A few weeks back upon hearing the news that Santana Moss would not be offered an extension, I gave him a farewell and gave you some of his greatest moments as a Redskin. It wouldn't be fair if I didn't do the same for Clinton, who is reportedly being released within the next few days.Clinton was a bit of a wild card, but he was a hell of a back in his prime. He came to Washington via trade in 2004 for Champ Bailey, a move many questioned at the time. I don't think anyone would question that trade today, considering he is the second most successful back in Skins' history in terms of yards gained. He put the team on his back for the only two playoff runs in the Dan Snyder era, and he was pretty damn funny. His post game costume party in 2005 was a bit over the top, but it brought on some laughs, so what the hell.
His comments about reporter Ines Sainz brought on much controversy, even though it was absolutely hilarious and true:
"You know man, I think you put women reporters in the locker room in positions to see guys walking around naked, and you sit in the locker room with 53 guys, and all of the sudden you see a nice woman in the locker room, I think men are gonna tend to run and look and want to say something to that woman. For the woman, I think they make it so much that you can't interact and you can't be involved with athletes, you can't talk to these guys, you can't interact with these guys."
"And I mean, you put a woman and you give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody got to be appealing to her. You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she's gonna want somebody. I don't know what kind of woman won't, if you get to go and look at 53 men's packages. And you're doing a job, but at the same time, the same way I'm gonna cut my eye if i see somebody worth talking to, I'm sure they do the same thing."Damn right, Clinton. This was the problem with Clinton, though. He would always comment about things and usually be right on the money about it (not always-see below), but he did so while offending a ton of people. You can look at it whatever way you want, but what the hell, it's funny.
Clinton butted heads with Jim Zorn, made insanely idiotic comments about Michael Vick, and was Dan Snyder's play thing. Set aside all of that, and enjoy the greatest moments of Clinton's career with the 'Skins.
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