The All-Time Washington Redskins All-Star Team

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The epitome of reliable. In his 14-year career spent entirely with the Redskins, Hauss played every game. In all but three of those seasons, he also started every game. He was also a Pro-Bowler five times, the most of any non-tackle offensive lineman in Redskins history.

Defense:

DT: Dave Butz (1975-88)

At times, he was the best D-lineman in the league. Consider 1983, when he tallied 11.5 sacks on the season and catapulted to All-Pro first team. But it's Butz' longevity with Washington that is most impressive. Assuming I'm calculating strike-shortened seasons correctly, I think he only missed one game after reaching the age of 28.

DT: Diron Talbert (1971-80)

Another Washington long-timer, Talbert played in every game of his Redskins career and, excluding his final season, started every game but one. He also made the Pro Bowl one year and narrowly missed it another.

DE: Dexter Manley (1981-89)

Defensive end has been a pretty loaded position for the Redskins throughout the years, and three players make good cases for selections. Of those three, Manley has the least accolades but was probably the best.

Despite just one Pro Bowl selection, he averaged 14.5 sacks over a four year span, including 18.5 in 1986. A highly dangerous defender.

DE: Gene Brito (1951-53, 1955-58)

Charles Mann is the "obvious" pick for his longevity, nice numbers, and numerous Pro Bowls, but Gene Brito was so great over a short span of years at DE, that he gets a razor-thin edge over Mann. In his four years primarily playing DE, he was selected as the best in the league three times and the second best other time.

He was a game-changer on every snap of his relatively short career at the position

LB: Chris Hanburger (1965-78)

The best linebacker in Redskins history by a pretty sizable margin, Hanburger was great for nearly a decade and a half, Hanburger played in nine Pro Bowls and was often regarded as one of the best linebackers in the NFL during his career.

LB: Chuck Drazenovich (1950-59)

Nabbing the second spot in one of the Redskins' best career positions, Drazenovich played highly consistently for the Redskins for 10 years, during which he landed a few All-Pro nominations and four Pro Bowls.

LB: Sam Huff (1964-67, 1969)

Though the time he spent in Washington was mostly during the decline of his career, Huff is one of the most famous faces of the franchise and was a balanced, dominant defender early in his stay in DC.

CB: Darrell Green (1983-2002)

The easiest pick on the roster.

Green, rightfully a Hall of Famer, was a paragon of character and a defensive speedster. Only Sammy Baugh tops him as the greatest Redskin to ever play, but even Baugh wasn't as beloved as Green is.

Green holds all sorts of NFL records for longevity and consistency.

CB: Pat Fischer (1968-77)

Though he's a few steps down from Green, Fischer was a great and reliable Redskin in his own right. Arriving in his prime at age 28, Fischer was immediately an impact player, even earning a first team all-pro selection in 1969.

S: Ken Houston (1973-80)

A Hall of Famer and perennial All star, Houston never had a problem dismantling offenses. He arrived in DC in his prime—though his best season was with, appropriately, Houston—and never looked back, ending his stellar career wit the Skins.

S: Sean Taylor (2004-07)

Granted, I've only been watching football for a decade. But I've never seen a safety who comes close to the hard-hitting terror that Sean Taylor was during his tragically short career.

He was a talented man who was just hitting his prime when he was shot in his home in Miami, later dying from those wounds.

Special teams:

K: Mark Mosely (1974-86)

If Darrell Green's selection as the Redskins' best CB was the easiest pick on this roster, then it only narrowly beat the kicker and punter selections. The only kicker to EVER win MVP, Moseley made 20 of 21 FG attempts in 1982, including several game-winners.

His career percentage of 66.2% of field goals made isn't quite as flashy, but his longevity in a position the Redskins are known for cycling through makes up for it.

P: Sammy Baugh (1937-52)

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