Who The Heck Is Richard Bartel?

Saying that Richard Bartel is the forgotten man of the Redskins is not entirely accurate -- becoming a forgotten man requires that people be aware of your existence in the first place. Bartel was signed the day before Thanksgiving last year to zero fanfare and even less notice. I tweeted about it, then mentioned the tweet in a bullet point on a short blog post on Black Friday. Not exactly a warm Redskins Blog welcome. I don't think anyone came out and said it, but I'm guessing that at the time, most fans expected Bartel to be summarily dropped as soon as fan-favorite QB Colt Brennan came off Injured Reserve. But that didn't happen. And Bartel also stuck around after the new coaching staff arrived. And after the draft, and after the undrafted free agent tryout period, and through mini-camps and OTAs, and now it certainly looks like he'll be here for training camp -- a training camp, it should be noted, where head coach Mike Shanahan has been talking up the impo...