotte and Heath Shuler. :(

Bman I feel sorry for you not being able to gloat in our glory years. I was in middle school and high school for our runs. It was awesome to grow up to those teams. (Well not the 82 and 81 team)

You will get to see a great team one day I am sure of it and your long time loyalty to the Redskins will be rewarded. This is an awesome franchise to be a fan of!!

Nice post . I actually believe our '87 team was better than the '91 team , not that it matters , both were awesome . The '82 and '83 teams were powerful < we won SB 17 minus Art Monk > , and had yet to draft D. Green and C. Mann .... we were spoiled in the '80's !

Although the 87 team is my fav Redskin team of all time they were not as good as the 91 team. The 91 team dominated from start to finish. Simply not the case with that 87 team. That team was up and down all year long. If you remember that team was probably the 3rd best in the conference that year. Chicago and SF were the two best teams in the NFC. But that team got hot at the right time.

2010 team will be the best ever!! (OK I'M A HOMER BUT O WELL)

I have mixed feelings about this, basically because the question necessarily brings the '83 team into the debate, which, outside of the 2007 Pats, is, in my opinion, the best SB team to have lost the big game. That team went into the game having won (including playoff games) 28 of its previous 31 games, put up the most regular season points in the history of the league, and outscored its NFC playoff competition 73-7 through the first seven quarters of play. What happened to the team in the following five quarters was an absolute disaster, but was just as much an absolute fluke. It's been said by many that the team's confidence got a shake in that 4th quarter against the Niners that it simply couldn't recover from going into the big game. Maybe so--it makes sense, given that the team they lost to in the SB was a team they beat in the regular season. Regardless, I know that any SB loss leaves bitterness for any fan, but I think that's the team we're talking about as the franchise's best-ever if they hadn't lost that game.

Man, what a way to cast a shadow over an otherwise positive thread.
Great post and arguments for it though. Wish I had been around to see it.

1991 would def be the one that I picked

Scored 485 points (30.3/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 224 points (14.0/g), 2nd.
Differential of 261 points (16.3/g), 1st

now we're happy to sniff 30 points, much less AVERAGE it

14-2 .. the 2 losses being by a combined 5 points

Monk and Clark over 1000 yards each.. Byner over 1000.. strong 600 something from Ervins (just saw a guy wearing his jersey Sunday)

The 1983 team was unbelievable, 500+ points, plus 46 (or so) turnover ratio, 2 losses by a combined 2 points. But in the end they didn't win the Super Bowl so the edge has to go to the 1991 team in my book.

Plus, in my mind, 1991 felt more legitimate than 1982 or 1987. Not to diminish what we did those years. And you can argue it was more impressive perhaps to win in strike shortened seasons. But to dominate from start to finish in a full season like we did in 1991 tends to feel a bit more special.

And don't forget about the 1986 team. We were pretty damn awesome that year. Unfortunately the Giants were just slightly more awesome.

What we had in those days that we have lost since is.....confidence. We were confident the team could pull out a win regardless what the score was. Mostly, I am relieved when the game is over in the last couple of years.
I look forward to Bruce and Shanny delivering that type confidence once more. AND the right "feel" seems to be progressing nicely. They are assembling the right pieces and apparently have the team believing...sooo I will as well!
HTTR!!

Plus, in my mind, 1991 felt more legitimate than 1982 or 1987.

Yep...

What we had in those days that we have lost since is.....confidence. We were confident the team could pull out a win regardless what the score was. Mostly, I am relieved when the game is over in the last couple of years.
I look forward to Bruce and Shanny delivering that type confidence once more. AND the right "feel" seems to be progressing nicely. They are assembling the right pieces and apparently have the team believing...sooo I will as well!
HTTR!!

No doubt. If we were down 10 back then you were thinking "c'mon Skins, we know you have it in you"

nowadays if we just get down it's all groans