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Originally Posted by The Goat
Two things. I think what GMM probably means, and many of us agree with, is our offense a) doesn't offer a lot of variety beyond two man routes, a few stretch run plays and the RO b) doesn't seem to work at all unless the RO is working.
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The offense seemed to work just fine without the read option when Kirk Cousins started. So I don't buy into that theory at all. The Read option is merely just another wrinkle into the offense, designed to work toward RGIII's strengths. I still maintain that the plan is to work RGIII into more drop back passing and to slowly scale back the read option in future years, which makes a lot of sense. We would have seen more evidence of this if Griffin had a full offseason.
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Originally Posted by The Goat
The other thing is it all adds up to a running QB, and nobody outside this board seems to think that's good.
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Well if people outside of this board think having a quarterback who's a running threat is a bad thing, then they are in serious need of a beating. I don't believe for one second anybody who knows anything about football thinks its bad for their quarterback to be a threat with their legs. I think what people are saying is that if the quarterback is not an accurate passer and his only strength is running, then yes, that's not going to get it done. But as I have witness last season and times this season, RGIII has the ability to be a very accurate passer. Anybody who disagrees with that is obviously deaf, dumb, and blind.
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Originally Posted by The Goat
So it all boils down to why isn't the offense progressing?? RG's injury/recovery, lack of talent, coaching?? Thing is one guy is ultimately responsible for all those answers. He's also ultimately responsible for a terrible defense, special teams and win record the last four years.
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We get it. You hate Mike Shanahan. Whatever. I would just about bet all I have that anybody else who is in Mike Shanahan's shoes and have to be up against the same things Shanny has had to be up against (Griffin's injury, the cap penalties, etc...) would probably have similar results. The only thing I can agree is that the defense is horrible.