Shanahan Decision Not to Take Out RGIII

[bigkobe81]

JESUS, Please go reread the Game Thread, We been screaming for Robert to go out since the 2nd quarter

[RiverboatGambler]

On NFL network the entire table thinks it was right for him to try to stay in. Time will tell the severity of the injury.

[TheGreek1973]

some of the things you guys are saying is just plain ridiculous. None of you know what was going on down on that field. Yes RGIII was hurt. having RGIII at 60 or 70 percent is probably still better than Cousins at 100%, none of you know that putting in cousins would win the game. some of the guys on the field were just worried about fighting the seahawks players. They got in our heads and that's that. Blaming this on shanahan or RGIII is ridiculous. Also hindsight is 20/20,

Dude you are new here, I just hope you are not new to watching football. Did you see the Browns game? you actually think putting a 100% healthy Cousins, with Morris running the ball, the play action will not work? Did you see how many open receivers RGIII missed? Ah forget it.

[thesubmittedone]

I said on facebook when we were up fourteeen zip that rg3 should be replaced not because I didnt think he was much without his run game but because he looked gimpy and couldnt protect himself.

Having said that I stop short of outright blaming shanahan for the loss because when Cousins actually got in the game, he didnt show much, so theres no guarantee the outcome wouldve been much different if hed gotten in earlier.

Very well said. No one knows how it would've went and it's not easy for a coach to bench a guy like RG3, ever, especially if he insists he doesn't want to come out.

---------- Post added January-6th-2013 at 06:08 PM ----------

JESUS, Please go reread the Game Thread, We been screaming for Robert to go out since the 2nd quarter

Yes, because fans in the Gameday Thread are so right all the time.


Hilarious.

[Drkstar]

this is def not a hindsight argument
plenty of folks were irate about not making a change at QB thruout

these are the kind of decisions HCs should be scrutinized about

[Yng Lady88]

I posted this in the official thread, but some comments from Shanny from the presser:

In post-game interview, Shanny basically admitted RGIII convinced him/pleaded with him to let him stay in. Said "let me stay in to win this ball game" and RGIII felt he "deserved" to stay in.

I would love to get a transcript of Shanny's comments because he honestly confused me about his thought process for keeping him in. Felt there was a lot of flip-flopping. But then again my bro and i were arguing over him staying in and i missed a lot lol

[TheGreek1973]

I said on facebook when we were up fourteeen zip that rg3 should be replaced not because I didnt think he was much without his run game but because he looked gimpy and couldnt protect himself.

Having said that I stop short of outright blaming shanahan for the loss because when Cousins actually got in the game, he didnt show much, so theres no guarantee the outcome wouldve been much different if hed gotten in earlier.

How can he show much when we were in passing mode 100% of the time. Are you kidding me dude? Put him in the start of the 2nd half while we are leading, totally different story.

[Hunter_R]

JESUS, Please go reread the Game Thread, We been screaming for Robert to go out since the 2nd quarter

No ****. The way some people are talking, you'd think that nobody had the thought until after Griffin was out.

[2cents]

You're in complete denial if you don't think leaving RGIII out there was a mistake.

No I just disagree with you.

[TheGreek1973]

I posted this in the official thread, but some comments from Shanny from the presser:

In post-game interview, Shanny basically admitted RGIII convinced him/pleaded with him to let him stay in. Said "let me stay in to win this ball game" and RGIII felt he "deserved" to stay in.

I would love to get a transcript of Shanny's comments because he honestly confused me about his thought process for keeping him in. Felt there was a lot of flip-flopping. But then again my bro and i were arguing over him staying in and i missed a lot lol

Oh that makes me feel better. A rookie QB convinces a 2 time SB coach to let him play when everyone and their mother see he can hardly walk...oh btw running makes him what he is.....to pathetic

[redskins4ever28]

Man everyone needs to be calm. Yes maybe shanny should have taken him out but he didn't. Rg3s a warrior I love that about him. It is what it is. We ha a great season. I'm upset too but hey we are 10-6 in griffins first year. Now, let's look to the future. Also, why did we stop running the ball after it was 14-0? I love Kyle but I was clueless there.


Also griffin begged shanny to play, you know he did. Shanny getting this hate is going to hurt his and griffins relationship IMO.

[bigkobe81]

Cant stand es after losses

[stevemcqueen1]

No I just disagree with you.

You think it wasn't clear he was severely injured?

Or you think he was a better option than Cousins?

[dnpmakkah]

Having said that I stop short of outright blaming shanahan for the loss because when Cousins actually got in the game, he didnt show much, so theres no guarantee the outcome wouldve been much different if hed gotten in earlier.

Which makes even more sense to put him in. If you're going to lose either way, then better to keep RG3 safe and bench him.

[wrecker]

I thought about this for a while and I've decided that Shanahan did the right thing by letting RG3 go out there. RG3 is the leader of this team, and he was the one who led this team into the playoffs. He deserved the opportunity to lead this team for as long as he could until He (RG3) decided that he couldn't do it anymore.

100% wrong. We do not have a 1st round pick this year or next. It was obvious RG3 could not protect himself. It was the head coach's responsibility to protect our franchise QB. He utterly failed.