Editing Sam Huff (section)

===Washington Redskins===
[[File:Sam huff redskins.jpg|thumb|150px|Huff with the Redskins]]
Huff joined the Redskins in [[1964 Washington Redskins season|1964]] and they agreed to pay him $30,000 in salary and $5,000 for scouting, compared to the $19,000 he would have made another year with New York.<ref name=violentworld />  The impact Huff had was almost immediate and the Redskins' defense was ranked second in the [[National Football League|NFL]] in [[1965 NFL season|1965]].<ref name=flashback>{{cite web | work=Washington Redskins | url=http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=36423 | title=Flashback: Huff Changed the NFL Game | access-date=July 1, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080710113706/http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=36423 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = July 10, 2008}}</ref>

On November 27, 1966, Huff and the Redskins beat his former [[New York Giants|Giant]] teammates 72–41, in the highest-scoring game in league history.<ref name=flashback />  After an ankle injury in [[1967 NFL season|1967]] ended his streak of 150 straight games played<ref name=flashback /> Huff retired in [[1968 NFL season|1968]].<ref name=varsityclub />

[[Vince Lombardi]] talked Huff out of retirement in [[1969 NFL season|1969]] when he was named Washington's head coach.<ref name=varsityclub />  The Redskins went 7–5–2 and had their best season since [[1955 Washington Redskins season|1955]] (which kept Lombardi's record of never having coached a losing NFL team intact).<ref>{{cite web | work=Washington Redskins | url=http://www.redskins.com/team/history-history.jsp#1960 | title=Redskins History: 1960 | access-date=July 1, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080613202828/http://www.redskins.com/team/history-history.jsp#1960 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = June 13, 2008}}</ref>  Huff then retired for good after 14 seasons and 30 career interceptions.<ref name=violentworld />  He spent one season coaching the Redskins' linebackers in [[1970 NFL season|1970]] following Lombardi's death from [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]].<ref name=flashback />