Throughout the history of the “By the Numbers” series, there have been some digits that feature absolutely brutal competition. Numbers in which, no matter which player comes out on top, there will be a great player from Redskins’ history who is necessarily omitted.
#34 is not such a number.
As it turns out, #34 sees stiff competition of a different kind. It just so happens that few players who wore #34 have spent a significant portion of their careers in Washington. Most of them played sparingly at best, and usually over the course of a season or two.