{"product_id":"hail-to-the-redskins-gibbs-the-diesel-the-hogs-and-the-glory-days-of-dcs-football-dynasty-9780062375735","title":"Hail to the Redskins: Gibbs  the Diesel  the Hogs  and the Glory Days of D.C.'s Football Dynasty","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt last  the definitive account of the Redskins championship decade. A must-read for any fan  Adam Lazarus interviews key inside sources to vividly re-create the plays  the players  the fans  and the opponents that shaped this unforgettable football dynasty. Based on more than ninety original interviews  here is the rollicking chronicle of the famed Washington Redskins teams of the Joe Gibbs yearsone of the most remarkable and unique runs in NFL history. From 1981 to 1992  Gibbs coached the franchise to three Super Bowl victories  making the team the toast of the nations capital  from the political elite to the inner city  and helping to define one of the sports legendary eras. Veteran sportswriter Adam Lazarus masterfully charts the Redskins rise from mediocrity (the franchise had never won a Super Bowl and Gibbss first year as head coach started with a five-game losing streak that almost cost him his job) to its stretch of four championship games in ten years. What makes their sustained success all the more remarkable  in retrospect  is that unlike the storied championship wins of Joe Montanas 49ers and Tom Bradys Patriots  the Redskins Super Bowl victories each featured a different starting quarterback: Joe Theismann in 1983  the franchises surprising first championship run; Doug Williams in 1988  a win full of meaning for a majority African American city during a tumultuous era; and Mark Rypien in 1992  capping one of the greatest seasons of all time  one that stands as Gibbss masterpiece. Hail to the Redskins features an epic roster of saints and sinners: hard-drinking fullback John Riggins; the dominant  blue-collar offensive linemen known as the Hogs  who became a cultural phenomenon; quarterbacks Williams  the first African American QB to win a Super Bowl  and Theisman  a model-handsome pitchman whose leg was brutally broken by Lawrence Taylor on Monday Night Football; gregarious defensive end Dexter Manley  who would be banned from the league for cocaine abuse; and others including the legendary speedster Darrell Green  record-breaking receiver Art Monk  rags-to-riches QB Rypien  expert general managers and talent evaluators Bobby Beathard and Charley Casserly  aristocratic owner Jack Kent Cooke  and  of course  Gibbs himself  a devout Christian who was also a ruthless competitor and one of the sports most adaptable and creative coaching minds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648125657141,"sku":"ByrdShop_0062375733","price":60.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780062375735.jpg?v=1781710177","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hail-to-the-redskins-gibbs-the-diesel-the-hogs-and-the-glory-days-of-dcs-football-dynasty-9780062375735","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}