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Just ran across this article from the SB Nation Redskins site. In the body of the article I put in bold the interesting part.
http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/11/17/7232879/the-rg3-era-is-over
The RG3 Era Is Over
By Chris in Fairfax on Nov 17 2014, 1:15a 25
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It just is. I still say the trade was the right decision, everything was going according to plan until the kid just got hurt. You take that risk any time your draft anyone. He got hurt, what can we do? Griffin has amazing drive and wants to win, but he doesn't know how and this isn't an organization for someone like that. He got hurt, his was poisoned by a jealous coach, and now must prove himself to someone who doesn't even want him. It's just time to cut our loses and agree that this experiment is over. We tried, he tried, but our dysfunctional organization is no place for someone looking to become bigger than the team, who is looking to build a personal brand outside of the team. I don't blame Griffin, if these players for all they do to themselves want to get paid, do it. But it is just not working. OurAlumni Affairs Director GM Bruce Allen is not the man with a sufficient football mind to make this work with a diva like RG3.
We had two weeks to prepare for a 1-8 team and got demolished. Two weeks. Through the two weeks all that is talked about, all that is asked of the players and coaches, is RG3. He's become bigger than the team, everything in this organization now revolves around the every day utterances of a third year quarterback. It can't be like that. You can't win like that. Nobody can. We need to find some normalcy, a quarterback like a Carson Palmer, a veteran who can just come in and play without their every utterance being used to measure the temperature of the team. Today was embarrassing. As embarrassing a loss as I have ever watched. I am worried because we have found some talent worth building around - Ryan Kerrigan, Trent Williams,Alfred Morris, Keenan Robinson, Beshad Breeland - but it being wasted on a team full of unprofessional and needless high school drama.
Here are some steps I would take.
Round 2. S Cody Prewitt - Ole Miss
Round 3: DT Christian Covington - Rice
Round 4: RB Duke Johnson - Miami
http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/11/17/7232879/the-rg3-era-is-over
The RG3 Era Is Over
By Chris in Fairfax on Nov 17 2014, 1:15a 25
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It just is. I still say the trade was the right decision, everything was going according to plan until the kid just got hurt. You take that risk any time your draft anyone. He got hurt, what can we do? Griffin has amazing drive and wants to win, but he doesn't know how and this isn't an organization for someone like that. He got hurt, his was poisoned by a jealous coach, and now must prove himself to someone who doesn't even want him. It's just time to cut our loses and agree that this experiment is over. We tried, he tried, but our dysfunctional organization is no place for someone looking to become bigger than the team, who is looking to build a personal brand outside of the team. I don't blame Griffin, if these players for all they do to themselves want to get paid, do it. But it is just not working. Our
We had two weeks to prepare for a 1-8 team and got demolished. Two weeks. Through the two weeks all that is talked about, all that is asked of the players and coaches, is RG3. He's become bigger than the team, everything in this organization now revolves around the every day utterances of a third year quarterback. It can't be like that. You can't win like that. Nobody can. We need to find some normalcy, a quarterback like a Carson Palmer, a veteran who can just come in and play without their every utterance being used to measure the temperature of the team. Today was embarrassing. As embarrassing a loss as I have ever watched. I am worried because we have found some talent worth building around - Ryan Kerrigan, Trent Williams,Alfred Morris, Keenan Robinson, Beshad Breeland - but it being wasted on a team full of unprofessional and needless high school drama.
Here are some steps I would take.
- Release RG3 and Kirk Cousins. Both are disasters.
- Sign QB Sam Bradford and re-sign QB Colt McCoy. This might see like a curious thing, to trade one injury prone quarterback for another, but Bradford will bring none of the personal baggage that Griffin has and his skillset may better suit what Jay Gruden is attempting to do. While his ACL injuries are concerning, he wasn't a track star and his play has never been based on that.
- Be smart in free agency. I must admit the last few years have been welcomed in their restraint, no matter that it was forced on them. Let's spend some, hopefully on the secondary and some veteran leadership on the offensive line. We'll see if they can help themselves.
- 2015 Draft (per Fanspeak mock draft):
Round 2. S Cody Prewitt - Ole Miss
Round 3: DT Christian Covington - Rice
Round 4: RB Duke Johnson - Miami
Round 5: C David Andrews - Georgia
Round 6: QB Taylor Kelly - Arizona State
Round 7: OT Rob Havenstein - Wisconsin
On the bright side, Bradley Beal is back on Friday ... so go Wiz! Right?
On the bright side, Bradley Beal is back on Friday ... so go Wiz! Right?