Washington Redskins Doug Williams' Dream Day

[MrTeatreeoil]

Doug Williams is the only QuaterBlack that'll ever win the Superbowl!!!

[Francojacko]

Doug williams................... Grambling State University and the Best Super Bowl Performance ...... All Hail to the Best SB Game by a BLACK QB!!!....

[steveehardcore]

funny old season this one

[DaddyDog42]

cool INT, how did he get both feet down?

[StraightOuttaDC]

They should have put up 35 in the 3rd and 4th just to make a statement.

[donnpatc]

Outside of the '87 playoffs, Williams's career sucked.

And it was what other people and fate did to him, not what he did.

Job would have cried; Williams just won the Super Bowl. Nobody ever deserved it more.

[mytimton]

@donnpatc he had some good years in Tampa, he took them to the playoffs

[StraightOuttaDC]

@mytimton

DAmn near to the Super Bowl.

[TracyAndersonFoxhunt]

Doug rules!!

[Leftfield755]

He stood on the shoulders of Joe Gilliam, James Harris, Willie Mays (yes, he was a better quarterback than a baseball player!) and others. As a black quarterback who tried to make it in the 80's in a 97% caucasian town (who didn't think a black quarterback was a good idea) that Super Bowl was one of the proudest days of my life. Makes me sick when I see a black QB, who didn't have the struggles of the past, throw a chance away Like Jamarcus Russell because of laziness. Unforgivable.

[mytimton]

@Leftfield755 I agree, but I'm a man of 2nd chances, so I think Russell deserves one more chance, I think someone will pick him up, even if it's just as a backup, but he's gotta want to play, and not just want the money

[Leftfield755]

@mytimton I hear you and I should probably be more forgiving but I do believe in accountability. I place a lot of the blame on the shoulders of the "leaders" in J-Russ's life. If he'd been raised in an accountable environment, he's have expected more of himself. It's just having seen those other black quarterbacks of hte 70's & 80 in their primes, to have seen their ability & then to see them face 3-times the obstacles of their competition, it's tough to watch.

[southplnk]

there was nothing like the excitement of that 1st td pass to sanders

[Jahbril30]

Man oh Man please give me another SB please

[toddky32]

I've been a Skins fan my whole life I miss those glory days for the skins . I hope they turn things around they are one of the greatest franchises in football. Mike Shanahan is doing well I think in his first year. Other that the Eagles game the skins have been in every contest this year. HAIL TO THE REDSKINS !!!!!

[StFidjnr]

Denver had a chance to win but after the skins 2nd quarter. It's Hail to the redskins braves on the warpath victory for 'ole DC

[danning1]

Oh, the website I was referring to below, by the way, is w w w.coldhardfootballfacts. com. I highly recommend it to any serious NFL fan. And just to clarify, the '06 Colts allowed the most yards and points defensively during the regular season of any team that won a Super Bowl. Not the most yards or points by any team defensively that year. The worst NFL defense period in 2006 was (surprise, surprise!) the Detroit Lions' D. 3-13 record and 398 total points allowed. Ugh.

[SuperBowlExpert]

This is just one of two Super Bowls in history where a team led by 10 points at any point in the game and wound up losing (Denver, of course, led 10-0 at the end of the 1st quarter). The other? Last year's game between the Colts and Saints. Indy led 10-0 in the 1st quarter as well.

[danning1]

Hey, I found an interesting website and actually my "which team had the worst D yet still won the Super Bowl" question is really a no-brainer, at least when you look at the stats. It's the '06 Colts easily. In spite of their 12-4 record and SB victory, their defense allowed 360 points total during the regular season as well as the most yards. Well, that and the fact that the team they beat in the Super Bowl was the Rex Grossman-led Bears, who were not exactly an offensive dynamo.

[SuperBowlExpert]

@danning1 The main reason the Colts made the run they did in the 2006 postseason was because they shored up their run defense -- big time. During the regular season, they allowed 173 yards rushing per game. Postseason (including SB XLI): 82.8 rushing yards per game.

[ultraback29]

I loved it when Al, Frank, and Dan did games together.

I think of that era when I think about Al Michaels, not the John Madden days.

I really liked Dierdorf in this role. He was at his best. It bothers me that many people didn't like him.

[quietriotfan1976]

@ultraback29

I feel your pain. I think Dierdorf is one of the best ever. I love when he got inducted into the hall, and then worked the HOF game the next day.

[danning1]

And I totally agreed with that announcer. But that's another issue. Jim McMahon was the winning Super Bowl QB with the '85 Bears, and no one would ever seriously argue that he was either the worst or second worst QB ever to win a Super Bowl.

*Interesting Debate Topic: Which team had the worst defense yet still managed to win a Super Bowl? The '99 Kurt Warner-led Rams might be a good choice there. Peace.

[ultraback29]

@danning1 I happen to be a Bears fan, so I would like to provide my argument on the topic of championship QBs who were more like role players.

I believe the QBs on the '85 Bears, '87 Redskins, and the '00 Ravens were fine, and they made a difference.

Many football observers consider the '76 Steelers to have had the greatest defense ever. But they didn't go far b/c Bradshaw was on the sideline.

Let's see a Babe Laufenberg or a Jonathan Quinn win a Super Bowl, then let's talk.

[danning1]

Still having said what I said, either the '85 Bears or the '00 Ravens was the easiest team to win a Super Bowl with on offense, there's no doubt about that. If me or my grandmother had suited up at QB with those defenses to help us we might have had a shot at winning the big one. I remember an announcer saying at the time right before the '00 Super Bowl: "All Trent Dilfer has to do is manage the game and not turn the ball over, and the Ravens win. Period. It's as simple as that."

[TrollCapAmerica]

@danning1

Jim McMahon was a pro Bowl QB with the Bears though and his passing is what won it for them offensively.He isnt more heralded because it was a primarily running team and because scumbag packer cheap shots lead to injuries that shortened his career.The Ravens basically won in an off year when most good teams were saddled with injuries and a team with no offense could fluke into the big game

[threepeice]

At :49 "hello sports fans" said it all, this was back when people played to win, no hype - no bullshit - they played for the love of the game! HTTR

[jmay2002]

This is the first Super Bowl I remember watching! Big Redskins fan.

[Suburbancowboy123]

I ran into Gary Clark & Rickey Sanders @ Archibald's strip-club in DC...and Rickey Sanders is FAT....dat SOB is 300 lbs or more now...I was like DAYYYUMM Rickey!..lol

[danning1]

It's almost as if someone snuck into the stadium with a syringe labelled "Joe Montana" on it and injected DW right before he suited up for the Super Bowl. And my judgement has nothing to do with the fact that he's black. Warren Moon, Steve McNair, and Randall Cunningham (usually) were all black and outstanding QBs, Williams was not. In fact, I think if DW weren't black, everyone would say that he was the worst instead of Dilfer. Just these days no one wants to be accused of being racist.

[borat4thawin]

@danning1

doug williams was a much better QB than dilfer. Williams stats are far better than Dilfers.

[danning1]

I get sick of all the people saying that Trent Dilfer was the worst QB to ever win a Super Bowl. It was Doug Williams. Yes, DW played great in Super Bowl XXII, but the rest of his career was filled with a lot of attitude on his part and underperformance on the field. Check out the stats, both DW's career passer rating and won-lost percentage are worse than Dilfer's. And Williams didn't even play all that well in the two playoff games the Redskins won prior to the Super Bowl...

[Odawg96]

@danning1 There's SOME truth in what you say, but any LONG-TIME Tampa Bay fan will tell you that NONE of the QBs that came after Williams had his "X-factor", that ability to ignite a fire under your teammates and make them play up to and above their potential: not Thompson, Deberg, Testaverde, Chandler, Erickson, Dilfer, or even Steve Young. You can't measure the "x-factor" on paper, either.

[epzik8]

Dang this is old :)

[deloufu]

Hell I remember Tampa Bay Buc fans were pulling for Doug & they (Buc fans) were very happy for him.

[SierraRoad]

As Doug says "Zachary".

[Highgradeeverday]

these days shall return

[dcbandnerd]

I pray you're right.

[v432900]

It was supposed to be John Elway and Broncos show but, Redskins stole it.

Hail to the Redskins!

[GoinCreekin]

I was at a friend's house and was the only Redskin's fan out of 10-15 people. Everyone else was pulling for the Broncos so at 10-0, they talking so much shit. I just kept smiling and saying, "Just wait. Gibbs will adjust."

A few minutes later I was dancin' and singing "Hail To The Redskins" while everyone was just sitting there, dejected. I took the empty beer cans they threw at me as badges of honor. Hehehehehe.

[timmcveigh1]

@GoinCreekin i love when people talk shit, , but when it goes back my way, and knowing how fast things change , i show some class and just wow, what a great game, , it seems to make it more clear how much of a ass they were just a few min's ago, , that was one hell of a game, , i wanted to see where he gave up the ball and than came back , no clips of when he twisted his knee and lame jay sharder thought he was going to win it, , lol,

[SFFOOL76]

@GoinCreekin

Gibbs is one of the greatest coaches ever, in the top 5 if you want my opinion. Yeah I remember when the Broncos went up 10-0 and then Williams got hurt. I was thinking the outlook wasn't looking good for the 'Skins and they pull of the best offensive explosion i've seen in a Quarter ever.

[Stickman53fe]

I was just 13 years old and turned the game off after the Broncos scored their tenth point. I just couldn't watch it anymore. So, because I stopped watching, I missed the most explosive six minutes in Super Bowl history.

[donnpatc]

@Stickman53fe You were almost justified. Super Bowls have never been kind to the team that goes down like that. But this was the second time a Gibbs team had gone down in similar fashion in a Supe. He was 2-for-2 in those Supes.

HOF, baby. That's how you get there. I was never in a crazier house than that quarter. Surreal.

[Stickman53fe]

@donnpatc You lost me at the 2-2. Gibbs only lost one Bowl, unless you mean he went down initially and came back to win it, the other being SB 17 when the Dolphins were up most of the game. Those were the days though.

[donnpatc]

@Stickman53fe By 2-for-2 I mean that both times he had a team clock him over the head in the first minute - normally death in a Super Bowl - he came back to win it. No team had ever been down seven and won before Supe XVII; no team's ever been scored on in the first minute twice in the Super Bowl and won them both. 'Course, nobody's been scored on twice in the first minute either. But still.

[Stickman53fe]

@Stickman53fe I figured that's what you were getting at once I thought about it for a bit. Very good points. Gibbs is the kind of coach you never count out.

[lapere]

wow!

[FrsBigeasy]

The 10-0 1st quarter lead was only the wake up call that the Redskins needed. Redskins clearly had a better team then the Broncos. It was a mismatch up front, the Redskins clearly had a better OL then the Broncos DL & the Redskins clearly had a better DL then the Broncos OL.

It's no secret why Tim Smith ran for 190 YDS, he had 10 FT of holes to run through most of the game.

[FrsBigeasy]

It's no secret why John Elway got knocked around so much & didn't play very well, the Broncos couldn't run the ball against the Redskins DL & they knew that & there was nothing they could do to block Dexter Manley & Charles Mann on the pass rush.

[quantumleap7219]

I was living in Denver at the time and remember this well. It went from exhilaration, to oh ,no, not again, to holy crap they're getting their butts kicked, to laughter. Like the stages of dying, denial, anger, acceptance. It was so pathetic. Best and worst (depending on your team) quarter of football ever.

[GoinCreekin]

Best day of my life as a Redskins fan!!

[getyoasshome]

the day i became a skins fan now im wishing we could figure it out.

[StraightOuttaDC]

Hail.

[SFFOOL76]

I remember being a 11 years old watching this superbowl. a.) Best quarter I've ever seen put on by a pro team in any game i've ever seen. b.) In the super bowl, c.) An obvious 180 degree turnaround, the broncos did indeed look good when they made it 10-0.

[getyoasshome]

looked like a denver route but doug williams turned in to super man.

[MrRedskins101]

0:13

yes!!