The Redskins have a QB problem
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by
Robert Janis
The Redskins have a quarterback problem. Consider this: From 1993 through 2007 the Washington Redskins have had 19 starting quarterbacks. NINETEEN!! In contrast, from 1964 through 1984 they had three.
What happen? They’ve relied on the draft or they signed has been free agents. When they truly traded for a quarterback they got Sonny Jurgensen, Billy Kilmer, Joe Theismann, Brad Johnson and Mark Brunell. All these quarterbacks led the Redskins to the playoffs.
Free agency or the draft just doesn’t do it when you are trying to get a quarterback with any chance of longevity. Here’s the list of Redskins QBs since 1993 and you tell me how successful they’ve been.
Mark Rypien
Heath Shuler
John Friez
Gus Frerotte
Jeff Hostetler
Trent Green
Brad Johnson
Jeff George
Tony Banks
Shane Matthews
Patrick Ramsey
Danny Wuerfiel
Tim Hasselback
Mark Brunell
Jason Campbell
Todd Collins
Sammy Baugh, Eddie LeBaron, Mark Rypien and perhaps you could say Jay Schroeder have been the only Redskins quarterbacks who were drafted by the team and showed success. Otherwise, forget the draft.
Picking a first round draft choice is a crap shoot anyway. Why take the chance when you can let some other team groom a QB and then sign him as a heavy free agent or trade for him, even if it means giving up a number one and two.
Again, the proof is in history — Jurgensen, Kilmer, Theismann, Johnson and Brunell.
I know that we have to give Jason Campbell a chance. He is going into his second year as the team’s starter and quarterbacks taken in the draft are commonly given at least three seasons to show what they can do. But if by the end of the 2009 season, we don’t see anything out of Campbell, then it’s bye bye and a trade.
