Who's The Best Redskins DT Of All-Time?

by fatpickle on Jul 13, 2011 10:05 PM EDT in Redskins Best and Worst

For those of you who aren't old enough to remember players from the 80's (and before), you're really going to be lost in this vote. Fact of the matter is...the Redskins haven't had many great D-tackles in recent memory. "Big Daddy" Dan Wilkinson and Cornelius Griffin were decent, beyond that, not a lot to speak about. Well, Albert Haynesworth has given us plenty to speak about. Your 5 choices for the Redskins best D-Lineman of all-time are:

Bill Brundige - 8 seasons and 107 games played. Sacks weren't an official stat when he played but he's said to be 6th all-time in sacks by a Redskin.

Joe Rutgens - Played 9 seasons and 110 games in the burgundy and gold, 2-time Pro Bowler.

Darryl Grant - The anti Albert, he switched from O-line to D-tackle and had a great career. Several seasons in the early to mid 80's with 100+ tackles! Played in 141 games...and this.

Diron Talbert - Played 142 games in 10 seasons (missed only 2 games in his career). Made a Pro Bowl and is a member of the 70 Greatest Redskins.

Dave Butz - Played 203 games in the B&G over 14 seasons. 2-time Super Bowl Champ, member of the NFL 80’s All-Decade Team and one of the 70 Greatest Redskins

Poll

Who's The Best Redskins DT Of All-Time?

Bill Brundige

3 votes

Dave Butz

539 votes

Darryl Grant

61 votes

Joe Rutgens

3 votes

Diron Talbert

25 votes

Other (nominate in the comments section)

14 votes

645 votes | Poll has closed

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by Max Strauss on Jul 13, 2011 10:06 PM EDT reply actions

corrected - IT"S BEST D-TACKLE

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by fatpickle on Jul 13, 2011 10:13 PM EDT reply actions

I am insulted and you have lost huge credibility with me.....

ok, not really, but Butz is a no brainer….as you have with other positions “We need 2 CB’s and we all know one is Green so we don’t need to put him in the vote.”….also with Riggins, and Monk I believe, they were “assumed” and that’s where Butz should be in any poll…..glad to see a couple votes for Myron though.

by MagicHat on Jul 14, 2011 1:01 AM EDT reply actions

Dyron....even

by MagicHat on Jul 14, 2011 1:01 AM EDT reply actions

not to be confused with Myron Pottios......

who was my first ever Redskins football card.

by MagicHat on Jul 14, 2011 1:02 AM EDT reply actions

Loved Grant but voted for Butz

Both guys were just horses. I remember during the stoke in 87 ‘World’ Grant got in front of a bus of replacement players and started rocking the bus. George Michaels went nuts.

Butz was a consummate professional. Something that had been lacking for quite some time in this organization.

by WestCoastHokie on Jul 14, 2011 4:01 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

I meant strike in 87.

by WestCoastHokie on Jul 14, 2011 4:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Butz. No question.

Alway’s good to see Darryl’s TD though. One of the greatest moments in human history.

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by Stephen Beagrie on Jul 14, 2011 7:02 AM EDT reply actions

Dave Butz for Utz potato chips..

Love me some Butz.

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by Diesel44 on Jul 14, 2011 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

Butz, no question

But as an old timer, I appreciate the mention of Joe Rutgens. A terrific player and a really good guy, too.

by bucfaninwa on Jul 14, 2011 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

After I went to the Darryl Grant link

I spent the last half hour watching clips of Redskins greatness. I could watch Superbowl, and Cowboy killing clips all day long.

by HogHunter on Jul 14, 2011 1:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I had to vote for Dave Butz—I remember the way he used to keep his helmet with him at all times so that no one could clean it up or repair the gouges and scrapes it had in it. It had serious battle damage in Super Bowl XVII. I thought that was so awesome.

The person above who says that Butz is a Darrell Green-style no-brainer has a definite point, by the way. Darryl Grant definitely deserves to be recognized here—he was awesome. But I just couldn’t vote against Butz. Clearly, no one else could either, as he is running away with the voting. At least Grant is in 2nd place.

by Andrew Necci on Jul 14, 2011 2:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs