Worst ever Redskins 1st round pick was?

[lorimike]

Originally Posted by Keino

Johnson was a pretty damn good player at Penn State. But it is clear that there not much due dilligence performed on him, because my best friend played with Dre and told me he could never remember the plays. He was great when he knew what he was doing, but often had to have Kerry Collins tell him his assignment.

But why didn't we have a first round pick in 1996. Well, that' because we traded it to the Rams for Sean Gilbert. And not only that, is was the 6th overall. To our credit we did later trade Sean Gilbutt to the Panthers for two first rounders.

[lorimike]

And 3 picks before we selected Andre Johnson from Penn State the Ravens selected Ray Lewis. Sigh........ Is it any wonder we've been a doormat since 1991. Uggg

[VegasSkinsFan]

This year when Shanny takes Tannehill instead of RG3 haha

[Lavar703]

Charlie Gogolak-1966

[shally]

Originally Posted by lorimike

But why didn't we have a first round pick in 1996. Well, that' because we traded it to the Rams for Sean Gilbert. And not only that, is was the 6th overall. To our credit we did later trade Sean Gilbutt to the Panthers for two first rounders.

we actually didnt trade Gilbert.. the Panthers were stupid enough to sign him as a free agent and when the 2 teams couldnt come to an agreement as to compensation for him the league awarded the Redskins 2 first round picks from the Panthers.. i think they never expected to have to pay full market value, but you have to credit Tagliabue for doing right by the Redskins in this case

[shally]

Originally Posted by Lavar703

Charlie Gogolak-1966

or Ray McDonald RB, who started out with a 150 yard effort in his first game against the Saints (actually saw it live !!) but after that it was all downhill

[lorimike]

Originally Posted by shally

we actually didnt trade Gilbert.. the Panthers were stupid enough to sign him as a free agent and when the 2 teams couldnt come to an agreement as to compensation for him the league awarded the Redskins 2 first round picks from the Panthers.. i think they never expected to have to pay full market value, but you have to credit Tagliabue for doing right by the Redskins in this case

God told him he was supposed to make 5 million a season or something like that. Seams cheap by today's standards. From what I remember he sat out a season. We franchised him and the panthers signed him. Thus we got the two first round picks.

[AustinSkin]

Desmond Howard. I nearly broke my TV when this announcement was made. We could have selected BPA with our first choice and selected Carl Pickens later in the 1st round, who was far more versatile than Desmond.

[nicefellow31]

Originally Posted by BIGREDSKINSFAN1963

Shally,i can't remember but was john mutuzaack a 1st round redskins pick that george allen cut in camp?

No. http://www.pro-football-reference.co...M/MatuJo20.htm

[nicefellow31]

I seem to recall at the tiime of the selection, people were saying Desmond Howard was a great choice and would continue the legacy of the posse.

[Lavar703]

Originally Posted by shally

or Ray McDonald RB, who started out with a 150 yard effort in his first game against the Saints (actually saw it live !!) but after that it was all downhill

Gogolak only made 56% of his kicks lol.

[Emmanouel8]

Does 3 2nd rounders qualify as a 1st rounder? It does based on the value chart.

[shally]

Originally Posted by lorimike

God told him he was supposed to make 5 million a season or something like that. Seams cheap by today's standards. From what I remember he sat out a season. We franchised him and the panthers signed him. Thus we got the two first round picks.

correct on all counts

Originally Posted by AustinSkin

Desmond Howard. I nearly broke my TV when this announcement was made. We could have selected BPA with our first choice and selected Carl Pickens later in the 1st round, who was far more versatile than Desmond.

yup, and YUP
incidentally, that one goes on Gibbs' doorstep as well.. he was a big part of that decision

[shally]

Originally Posted by Lavar703

Gogolak only made 56% of his kicks lol.

yeah.. we were so enamored of his brother Pete, who was the Giant's kicker that we took little Charlie

Terrible pick

[nicefellow31]

Researched news archives. Most of them are PPV sites but I got a chuckle out of the 1st one.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r9hRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=68 99,8762145&dq=desmond+howard&hl=en

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K2NLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p30DAAAAIBAJ&pg=45 36,7003148&dq=desmond+howard&hl=en