Memory Lane: Heath Shuler

[HogNose]

"John Friesz is there....no need to start him just yet."

Jesus why doesn't Berman age or do they just put him in a freezer each off season?

[skinfan2k]

ESPN graphics have been updated so much but their TV personalities are still dumb and idiotic

[The Robert Griffin Experience]

Oh god those ratings. Shuler with pocket presence? Mechanics? Hilarious.

It sounds like Shuler got with some NFL guys, and managed to put just enough lipstick on his pig of a skillset, similar to Akili Smith, that people believed that that's who he was.

[-JB-]

1995 was more than 15 years ago. Its safe to say, scouting & everything that goes into deciding prospects @ the QB position has been upgraded 1 zillion fold..

[Darth Tater]

"John Friesz is there....no need to start him just yet."

Jesus why doesn't Berman age or do they just put him in a freezer each off season?

Its a Portrait of Chris Berman thing. I guess he could have had the same deal as Dick Clark had.

[MWCREDSKINS]

Look at Heath Shuler, ouch! But I think RG3 is much better than Shuler

[SonOfWashington]

Well ****, let's watch the acquisition of Gus Frerotte later in that draft while we're at it.

3rd overall or 197th, Norv sure knew how to pick a winner at QB.

[Tastes Like Chicken]

I was quite excited about this draft. 20 years old, 3 Lombardi's from age 9-18. A couple off years, and then Norval was supposed to grab his QB. Shuler to Westbrook (drafted the following year) was supposed to be our version of Aikman to Irvin. No one was supposed to beat that, turns out the worst beating was Westbrook on Stephen Davis.

[martytheman]

Jaws: "you can't miss with Shuler"

how wrong he turned out to be.

[Mercuryrising]

Imagine if we had done a RGIII deal to move up to #2 in 1994?
1994 #1 QB Shuler
1994 #2 OG Tre Johnson
1995 #1 WR Westbrook
1996 #1 OT Andre Johnson

For a guy named Marshall Faulk. Heck, let's throw in 1997 #1 too (DL Kennard Lang) and it still would have been a steal for us... Hopefully the RGIII trade is the same kind of deal, and I think it just might be!

[RSanz]

LOL @ Jaws' mullet and porn 'stache.

[TheDane]

Imagine if we had done a RGIII deal to move up to #2 in 1994?
1994 #1 QB Shuler
1994 #2 OG Tre Johnson
1995 #1 WR Westbrook
1996 #1 OT Andre Johnson

Tre Johnson was the man

[afkidd]

to think kurt warner went undrafted that year!

[BleedBNG]

[SkinsGuy]

So what is the point of this thread?

Is the OP saying that drafting RG3 is just going to be Shuler all over again?

By that silly reasoning, you should just give away all your draft picks every year because anyone you select from any position could remind you of a selection that didn't work out from years (and years) past.

The draft, no matter how much work and study goes into it by the team and their scouts, is still to an extent, a crapshoot. Every team (not just the Redskins) have picks that work out and picks that don't.

We can't be afraid to take a player just because a player of the same position didn't work out nearly TWO DECADES ago.