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Originally Posted by Mattyk
Well, let's not gloss over the fact Shanahan drafted guys like Davis and Sharpe. The Broncos were floundering around the .500 mark for the prior 3 seasons before he got there too.
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It is a bit of a stretch to say that as an assistant coach with the Broncos in the early 90s that Shanahan drafted Shannon Sharpe. But if you want to say that he was at least a part of the decision process that selected Sharpe, fine.
The fact remains that when he took over the Broncos as the head coach, he had a Hall of Fame QB
already there and a Hall of Fame TE
already there and a rookie RB who might someday get into the Hall of Fame because he did have one season with 2000+ yards gained.
That is a far cry from what Mike Shanahan found here in Washington at the end of the Jim Zorn/Vinny Cerrato era. He had a ton of work to do; he still does have a ton of work to do. There is progress - - but the Redskins are not yet close to being an elite team in the Shanahan era.