{"id":5422,"date":"2017-09-15T15:35:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T22:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/?p=5422"},"modified":"2017-09-15T15:42:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T22:42:53","slug":"theismann-1987-redskins-replacement-players-deserve-super-bowl-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/?p=5422","title":{"rendered":"Theismann: 1987 Redskins Replacement Players Deserve Super Bowl Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5420\" src=\"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grant-and-danny-podcast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grant-and-danny-podcast.jpg 310w, https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grant-and-danny-podcast-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/grant-and-danny-podcast-188x188.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/grant-and-danny\/segment-02-joe-theismann\/embed?style=artwork\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON \u2014<\/strong> The Washington Redskins replacement players deserve Super Bowl rings for their contribution to the 1987 season, longtime Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann says.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL players\u2019 strike in 1987 was the subject of a new ESPN documentary which aired Tuesday \u2014 \u201930 for 30: Year of the Scab\u2019 \u2014 bringing new light to a much forgotten part of Washington\u2019s Super Bowl XXII-championship season.<\/p>\n<p>The Redskins went 11-4 that season, with all Week 3 NFL games being cancelled due to the players\u2019 strike, and went 3-0 with replacement players in Weeks 4 through 6.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Washington\u2019s replacement players defeated the Cowboys \u2014 who had a number of prominent players cross the picket line for that game \u2014 13-7 at Dallas on Oct. 19, 1987. Washington\u2019s replacement players also beat the Cardinals and Giants, respectively, in the weeks prior.<\/p>\n<p>The Redskins went on to win Super Bowl XXII, defeating Denver 42-10. Those replacement players were given a share of the championship money, though they never received Super Bowl rings for their contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Theismann called into 106.7 The Fan\u2019s \u2018Grant &amp; Danny Show\u2019 as Grant Paulsen and Danny Rouhier were discussing the \u2018scab\u2019 season Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; WASHINGTON \u2014 The Washington Redskins replacement players deserve Super Bowl rings for their contribution to the 1987 season, longtime Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann says. The NFL players\u2019 strike in 1987 was the subject of a new ESPN documentary which&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5422"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5431,"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5422\/revisions\/5431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}