RG3 versus other rookies and Expectations. 1st QTR review.

[Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin]

Griffin has been flat-out amazing this first month of the season.
In fact, I would go so far as to say that his play has not garnered ENOUGH attention.

How did I watch highlights yesterday and see nothing about RG3? Seriously. Maybe I just missed all of the moments they showed but it seems all the attention was on other teams.

[FSUSkins24]

Before the season a lot of Redskin fans were worried that the hype was growing too quickly. If you turned on the TV at any hour of the day you were likely greeted by a smiling RG3 running around pushing Adidas or bland sandwiches. This man who hadn’t thrown a single pass in the NFL had grown men looking at their sock drawer dismayed over the lack of color and capes.

While the RG3 tour was taking place word was that Luck had no time for such exposure. He wanted to earn lucrative deals with his play… or some other such overly serious statement that was generally perceived to be more in line with the ideal stoic football field general stereotype. Plus, he’s like 2 inches taller and stuff.

In Seattle the little QB that could was telling anyone that would listen that he deserved to start in the NFL. They laughed and laughed but he just kept chugging along and in the end he did earn the starting spot. Moral of the story is that back up QB in Seattle has now topped the list of best job ever.

Also something about Weeden being old and Tannehill having a hot wife… in South Beach (Man plans, God laughs).

After a quarter of the season the stats are in and what they say is surprising:

So there you have it skins fans. After a quarter of the season you have a QB that has clearly out performed even the high expectations of the media and delirious fans. Has this towns luck finally turned? The Redskins have a franchise QB, The Nats are division winners, the Caps are playoff staples, and the Wizards… ok I went one team too far, point is this town and this football team has a lot to feel good about. Enjoy it.

HTTR.

I love the way you write. I feel like you should be starting more threads. Oh, and killer breakdown, those stats are telling.

[KDawg]

I think ALL fumbles should be counted as a turnover opportunity and any time we look at turnovers we should try to look at them from an opportunity stand point. There is a large portion of luck in regards to recovery.

[Voice_of_Reason]

He's been great.

Something else to consider: Shanahan and Shanahan Jr. deserve an awful lot of credit for getting RGIII ready to play and putting together game plans that allow him to succeed while he learns the NFL. They're letting him do things that's he's good at and comfortable with while they are slowly bringing him along with the "normal" offense. He's improving week to week, and I don't think that the coaching job the Shanahan's are doing should be lost on anybody.

And for the folks that think he's running too much, there is a fine line. They didn't need him to run the ball much in the TB game, so he didn't. They couldn't get anything going against the Bengals until they started using Griffin's speed and running ability to loosen up the defense. Then they got rolling offensively.

But, now, it seems as though every time they run RGIII, there is a bunch of folks (Chad Dukes and Lavar being the ones that come to mind) they throw a fit. They have to use him as a runner, or else you're giving away a huge advantage.

[Skinz4Life12]

i just want to wear my RG3 jersey every day of the week

[TheDane]

Tannehill's wife is so hot.

[KDawg]

Dukes and LaVar are PAID to stir up controversy. Controversy means attention and attention means ratings. I don't know why people even bother listening to their show (other than when murf is on taking jabs at Arrington )

[Botched]

It's not possible for a Redskins QB to be playing this well. It has to be a mirage. I'm expecting an 8 INT meltdown against Cleveland in week 15, and Rex Grossman will be starting again next year.

[kevinklein]

I don't think the last stat is a cherry pick. I think it a perfectly reasonable way to look at any quarterback's production. After all, it's not only running QBs who are prone to losing fumbles.

---------- Post added October-2nd-2012 at 11:42 AM ----------

I think ALL fumbles should be counted as a turnover opportunity and any time we look at turnovers we should try to look at them from an opportunity stand point. There is a large portion of luck in regards to recovery.

Then every incompletion is also a "turnover opportunity?" Hell, isn't every time a ball is snapped a turnover opportunity?

[KDawg]

Then every incompletion is also a "turnover opportunity?" Hell, isn't every time a ball is snapped a turnover opportunity?

Not in the same vein as a fumble, no.

[DogofWar1]

I think ALL fumbles should be counted as a turnover opportunity and any time we look at turnovers we should try to look at them from an opportunity stand point. There is a large portion of luck in regards to recovery.

I understand what you're saying, but then we'd probably have to include dropped interceptions, and if we included that no one would be positive.

Though yeah, RGIII needs to fumble a little less. Eventually that will bite us.

[Die Hard]

How is this possible! Don`t you know... at Baylor he didn`t even have a playbook. He`s raw and not ready for the pro game!

[Jumbo]

Tannehill's wife is so hot.

http://itsalwayssunnyindetroit.com/w...annehill-5.jpg

holeee.......

[Destino]

I think ALL fumbles should be counted as a turnover opportunity and any time we look at turnovers we should try to look at them from an opportunity stand point. There is a large portion of luck in regards to recovery.

We don't count passes that bounce out of the hands of defenders as interceptions so why should we count fumbles that aren't lost? That's never made sense to me.

---------- Post added October-2nd-2012 at 12:24 PM ----------

I understand what you're saying, but then we'd probably have to include dropped interceptions, and if we included that no one would be positive.

Though yeah, RGIII needs to fumble a little less. Eventually that will bite us.

The problem with this logic is that "almost" has never counted in sports. If you are going to count fumbles that aren't lost and interceptions that aren't caught why not count catches and TDs that are dropped as well? Where does the alternative universe logic end?

[ADF]

Then we're going to have to count passes dropped by WRs. (just giving you a hard time KDawg)