Skins-Jags Positives and Negatives

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

I know, but he reverted to his old style of play going 200 miles and hour. I thought he was supposed to be learning to be a pocket QB. He should not be playing like this especially after the 2nd knee injury, he shouldn't be coddled but they also need to be careful and not pull a Shanahan. He is/was the franchise.

He tried to be a pocket QB during the preseason and the first game, and it didn't work. Honestly, we needed a 2012 RG3 that knew when to slide; and IMO up until he got hurt, we seemed to have that.

If RG3 had been knocked the F out, I would have agreed with you. Dude got hurt b/c he landed awkwardly on his foot, I think that could have happened to many QBs.

[WillH]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

He tried to be a pocket QB during the preseason and the first game, and it didn't work. Honestly, we needed a 2012 RG3 that knew when to slide; and IMO up until he got hurt, we seemed to have that.

If RG3 had been knocked the F out, I would have agreed with you. Dude got hurt b/c he landed awkwardly on his foot, I think that could have happened to many QBs.

This I don't agree with. Becoming a pocket passer was essential for him, and that was because running with the ball exposes you to injury. Could this have happened to any QB? Yeah, sure, but the more a QB rolls out and jumps in the air to complete a throw the more likely he is to be injured. There's just no arguing against that.

That said, I was hoping they were just sprinkling in some of those read options and bootlegs so the D stayed honest. Which, very likely was the case. I really doubt they were going completely back to 2012.

I just still feel that I would have rather gone through the growing pains of RG3 becoming a pocket passer, and not gone to the safety blanket because people were impatient. I don't know, hindsight is 20/20, but I don't think it is outrageous to say, he was less likely to get hurt if they stuck to pocket passing. Oh well, we will never know.