No question here... Darrell Green. No one on the list ever came as close to being the embodiment of the franchise.

This is a real tough one, but I tend to agree that Darrell Green should be the choice. That said, Riggo probably had the some of the most dramatic moments on field of any Redskin, and a few interesting ones off the field as well.
For me its probably the off field class of Darrell Green that would make me give him the nod...boy is this a tough one, you should do a new poll and lets pick the all time team by position!!

i have nothing negative to say about d green...
but riggo put the team on his back and carried the team into the gibbs era...i will never forget that moment when he broke that tackle to win the superbowl...plus he's crazy!

Sorry to intrude on the Riggo vs. Green debate, but once again the Veteran's Committee voters for the Pro Football Hall of Fame have overlooked Chris Hanburger (9 Pro Bowls, 5 Time All-Pro, 1972 Defensive Player of the Year), this time in favor of Charlie Sanders (7 Time Pro Bowl Tight End for Detroit) and Gene Hickerson (6 Time Pro Bowl Guard for Cleveland). Here is a list of the 9 Veteran's Committee voters and their e-mail addresses:

Len Shapiro (badgerlen@hotmail.com)
Don Pierson (dpierson@tribune.com)
Rick Gosselin (rgosselin@dallasnews.com)
Jerry Green (via mike.ohara@detnews.com)
John McClain (john.mcclain@chron.com)
Edwin Pope (epope@herald.com)
Jerry MaGee (jerrymagee@uniontrib.com)
Ira Miller (imiller@sportsxchange.com)
Dave Goldberg (via info@ap.org)

Please do your part as a Redskins fan and write to each of these people. Ask them to simply review the career resume and Hall-of-Fame credentials for Chris Hanburger. If enough fans bring his name to their attention, his resume will do the rest and we will soon be able to celebrate the enshrinement of a truly deserving Redskin into the Hall-of-Fame. Thanks.

I know why Sammy did not make it to the finals. Skin fans would rather relocate to Dallas (or jump off the Washington Monument) than make either one of these two Redskins heroes come in second.

Sammy-Darrell, Darrell-Sammy, Green-Baugh, Baugh-Green............see you all atop the monument!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess the ends justify the means, but come on! D.Grenn congrats, but next time let's put some real thought into this OK?, Sam Huff over Hanburger??? Sonny Jurgenson over SAMMY BAUGH!!!?????? Mitchell over Theisman?? I know Bobby Mitchell was a great player, but even though some people love to hate him, Joe delivered two NFC championships, One Superbowl Title and an NFL Player of the year. Not too bad for a punt returner.

TRH: you're shocked how people could pick Mitchell over Theismann?

Mitchell: Hall of Fame.
Theismann: not.

that's how.

i'm a life long redskins fan and growing up in south jersey and now living in harrisburge pa i take o lot of ribbing from eagle and steelers fans. one thing i have to get off my chest. i took my boys to carlisle many years to see the redskins in training camp, seeing all the players and many ex players and getting their autographs were great,but their is one player on the redskins that never gave up his autograph for FREE and that is darrell green. yes i did send in and payed for his autograph and donated to his cause but i'll never forget one day in carlisle i was with about 15 people getting autographs and talking to the players when a golf cart was driving toward us. we couldn't see witch player was on the back and when it got close to us he draped a towel over his head and drove by. when the cart got into the alley way behind us i heard a fan yell darrell green. from that day on i lost respect for the way he treated his fans. i went to carlise many many times and darrell never was around for his fans.

I bought my father a personalized statue of santa claus wearing a Redskins Jersey one christmas. Guess what number was on the back? 28

Darrell was so fast that even if his man had six steps on him he would close on him before the ball arrived. He made so many game saving tackles over his 18 years you just felt save having him in your backfield. He may not have returned them like Deion, and his run support probably wasn't as great as Champ's but to me he's the best defensive back ever to play the game. Sorry Riggo, I know running backs can't possibly have the same longevity in their careers as other positions, but I've got to give the nod to Darrell for all these reasons.

I've been watching the Skins since '54. There have been many great players, but only one Darrell Green. He played the game and conducted himself off the field with such humility and dignity that had he been an average player he would have stood out among his peers. But such was not the case. He was a player that played a difficult position with great ability and finesse.
I guess the poll had to be taken to make it official, but any Skin's fan could have told you the result before you polled him or her.

longevity and speed, hands down green... not even going to try and disagree with the choice... buttttttttt...sheer excitement, riggins no doubt... why else would gibbs make a special trip to recruit him back to football. he was the heart and soul of redskins ball for a couple of years. ahh the glory years......
now, all of that said, when does gibbs take the reins back. time for the gimmicks to go away.

I have met Darrell Green on three different occasions at the old Redskins park. Every time I met him, I had something with me to ask him to sign. A picture, a football and a plaque. He signed every one of them without hesitation or questioning my intentions. I have these things for my personal collection and I still do. I am sorry to hear that someone said he was the only one at Carlisle not to sign autographs. Based on my personal experience, I really find that hard to believe. All of the Redskins mentioned here are unique in their own way and Darrell Green is certainly amongst the best of them.

What exactly are we picking here? If we are picking the player that most embodies the Redskins, the most prominent icon (the Cal Ripken of the Redskins, if you will), I can understand picking Green (although my dad would have pointed out that he shied away from more than one hit). But if you are picking the best player ever to don a 'Skins uniform, there is little debate that Riggo gets the nod. Monk deserves honorable mention, as, with the possible exception of Al Toon, he is the best receiver of his era and possibly the quintessential possession receiver. But Riggo is the most dominant power back ever to pad up. Sonny was awesome, as was Baugh, but who would measure them against Unitas or Montana for the best QB's of all time? Nor do they fare well even in their own niches. For isntance, who has the best arm? Marino. Most clutch? Montana? Best field general? Brady. With respect to Riggo, while he may rarely be mentioned with Payton or Barry as best running back overall, he is rarely left out of the conversation when discussing power backs.

As a final note, where the heck was Mark Mosely on this list?

Riggins is one of the greates but Green did spend his whole career in Washington.

I'LL GIVE THE NOD TO DARRELL GREEN BUT JOHN RIGGINS WAS A BEAST AS WELL, IT'S JUST THAT HIS OFF-FIELD BEHAIVOR COULDN'T MATCH UP TO DARRELL'S OFF-FIELD BEHAIVOR, BUT I'D GIVE THE BALL TO EITHER OF THEM DURING CRUNCH TIME. IT'S A WIN WIN SITUATION, BESIDES THAT, EVERYBODY LIKES THE BADBOY.

No contest..Darrell Green. Riggo was good, not great; mayby, maybe in the top 25 for running backs. Whereas Green stands near the very top. Lest we all forget, the only man to catch Eric Dickerson from behind.