Robert Griffin III ready to turn career around with Redskins in 2015

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Originally Posted by 30gut

What did the pistol due to mask Griffin's lack of pocket presence.

I think the offense they ran in 2012 slowed the rush. When rushed, Griffin definitely took a lot of shots. But being in the pistol and faking the handoff on the zone read froze a lot of DEs. He wasn't under pressure as often, and he delivered the ball to the first read effectively.

But defenses caught onto the patterns that the Shanahans liked to run out of that formation, and they schemed to take away the first and second read.

Now of course Gruden is trying to take him in more of a traditional drop back QB. Maybe that's a mistake. But if Griffin were to keep running for 500+ yards per season I don't like his chances of staying healthy. And I'm not sure he's got the ability to become a drop-back QB. I'm just not sure about him at all.

But I'm hoping. Hoping hard for some signs of life this last season.