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Washington Football Team’s strange history of drafting quarterbacks

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JANUARY 26: Quarterback Mark Rypien #11 of the Washington Redskins sets the offense against the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI at the Metrodome on January 26, 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Redskins defeated the Bills 37-24. (Photo by Gin Ellis/Getty Images)

The first quarterback the Washington Football Team ever selected in an NFL Draft was Sammy Baugh.

When you hit a grand slam in your first at bat, it’s hard to go anywhere but down. The 53 quarterbacks that the Washington Football Team has chosen since Baugh do indeed constitute a pretty steep drop-off.