NFL: RG3's availability will be decided by Redskins doctor UPDATE: RGIII CLEARED TO START VS EAGLES!!!

[Rex Tomb]

Let's say those fibers haven't healed, or as I suspect, they are too minuscule for the doctor to actually be able to see that they have healed fully, and decides to go by the book and thinks two weeks of sitting out games is in order.

Cousins gets his second start, and posts a perfect passer rating.

Isn't it somewhat common for NFL coaches to stick with the backup in that situation.

I know I know its RG3 and everything is different in this situation.

Or, is it. Is Mike that predictable?

And you thought there would be no controversy when he was drafted

We can hope for that luxury. Or, should we.

Ummm... no way in hell should we be pushing for that outcome. Just ask the Jets.

BTW: I say we get the Eagles thinking they will be facing Cousins this week and then throw RGIII in at the last possible minute.

[THEREALTOR1]

Greg Glasson ‏@GJGlasson
RT @ZacBoyer: #Redskins' Griffin, Montgomery and Polumbus all practiced during the first 20 minutes this morning. All looked fine.
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John Keim ‏@john_keim
OK: RG3, Montgomery, Polumbus all worked during open session to media. Remember, RG3 did same last week.

Tarik El-Bashir ‏@TarikCSN
RG3, Montgomery and Polumbus were all on the field for prax. Shanahan will tell us later how much they participated. #Redskins #RedskinsTalk

Thats what I want to hear. Good news on all 3. Lets have a good week of practice and be ready to go come gametime Sunday. Thanks for posting Brandy.

[pjfootballer]

I like that Monty and Polumbus are practicing. We all knew Griffin was going to practice.

[4d_POWER]

Play cousins.

Get RGIII steaming mad and let him loose against Dallass. We blow Dallass out by 50 pts.!! Don't think my heart can take another close game like vs giants and then the ravens.

LOL!! Hail!

[Skinz4Life12]

Play cousins.

Get RGIII steaming mad and let him loose against Dallass. We blow Dallass out by 50 pts.!! Don't think my heart can take another close game like vs giants and then the ravens.

LOL!! Hail!

Start Cousins if RG3 is 100% to make him mad? Makes no sense

[techboy]

Shanahan will tell us later how much they participated.

Yeah, right. "He was limited".

[respectgibbs]

It would be a conspiracy if RG3 didn't play. He could and should have played last week.

[Skinz4Life12]

Yeah, right. "He was limited".

That's what I'm thinking too...I just hope he tells us whether he practiced with the first team but that's probably a stretch to get out of Shanny

[GothSkinsFan]

Problem with Philly is that they have nothing to play for and no reason not to play dirty. Dallas, fighting for the playoffs, can't afford to play dirty.

[Skinz4Life12]

Problem with Philly is that they have nothing to play for and no reason not to play dirty. Dallas, fighting for the playoffs, can't afford to play dirty.

I don't like this logic and excuse. I'm tired of hearing it. Every team is going to try and knock Griffin out

[moondog]

Good post Moondog. I agree with your assessment that we need to keep Cousins for one more year. Some of our fans are just ridiculous with wanting to trade everyone. We scream year after year, "WE HAVE NO DEPTH," but the moment a backup shows any sign of good play, we want to ship him out for "picks." We're not the Patriots or Packers. We have not built up enough long term depth to be able to just start sending guys to other teams. Plus, how many damn picks do we need? Despite giving away our 1st rounder, we have 8 picks in this draft. There are only so many positions for the draft picks to fill. While I like that we have been able to go into the past couple of drafts with a good amount of picks for once, I'd rather have quality over quantity any day. Shanahan and Allen have shown they get make quality picks.

According to the reasoning of many fans, we need to trade:

1) Brian Orakpo
2) DeAngelo Hall
3) Adam Carriker
4) RG3

Let's get rid of several of the important or key pieces to our team because guys behind them on the depth chart have performed admirably in their stead. Well, we don't like DeAngelo Hall's attitude, and for that matter Pierre Garcon needs to go to because he spins the ball rather than being Art Monk reincarnate. Looks like Riley is good and Keenan Robinson was coming along nicely so let's cut Fletcher or trade him next year when Robinson's healthy again.

Guess what guys, depth is a good thing. Jackson playing well is a good thing. Do these people REALLY think our defense would be playing worse right now or that we'd have lost games if Orakpo was playing and not Jackson? Let's just trade RG3 to recover some random picks because Cousins was clearly capable of playing at a high level when he came in for him.

Orakpo is the better player just like Cousins is the better player. Guess what, I could make an argument for Cousins because he led us to a blow out win and threw for over 300 yards which is pretty rare for RG3. And look, Cousins completed ~70% of his passes too! It's not the stats guys. Or always the end result. Watch them play. Watch the players around them and the schemes they are running and why/how they are running them with the personnel they have on the field. The fact is, all the guys I listed are very talented players that make our team better when they are in the game. If we unfortunately had to let Jackson walk, or even if he stayed and saw limited playing time, we are a better defense and team with Orakpo on the field if he is healthy.

You add Orakpo, Carriker, Meriweather, Tanard Jackson and even Keenan Robinson back our defense next year, and you think about all the valuable experience Jarvis Jenkins and Rob Jackson have earned...if they are all here next year and we add some pieces in the secondary and perhaps offensive line plus Helu Jr. coming back, this is a very scary team with a LOT of weapons to rotate in and out on offense AND defense. You don't get better by getting rid of key pieces. Orakpo not having to play EVERY snap because we have a guy like Jackson, or even getting them on the field at the same time is a GOOD thing. It's how good teams win. But don't sit here and think for one second Jackson is the better player because he's made some impact plays and then completely push every impactful play out of your mind that Orakpo has made.

Still stuck on Orakpo's Raiders game in 09? Please, that is the last game I would ever use to talk about how good Orakpo is. Get real man.

[skinsfansince1988]

i really really hope he has a full practice with the first team today

me too, but I expect Shanny to say limited even if he practiced fully, to keep the Eagles guessing, wonder if Cousins will have a presser today as well

[Koolblue13]

Ummm... no way in hell should we be pushing for that outcome. Just ask the Jets.

BTW: I say we get the Eagles thinking they will be facing Cousins this week and then throw RGIII in at the last possible minute.

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You just compared our QB situation to the Jets. OMFG. KC1 is Tebow? Sanchez is freaking RG3? Holy **** balls. Thanks for the laugh

And as far as the thread, the Health of our QB will be determined by a doctor? That's crazy.

---------- Post added December-19th-2012 at 02:06 PM ----------

According to the reasoning of many fans, we need to trade:

1) Brian Orakpo
2) DeAngelo Hall
3) Adam Carriker
4) RG3.

I think we are just suppose to cut Hall, not trade him. I'm not sure. I think him being on the roster insults the fans.

[kevinklein]

I imagine we'll get a decent feel during the press conferences.

[Skinz4Life12]

I imagine we'll get a decent feel during the press conferences.

Is the presser at 3 again? I remember it was at like 1:30 last week