And then we played Buffalo and they had Bruce Smith and Cornelius Bennett. Then you go play the Eagles you got Reggie White-and Reggie lined up in different spots too, so. That’s a guy going full games and not being touched. As I recall, quarterback Mark Rypien only got sacked a handful of times during the entire season. The offensive line was particularly good that year. And it just seemed like everything flowed effortlessly, as far as the teamwork went. It’s one thing to look at it in retrospect, but when you’re doing it, it’s week to week. So we’re winning close games, but it just kind of gradually built. And Cincinnati, we had a close one with them. That September, we had a close one with Dallas. We’re not sitting there saying “We’re panicked.” But we knew we had to play better.Īt what point during the season did you think you might have something special here with this team? So that’s kind of how I saw the team going in. So on the plane ride back, I thought it was tense. We played Buffalo in the last preseason game and we stunk up the joint. And let’s go from there.” Now, here’s the thing you got to know. You just know you have a good team and you prepare, right? would always talk about, “Let’s win the division. But to just sit there and say, “Hey, this is the year we go 14-2 and almost undefeated?” No. You know, Gibbs never looked at it that way. When you looked at that roster going into the 1991 season, did you think you had a championship team? I mean, we had a phenomenal coaching staff. And then obviously, the coaching staff was a Hall of Fame coaching staff. We brought in Fred Stokes from the Rams in. Defensively, there were some major changes. We added Brian Mitchell, who obviously was at that point a great returner for us. Donnie Warren had a great career but when Middleton was in there, we averaged 20 more yards a game rushing the ball. We added Ron Middleton as a blocking tight end. He gave us speed on the outside, which is something that gave us a dimension we didn’t have. We added Ricky Ervins on offense he was our leading rusher in the playoffs. It was over a period of, like, two years. What were some of the off-season personnel moves you made prior to the start of the 1991 season to put the team in position for a strong year? (This transcript has been edited for clarity.) For a look back on our city’s last NFL victory, Washingtonian spoke with Charley Casserly, who as general manager assembled the Super Bowl-winning roster. It was the then-proud franchise’s third Super Bowl championship over the prior ten seasons, and it would also be its last. Yet it was 30 years ago today- January 26, 1992-that the burgundy and gold beat the Buffalo Bills by a 37-24 score to win Super Bowl XXVI in Minneapolis. After still another disappointing season for our local football team, it’s easy for Washington-area football fans to forget the days when we had something to cheer about.
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