Welcome to Canton Mr. Grimm

[Lavabe]

Right on. Thanks for talking it out. I can see some of your points. For me, I can enjoy one or two games (in a season) live. If I wanted to sit in the nosebleed seats I could go more often as the costs are comparable to dinner and movie with Kelly, and in some cases actually cheaper. The rest of the season, I enjoy watching the NFL with the exception of that "Are you ready for some football" song they played on Monday Nights (now Sunday nights).

As far as injuries are concerned, I think football players are well aware of the risks they take and personally choose to make the risk for the reward of big bucks. Even the worst, benchwarmers are compensated handsomely ($325,000/year for a rookie in 2010) for their efforts. What more should the NFL or the owners do for players that take a voluntary risk?

At what point can ESPN stop giving us updates about HAYNESWORTH? Dude is still not passing his physicals. Do I care?
At what point will ESPN stop reporting that ____ Kardashian is attending Dallas Cowboy practice? Do I care?

[Miles]

Grimm was one of the all-time greats, and the "Hogs" as a unit were so much fun to watch. They even made John Riggins an honorary hog at one point due to his toughness nad fearlessness. Between the "Hogs" and the "Smurfs" the Redskins were a lot of fun back in the day.

In honor of John Riggins, "loosen up, sandy baby".

It didn't hurt that he was a leader of the 5 o'clock club. ;)

From thehogs.net website:

The 5 O'Clock Club

Riggins and his fellow Hogs increased their tightness as members of the 5 O'Clock Club started by Vince Lombardi in 1969. The group met after practice in an old tool shed at Redskin Park. It had no plumbing, no electricity. There was a kerosene heater over which Riggo would sometimes warm cans of pork and beans. The delicate fare was normally washed down with frothy beverages.

"A lot of problems were solved out there," Grimm remembers with a chuckle.

That kind of cohesiveness was important on what became one of their signature plays, the Counter Trey. Bostic, May and Starke would block down or to the left. Grimm and Jacoby would pull and come around the right side. The running back would take a step to the left and then take the handoff going right, and it worked many times, to the dismay of opponents.

In fact, it was that developed cohesiveness that allowed Bugel and head coach Joe Gibbs to develop a punishing ball control offense. The hogs would smash huge holes in the defense and Riggins would run through them.

The 1983 playoffs was when the Hogs began to show their brilliance. Riggins ran the ball 37 times for 185 yards against Minnesota, 36 times for 140 yards against Dallas in the NFC Championship game, and 38 times for 166 yards against Miami in Super Bowl XVII. An incredible 610 yards in four games to capture the franchises first Super Bowl.

Although Riggins' performances were spectacular, the Redskins' offensive line were the ones controlling the trenches. The Hogs paved the way for Joe Gibbs to turn his clock-eating, ball-driving offense into the first of three Super Bowls in less than a decade.

The Hogs kept paving highways through defensive lines in 1984 and rolled easily into Super Bowl XVIII before being upset by the Raiders 38-9.

Cool story bjornolf. You excited about the upcoming season?