Why I'm Not Gonna Panic About Our QB

[Chico23231]

Im 100% behind RG3, but my thread wasnt to bash Cousins. I still view him as a top 5 backup in the league. Thats very valuable in today's NFL and thats why Im serious if the Rams would make an offer I would hold firm at a multiple pick deal which included at least a 2nd round pick next year and another 3rd or 2nd the following year. I dont think thats unreasonable.

[hagams]

I'm not in panic mode, but I am concerned with what I'm seeing. I understand the rust, and a new system. However, rust shouldn't cause a pro QB to miss wide open receivers when he isn't under distress. A new system also shouldn't cause him to run OB behind the line, takes hits that could be avoided, and a few other things. I'm an RGIII guy, but he either needs to smarten up, or sharpen up. Kirk is waiting....

[HailGreen28]

What the F was wrong with our RO offense in 2012? 1st place in the NFCE, a home playoff berth, and Rookie of the Year wasn't good enough, after years of suckitude?

[tshile]

Originally Posted by HailGreen28

What the F was wrong with our RO offense in 2012? 1st place in the NFCE, a home playoff berth, and Rookie of the Year wasn't good enough, after years of suckitude?

People called it a gimmick. They said it would kill our qb.

They're the same people whining now


Also Team Griffin was against it and he calls the shots now.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by tshile

People called it a gimmick. They said it would kill our qb.

They're the same people whining now


Also Team Griffin was against it and he calls the shots now.

what?

[tshile]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

what?

You don't remember his father giving interviews saying "Show me a running QB, I'll show you a loser" ?

You don't remember all there reports about Griffin, with his dad, telling Shanahan he won't run those plays anymore?

[VegasMax]

Originally Posted by HailGreen28

What the F was wrong with our RO offense in 2012? 1st place in the NFCE, a home playoff berth, and Rookie of the Year wasn't good enough, after years of suckitude?

We have no idea what kind of offense Gruden will be running in the regular season. It's possible we will use the read option, but in the preseason the offense is totally vanilla. I'm hoping there will be more roll outs.

[over the mountain]

On May 22, Griffin Jr., the man who molded his son in the image of his own quarterback idols of the 1970s, told The Washington Post: “I just know that based on what I know Robert can do, he doesn’t have to be a runner as much as I saw last year. To me, you’re paying these [receivers] a lot of money to catch the football. I’m his dad — I want him throwing that football, a lot. A lot.”

“I love my dad,” he said. “I talked to him after I heard what he said and I told him thank you because that’s what he is supposed to say as my father. He does not want to see me running around out there on the field. He wants to see me throwing the ball. He was the one that trained me, so he knows what I can do and Coach knows what I can do. It is not that I disagree or agree with what he said, but I was proud of the fact that he stood up and said something.”

Any sense that Griffin’s father was operating as a lone wolf — his rantings wholly disconnected from his son’s own opinions — disappeared this week, when Griffin III told ESPN 980 in response to a question about the read-option offense, “I’m a quarterback. . . . We want to throw the ball. And you think pass first, run second. That’s just the way it is.”

The Griffin men, it should be clear by now, are not to be muzzled, unless it is by their own free will.

For Robert Griffin Jr., being a quarterback’s father isn’t always a silent partnership - The Washington Post



i dont think there is much denying RG3 is stubborn and wants to do things his way. I love RG3 but he needs to be open to coaching more than he is.

whether it was team griffin or his injury that changed the offensive approach in 2013, the world will never know. ce la vie imo.

[Bushead]

When Griffin isn't a threat to run, people load up to run and dare to pass. We get into 3 and 7 and he doesn't have the ability to bail us out of that.

That's what this is all about. He's working on it. I don't know if he'll get there, but we will see.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Bushead

When Griffin isn't a threat to run, people load up to run and dare to pass. We get into 3 and 7 and he doesn't have the ability to bail us out of that.

That's what this is all about. He's working on it. I don't know if he'll get there, but we will see.

With our sorry o-line, people are not going to need to load up on us.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

With our sorry o-line, people are not going to need to load up on us.

What's happened to you, Ruhskins? You've become bitter.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

What's happened to you, Ruhskins? You've become bitter.

A bit. I'm just a bit pissed that the team did a poor job with the offensive line in the offseason. While people have focused a lot on RG3 during the preseason, I think the horrible play by Polumbus and Chester as a possible reason that this team will do badly this season.

I just can't believe that the team couldn't find better players than these two or that they saw the tape from last year and thought that they'd be okay with them. But no one is talking or will talk about this. I think this team is cursed with always having a bad offensive line.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

A bit. I'm just a bit pissed that the team did a poor job with the offensive line in the offseason. While people have focused a lot on RG3 during the preseason, I think the horrible play by Polumbus and Chester as a possible reason that this team will do badly this season.

I just can't believe that the team couldn't find better players than these two or that they saw the tape from last year and thought that they'd be okay with them. But no one is talking or will talk about this. I think this team is cursed with always having a bad offensive line.

Do you think that there is hope for Long and Moses?

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

A bit. I'm just a bit pissed that the team did a poor job with the offensive line in the offseason. While people have focused a lot on RG3 during the preseason, I think the horrible play by Polumbus and Chester as a possible reason that this team will do badly this season.

I just can't believe that the team couldn't find better players than these two or that they saw the tape from last year and thought that they'd be okay with them. But no one is talking or will talk about this. I think this team is cursed with always having a bad offensive line.

Maybe the rookies will pan out and we can sit the two turnstiles by mid-season or sooner. I prefer to stay optimistic because reality often sucks. See my signature.

[calia]

Chester and Polumbus were awful v the Ravens. Hard to believe we cannot upgrade at one of those spots.