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generalbetrayus

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5. Actually, it's a 17-game season now. And Sonny played for the Redskins when they had a chronically poor running game.

Reply to patphil (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 6, 2026, 04:52 PM

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He set many of those (at the time) passing records out of necessity. Without him and his outstanding corps of receivers, the Redskins would have been lucky to win more than a game or two each season. RIP, Sonny.

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