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MikeT14 Presents: 30 for 30 - The Quarterback Rotation in DC


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I've got a fun thread idea I have been working on. I think it'll be somewhat controversial, somewhat fun, and mostly just plain sad. 

As you may know, Washington released Dwayne Haskins this week, solidifying another bust of a QB pick by this franchise. Since 1993 - the first post-Gibbs season - the Washington franchise has trotted out 30 different quarterbacks to start a game. Depending on the health of Alex Smith, Taylor Heinicke might be #31. So how did the other 30 fare? I plan to rank all 30 different starters, from worst to first, based on their time starting in Washington from the 1993 season to present. My parameters for ranking? Stats, W/Ls, memories, and exasperation of making a decision. Hopefully you can discuss from it. I'd also like to include trivia along the way if I can. Stats were compiled as best as I could. There will be some issues, but it shouldn't hurt the grand scheme of things. Without further ado....

    448 185 261 41.3%              98,480                529      409                    48
  Rank Starts Wins Losses Win % Passing Yards Passing TDs INTs Rushing TDs
Kirk Cousins 1 57 26 30 45.61%              16,206                  99        55                    13
Brad Johnson 2 27 17 10 62.96%                 6,510                  35        28                      3
Alex Smith 3 16 11 5 68.75%                 3,400                  15        10                      1
Robert Griffin III 4 35 14 21 40.00%                 8,097                  40        23                      8
Gus Frerotte 5 46 19 26 41.30%                 9,769                  48        44                      3
Mark Brunell 6 33 15 18 45.45%                 6,033                  38        20                     -  
Jason Campbell 7 52 20 32 38.46%              10,860                  55        38                      3
Trent Green 8 14 6 8 42.86%                 3,233                  21        11                      2
Todd Collins 9 3 3 0 100.00%                    664                     3         -                       -  
Tony Banks 10 14 8 6 57.14%                 2,386                  10        10                      2
Patrick Ramsey 11 24 10 14 41.67%                 5,649                  34        29                      2
Colt McCoy 12 7 1 6 14.29%                 1,369                     5          7                      1
Kyle Allen 13 4 1 3 25.00%                    610                     4          1                      1
Shane Matthews 14 7 3 4 42.86%                 1,251                  11          6                     -  
Rex Grossman 15 16 6 10 37.50%                 3,991                  23        24                      1
Donovan McNabb 16 13 5 8 38.46%                 3,377                  14        15                     -  
Jeff Hostetler 17 3 2 1 66.67%                    899                     5          7                     -  
Mark Rypien 18 10 3 7 30.00%                 1,514                     4        10                      3
Danny Wuerffel 19 4 2 2 50.00%                    648                     3          4                     -  
John Friez 20 4 1 3 25.00%                 1,016                     8          7                     -  
Josh Johnson 21 3 1 2 33.33%                    590                     3          4                      1
Rich Gannon 22 4 1 3 25.00%                    582                     2          4                      1
Case Keenum 23 8 1 7 12.50%                 1,549                  10          5                      1
Tim Hasselbeck 24 5 1 4 20.00%                    842                     4          6                     -  
Dwayne Haskins 25 13 3 10 23.08%                 2,753                  12        10                      1
Heath Shuler 26 13 4 9 30.77%                 2,162                  12        14                     -  
John Beck 27 3 0 3 0.00%                    741                     2          4                      1
Jeff George 28 7 1 6 14.29%                 1,414                     6          9                     -  
Cary Conklin 29 2 0 2 0.00%                    327                     3          2                     -  
Mark Sanchez 30 1 0 1 0.00%                      38                   -            2                     -  
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#30 - Mark Sanchez

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Start stats:

Year Name Starts Wins Losses Win % Comp % Passing Yards Passing TDs INTs Rushing Yards Rushing TDs Playoff Record
2018 Mark Sanchez 1 0 1 0.0% 42.8% 38 0 2 8 0  
 

Poor Mark. Came into a tough situation after injuries to Smith and McCoy. In his lone start he was pulled for Josh Johnson after barely being able to function as the starter in the game. His time in Washington came as quickly as it went thankfully. 

                         
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Year Name Starts
1993 Mark Rypien 10
1993 Rich Gannon 4
1993 Cary Conklin 2
1994 Heath Shuler 8
1994 John Friez 4
1994 Gus Frerotte 4
1995 Gus Frerotte 11
1995 Heath Shuler 5
1996 Gus Frerotte 16
1997 Gus Frerotte 13
1997 Jeff Hostetler 3
1998 Trent Green 14
1998 Gus Frerotte 2
1999 Brad Johnson 16
2000 Brad Johnson 11
2000 Jeff George 5
2001 Jeff George 2
2001 Tony Banks 14
2002 Shane Matthews 7
2002 Patrick Ramsey 5
2002 Danny Wuerffel 4
2003 Patrick Ramsey 11
2003 Tim Hasselbeck 5
2004 Mark Brunell 9
2004 Patrick Ramsey 7
2005 Mark Brunell 15
2005 Patrick Ramsey 1
2006 Mark Brunell 9
2006 Jason Campbell 7
2007 Jason Campbell 13
2007 Todd Collins 3
2008 Jason Campbell 16
2009 Jason Campbell 16
2010 Donovan McNabb 13
2010 Rex Grossman 3
2011 Rex Grossman 13
2011 John Beck 3
2012 Robert Griffin III 15
2012 Kirk Cousins 1
2013 Robert Griffin III 13
2013 Kirk Cousins 3
2014 Robert Griffin III 7
2014 Kirk Cousins 5
2014 Colt McCoy 4
2015 Kirk Cousins 16
2016 Kirk Cousins 16
2017 Kirk Cousins 16
2018 Alex Smith 10
2018 Josh Johnson 3
2018 Colt McCoy 2
2018 Mark Sanchez 1
2019 Case Keenum 8
2019 Dwayne Haskins 7
2019 Colt McCoy 1
2020 Dwayne Haskins 6
2020 Alex Smith 5
2020 Kyle Allen 4

TRIVIA TIME

(please don't cheat and ruin the fun)

Five Washington QBs have started at least one game SINCE 1993 and have a winning record in their time here. Name them. Bonus: One has a .500 record. Name him.

1. Todd Collins 3-0

2. Alex Smith 10-5

3. Jeff Hostetler 2-1

4. Brad Johnson 17-10

5. Tony Banks 8-6

Bonus: Danny Wuerrfel 2-2

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#29 - Cary Conklin - 1993

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Year Name Starts Wins Losses Win % Comp % Passing Yards Passing TDs INTs Rushing Yards Rushing TDs
1993 Cary Conklin 2 0 2 0.0% 51.7% 327 3 2 -1 0
 

I was 6 when Conklin "played", so my memories of him are nonexistent. That said, he didn't win any of his two starts in 1993, and his career was all but done after that. 

                       
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#28 Jeff George

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  SUM 7 1 6     1414 6 9 24 0
Year Name Starts Wins Losses Win % Comp % Passing Yards Passing TDs INTs Rushing Yards Rushing TDs
2000 Jeff George 5 1 4 20.0% 58.2% 1246 6 6 24 0
2001 Jeff George 2 0 2 0.0% 54.8% 168 0 3 0 0

Despite his lack of talent at this point in his career, George's biggest issues also included his arrogance, clashing with Marty and teammates. He was also chosen over Brad Johnson, someone who will obviously be much higher on this list. George was benched following an 0-2 start in 2001. 

 

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43 minutes ago, MikeT14 said:

TRIVIA TIME

(please don't cheat and ruin the fun)

Five Washington QBs have started at least one game and have a winning record in their time here. Name them. Bonus: One has a .500 record. Name him.

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Bonus: 

Hmmm.

Rypien.

Doug Williams.

Brad Johnson.

Brunell?

McNabb?

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34 minutes ago, MKnight82 said:

Ok. 
Brad Johnson.

Alex Smith.

Colt McCoy?

 

That's two. 

The others are tough. All three are from before 2010. Bonus as well. None of them started more than 14 games.  All of them were backups before becoming the starter with the team. 

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11 minutes ago, turtle28 said:

Brad Johnson

Alex Smith

Tony Banks

Todd Collins

Matt Tim Hassleback

You have four of the five. Tim went 1-4. 

Collins went 3-0 to close out the season to get us to the playoffs. Tony Banks went 8-6 overall (after starting 0-3) during Marty's lone season. 

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Just now, MikeT14 said:

You have four of the five. Tim went 1-4. 

Collins went 3-0 to close out the season to get us to the playoffs. Tony Banks went 8-6 overall (after starting 0-3) during Marty's lone season. 

Yeah, I struggled so hard to come up with 2 more, I don’t know. 
 

Trent Green

Danny Weurffell

Shane Matthews?

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#27 John Beck 

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  SUM 3 0 3     741 2 4 29 1
Year Name Starts Wins Losses Win % Comp % Passing Yards Passing TDs INTs Rushing Yards Rushing TDs
2011 John Beck 3 0 3 0.0% 60.6% 741 2 4 29 1

 

Hilarious to remember that at one point, Kyle Shanahan stood on the table for this guy. His three starts were full of nothing. He got shut out once, and was sacked 10 times in one of the games. They realized their mistake and he was benched again. 

 

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