Question: What player nicknamed "Roger the Dodger" helped to keep the 1979 Washington Redskins from getting the final wild-card slot?

Context articles: List of Washington Redskins rushing leaders
Eagles–Redskins rivalry
1979 Washington Redskins season
Sean Taylor
List of Washington Redskins head coaches
Roger Staubach
Bobby Jackson (American football coach)
Alec Gibson
Giants–Redskins rivalry
Washington Redskins

The List of Washington Redskins football rushing leaders includes lists of Washington Redskins rushing single–season and career records for yardage, carries and touchdowns by Washington quarterbacks and running backs.
 The Redskins compete in the East Division of the National Football Conference.
 The franchise was founded as the Boston Braves, named after the local baseball franchise.
 The team changed their name to the Redskins in 1933 and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937.
The Eagles–Redskins rivalry is a rivalry between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins of the National Football League.
 The rivalry began in 1934, during the time the Redskins played in Boston.
 The Washington Redskins lead in all-time series 86–74–6.
 The Redskins have won 3 Super Bowls and 2 NFL Championships, while the Eagles have won 3 NFL Championships.
 The rivalry is one of the most heated rivalries in the NFL, and has featured some of the most memorable moments in NFL history.
 The rivalry is most notable for the "Body Bag Game", where the Eagles knocked out eight Redskins players in a game in 1990.
The 1979 season of the Washington Redskins in American professional football began with the team trying to improve on their 8–8 record from 1978.
 While the Redskins were able to improve their record; finishing 10–6, the Redskins were eliminated from playoff contention on the final week of the season when, facing the Dallas Cowboys with the NFC East title on the line, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach led a last-minute comeback to defeat Washington 35–34 to win the division; which combined with the Chicago Bears defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 42–6, resulted in the Redskins losing a points tiebreaker for the final wild-card slot.
Sean Michael Maurice Taylor (April 1, 1983 – November 27, 2007) was an American football player who was a free safety for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons.
 He played college football for the University of Miami, was a member of the Hurricanes' 2001 BCS National Championship team, and earned unanimous All-American honors.
 The Washington Redskins chose Taylor with the fifth overall pick of the 2004 NFL Draft.
 Due to his ferocious hits, several of his Redskins teammates nicknamed him "Meast," a portmanteau word from the expression "half man, half beast."
This is a complete list of Washington Redskins head coaches.
 There have been 28 head coaches for the Washington Redskins, including coaches for the Boston Redskins (1933–1936) and Boston Braves (1932), of the National Football League (NFL).
 The Redskins franchise was founded as the Boston Braves, named after the local baseball franchise.
 The team changed their name to the Redskins in and moved to Washington, D.C. in .
Roger Thomas Staubach (born February 5, 1942), nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America" and "Captain Comeback", is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).
Robert Lanier Jackson (born February 16, 1940) is an American former football coach and college player who was a professional assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons, including three as an offensive coordinator.
 In his NFL tenure, Jackson coached five Pro Bowl running backs, including at least one in three of his five stops where he has tutored the running backs.
 The list consists of Pro Football Hall of Fame player Marshall Faulk (St. Louis Rams 2000–02), Stephen Davis (Washington Redskins 1999), Terry Allen (Washington Redskins 1996), Brian Mitchell (Washington Redskins, 1995), and Marion Butts (San Diego Chargers, 1990–91).
Alec Raymond Gibson (born December 9, 1963 in Columbus, Ohio) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.
 Gibson played in three games for the Washington Redskins in 1987.
 The Washington Redskins went 3-0 during the strike.
 Defeating the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and Dallas Cowboys.
 Gibson caused Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett to fumble the football twice on Monday Night Football in Dallas the last replacement game played in 1987.
 He played college football at Ventura Junior College where he was an All-American defensive tackle and at the University of Illinois as a defensive end.
 In 1988, he played Arena football for the New York Knights.
 Gibson played 11 of 12 games before injuring his right knee (ACL) which put an end to his career.
The Giants–Redskins rivalry is a rivalry between the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.
 The rivalry began in 1932 with the founding of the Washington Redskins, and is the oldest rivalry in the NFC East Division.
 While often dismissed, particularly in recent times, this rivalry has seen periods of great competition.
 In particular the Giants and Redskins competed fiercely for conference and division titles in the late 1930s and early 1940s and 1980s.
 Perhaps most fans today recall the 1980s as the most hotly contested period between these teams, as the Redskins under Joe Gibbs and the Giants under Bill Parcells competed for division titles and Super Bowls.
 During this span the two teams combined to win 7 NFC East Divisional Titles, 5 Super Bowls and even duked it out in the with the Giants winning 17–0.
 This rivalry is storied and while it tends to be dismissed due to the Redskins' recent struggles, Wellington Mara, long time owner of the Giants, always said that he believed the Redskins were the Giants' truest rival.
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.
 The Redskins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) East division.
 The team plays its home games at FedExField in Landover, Maryland; its headquarters and training facility are at Inova Sports Performance Center at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Virginia, and the Redskins Complex in Richmond, Virginia, respectively.
 The Redskins have played more than 1,000 games since 1932, and are one of only five franchises in the NFL to record over 600 regular season and postseason wins, reaching that mark in 2015.
 The Redskins have won five NFL Championships (two pre-1966 merger announcement, and three Super Bowls).
 The franchise has captured 14 NFL divisional titles and six NFL conference championships.
 The Redskins were the first team in the NFL with an official marching band, and also the first team to have a fight song, "Hail to the Redskins".