Jay Gruden you are our only hope

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Originally Posted by SirLK26

You said he was too arrogant to admit that he f*cked up. Those quotes show otherwise.

And it's interesting that you brought up cherry-picking, given that this whole "controversy" came about because some dumbsh*t media members and fans cherrypicked the "calling out" quotes that started the whole thing. Griffin never really criticized anybody, I took it more as him wanting accountability. Kaepernick earlier this year flat out said that his offensive line needed to play better; Griffin said nothing like that.


And you and Chico say that the great QBs don't say anything like Griffin did. Allow me to "cherry-pick" some quotes from a press conference by one Tom Brady.

"It was just a bad performance by everybody..."

"The guys who have opportunities to make plays, we’ve got to make them. That’s me, certainly, and skill players and we’ve got to do more on first down"

"I mean I think there’s not much that we’re doing well enough on a consistent basis to score points. Run game, pass game, consistently when we have to throw it, when we have to run it, convert on third down, red area, it’s all a problem."

"I think it’s not necessarily one position, it’s all positions."(talking about the team needing to do a better job)

"I mean, I think certainly running the ball and stopping the run is important to the physical toughness of the team. You just lose control of the game and it becomes one-dimensional like it did there in the third quarter and we stopped running it."(Patriots couldn't stop the run in this game)

"It’s not one posititon on offense, it’s everybody and certainly the play-makers that we have and the skill guys, we’ve all got to make plays."

And let's not forget the famous quote by Manning: "Idiot kicker." The truth is that sooner or later, just about every QB will, out of frustration, say something about the performance of otgers on the team and, let's face it, they are always the ones up at the podium being asked to comment on all aspects of the game (along with the HC).

I think RGIII took his share of the blame, and he also expects that his teammates to perform better and I don't fault him for saying it. And the way he phrased it -- "I need the guys to play better" -- struck me as a lot less offensive than the way it has been phrased by other QBs. The social media postings bug me, but about as much as a gnat. Who cares? Just focus on getting the job done.

I also thought that Gruden was refreshingly blunt, and I rather liked it. But the key is how the team responds. Some hardass coaches could be that way and the guys responded well. One of my favorite quotes about Vince Lombardi from one of his players: "Yeah, Coach Lombardi is great. He treats us all the same. He treats us like dogs." He could be hard on guys, and he was also like a father to them at the same time. And he got results. I don't see Gruden likely being able to pull that off, but maybe he's got a little Chuckie in him after all.

I just hope they come out this weekend pissed off and ready to rip someone's head off. Would be a nice change.