RGIII undergoing total reconstructive surgery: out 6-8 months

[REDSKINS4ever]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

That looked worse than Theismann's injury.....

[skinsfaninok]

Damn Matt that was bad

[CultBrennan59]

Lattimore? No I didn't like him when he was healthy, now that he has no knee I really don't like him.

[ethat001]

MattyK - ouch, that was a gruesome video. If McCallum can run after that, it makes me optimistic that RG3 will come back stronger than ever..

"After grim NFL injury, Napoleon McCallum remained buoyant - Los Angeles Times

...He'd suffered a dislocated knee. Three ligaments had been torn, ripping his calf and hamstring muscles from the bone, and he'd suffered nerve and artery damage as well.

If surgery didn't go well, a terrified McCallum was told, his left leg probably would have to be amputated.

McCallum says he runs, cycles, swims and even plays basketball. Someday soon, he says, he hopes to try a half-triathlon.

...It's just part of the game," McCallum says. "It wasn't a vicious play. I was playing football, and sometimes you get hurt."

[BigHairedAristocrat]

That's just about the most horrible thing I've ever seen. Did he ever play again?

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

I don't know which is worse Lattimore or Mcgahee.

Speaking of Lattimore, would you all be oppossed to spending a 4th round pick on him?

Yes based mainly on the fact that we have much greater needs than a rb.

[DCtoAZ]

Lattimore prob will be great but i trust shanny with rbs.

[skinsfaninok]

Bill Parcells had a good segment on the Read Option offense and he basically said it won't work long in the NFL because teams next year will focus on punishing the QB everytime it's ran. Jason Taylor basically said the same today on ESPN.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Bill Parcells had a good segment on the Read Option offense and he basically said it won't work long in the NFL because teams next year will focus on punishing the QB everytime it's ran. Jason Taylor basically said the same today on ESPN.

Parcells and Taylor are stupid
1) you cant punish a QB if you cant catch him when he runs
2) you cant punish a QB if he slides and/or runs out of bounds to avoid contact, unless you want a flag
3) I noticed Wilson and Kaepernick doing the same thing RGIII does - after handing the ball off to the RB, when defenders are near, they quickly lift their hands up to show defenders they dont have the ball - if theyre touched, its 15 yards.

Unless the rules change, anything defenses do to try to "punish" QBs running the option will result in first downs for the offense.

[NC_Skins]

Not even going to watch that video of the knee injury. Brings back memories. In other news, the London times had this writeup after the Skins loss.





You would have had to play Skyrim or know about the internet meme to get the title's reference.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Parcells and Taylor are stupid
1) you cant punish a QB if you cant catch him when he runs
2) you cant punish a QB if he slides and/or runs out of bounds to avoid contact, unless you want a flag
3) I noticed Wilson and Kaepernick doing the same thing RGIII does - after handing the ball off to the RB, when defenders are near, they quickly lift their hands up to show defenders they dont have the ball - if theyre touched, its 15 yards.

Unless the rules change, anything defenses do to try to "punish" QBs running the option will result in first downs for the offense.

This. "Old school" football might have allowed that method of stopping it, but now you can't take cheap shots just because the qb faked a handoff. Which is another part of it, and why the stretch option should be stricken from our playbook, if Griffin (or any qb) starts running and at the last second pitches it, he ought to be fair game for a hit, but the way the zone read option is being used, the qb isn't running with the ball unless a clear lane opens to him. He may:
** pass (protected by rules)
** handoff(protected as soon as he throws his hands up and clears that he doesn't have it),
or
**run (where he can get slammed but only should run if a defender isn't barreling down on him)

Taylor and Parcells just aren't looking at it in the right context. A lot of opponents of it aren't.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Bill Parcells had a good segment on the Read Option offense and he basically said it won't work long in the NFL because teams next year will focus on punishing the QB everytime it's ran. Jason Taylor basically said the same today on ESPN.

My question is what was stopping them from doing that this year then?

You can't just give up 15 yard roughing penalties all day.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

My question is what was stopping them from doing that this year then?

You can't just give up 15 yard roughing penalties all day.

It won't be a roughing penalty because he's considered a runner.

[los panda]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

It won't be a roughing penalty because he's considered a runner.

not when he puts his arms up

Robert Griffin III: Now I know when it’s legal for defenses to hit me | ProFootballTalk

[MTK]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

It won't be a roughing penalty because he's considered a runner.

It's a penalty if he doesn't have the ball.