New Numbers: Sean Taylor #36.. didn't Timmy Smith retire that? haha

[SmootSmack]

"One minor drama during Gibbs's first minicamp was Clinton Portis's pursuit of jersey No. 26 from safety Ifeanyi Ohalete. Portis, who signed an eight-year, $50 million contract with the Redskins, considered offering Ohalete money before challenging the safety to a boxing match. Portis will wear No. 35 unless he can change Ohalete's mind."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Apr29.html

[BleedBurgundy]

Oahlete and Portis: Enough bitching. Start boxing.

[Skins fan 44]

Give Timmy some slack he won us a Super Bowl. lol I dont know about retiring numbers. I mean if you retire all the greats you eventually wont have but a handful of numbers. Granted just no one can wear 44, 7, 81 etc. But I still like to see the numbers out their and kind of relive the glory days. Take 17 it has been a while since have seen that out on the field (i think). It was good to see it out even if it was Wurfell. Maybe they could retire the jerseys and freeze the number for 10-20 years. Ok now you can throw bricks at me.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Skinsfan 44:

Since teams change uniform designs about as often as players change underwear, they should retire players uniforms with their numbers on it but allow new uniform designs with the same number to be used.

The current Skins' uniform with a #44 on it does not look like the one Riggins wore in the early 80s. So hang up a picture of Riggins' #44 in the Ring of Honor but let someone else wear #44 on the field now.

BTW, did you see that John Elway said he would be glad to let Tatum Bell wear #7 for the Broncos next year. The price is that Bell needs to put up 2000 yards and 25 TDs this year. That would not be a bad deal for the Broncos! Maybe Gibbs should set really outrageous goals for players to be allowed to wear special numbers?

[SmootSmack]

According to the Washington Post, sounds like Gibbs is going to be asking some of his former players if they'll "unretire" their "unofficially retired" numbers

[hi-jinx]

Originally Posted by smootsmack

According to the Washington Post, sounds like Gibbs is going to be asking some of his former players if they'll "unretire" their "unofficially retired" numbers

The former players should ask that any player whom wanted to wear the numbers has to put some money towards a favorite charity. Something close to the amount of what a player would pay to get a number from a guy still on the roster.

[skinsfanthru&thru]

portis was supposedly gonna wear #35 but came out in today's minicamp wearing #6.

[hi-jinx]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

portis was supposedly gonna wear #35 but came out in today's minicamp wearing #6.

He can wear #6 for minicamps and practice but for games he's going to have to wear something else.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Skinsfan 44:

Since teams change uniform designs about as often as players change underwear, they should retire players uniforms with their numbers on it but allow new uniform designs with the same number to be used.

The current Skins' uniform with a #44 on it does not look like the one Riggins wore in the early 80s. So hang up a picture of Riggins' #44 in the Ring of Honor but let someone else wear #44 on the field now.

I like the idea of honoring a # but letting it still be worn. And of course asking that player first is always the best way to go. I'm sure most of them wouldn't mind, especially if Gibbs is the one asking.

[JudgeJebus]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Since teams change uniform designs about as often as players change underwear, they should retire players uniforms with their numbers on it but allow new uniform designs with the same number to be used.

The current Skins' uniform with a #44 on it does not look like the one Riggins wore in the early 80s. So hang up a picture of Riggins' #44 in the Ring of Honor but let someone else wear #44 on the field now.

I think that's a perfect solution.

[azskinsfan2]

Alot of these ideas sound good but I just can't picture anyone else out there wearing a number 9 jersey. That is one that should be permanently retired!!! Probably DG's 28 also!!!!
You should definitely ask the player first though. Look what happened last year!!!!

[Daseal]

Since teams change uniform designs about as often as players change underwear

Some of them are pretty superstitious! No washing the game day underwear till we lose! (That's why no team has ever gone 16-0!)

[Dave Butz Baby!]

Here's an idea for a permanent solution to all this, albeit a long term one. 2007 will be the Skins 75th year. The Skins could use that anniversery to set up a "Super Hall of Fame" of sorts (Snyder loves a good marketing scheme) and officially retire 4 other jerseys for a total of five, or one for every 25 years the team has been in existence. Then they could say that they will retire one jersey every 25 years. That'll stretch out the retiring of jersey's for a long time.

Then using SportsCurmudgeon's idea, hang the jersey's on the Ring 'O Fame with their plaque as a tribute to the guys that made the number famous, but make them available for use by the current team.

That would solve the problems for a long while... the Skins won't have retired ten jerseys until 2132!

And who knows if the NFL will still be around then...

[skinsfanthru&thru]

also, isn't #34 retired through out the league or was that just a possibility after sweetness died?

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

also, isn't #34 retired through out the league or was that just a possibility after sweetness died?

I've never heard of that. I do know that Andre Lott wears #34 though.

The only officially retired number of the Redskins is Sammy Baugh's #33.