Hiring the brightest young coaching prospect in the NFL was supposed to herald a rapid rebuild in Washington in 1994. Instead, Norv Turner only accelerated a rot that had already set in one year earlier by presiding over a 3-13 debacle.
Winning only four games, just two years after being named Super Bowl champions, showed how quickly Washington had declined. Unfortunately, long-time defensive mastermind Richie Petitbon was the man in charge of the disaster of 1993, an undeserved footnote to a great career for one of the most important figures in franchise history.
Petitbon was not solely responsible for the instant fall of a dynasty.