How is RGIII?

[MartinC]

Wait... something is wrong with RG3?

I think I read - something - about it. No biggie I'm sure!

[scottzilla]

If shanahan truly believed that rg3 wasn't injured, I don't know what he was looking at. He was painfully obviously hurt and was a shell of himself after the first quarter.

I don't think I'm saying what you think I'm saying.

[Redskin-All-In]

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[JMUSkins]

I think I read - something - about it. No biggie I'm sure!

Whew... I thought it was a knee injury or something.

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Dude didn't you hear? One week he fried bacon naked, the next he ate hot wings with chapped lips. He's done

Damn... you know that had to hurt. He could have at least used blue cheese or ranch. What's wrong with that guy?!?!

[cphil006]

Well if it didn't register how bad it was, people using anti-Shanny-Seattle-logic would argue it *should* have registered after the sideline inspection in the myustical red shack.

My point is the two situations are very comparable. But no hue and cry. So silly to berate Shanny for Seattle while giving a pass for Baltimore. My POV is we should all stop second guessing and look forward. I agree with your post two posts after this one I'm respoinding to.

He didn't tear his ACL until the 4th quarter against Seattle, so what would the sideline inspection have shown other than his knee hurts because the Grade 1 sprain was aggrevated? He convinced Shanny to let him finish the game because he earned the right to. Obviously, if either one knew his knee would slip on the grass/dirt and twist awkwardly, neither would have put him out there. Someone said early that it's like second guessing the coin-toss after the fact.

[terpfan]

If you all want to be blind homers about this fine. Whatever helps you sleep at night. But the number one priority of the coaching staff and this franchise needs to be keeping our once in a lifetime franchise QB healthy. And if we don't make some noise about it what's to say anything is going to change?

As for whether RG3 deserves any of the blame, sure maybe a tiny amount. But it's not the job of a 22 year old rookie to diagnosis himself. The 60 year old head coach with 20+ years of NFL experience had more than enough information to make the right call and he blew it.

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And everyone saying this is retrospect... NO IT IS NOT. After that second drive he OBVIOUSLY re-injured himself. Journalists and reporters left and right were calling for RG3 to be pulled well before the final blow.

All this "if RG3 says he can play, he plays" is macho-bull****. Good franchises are smarter than that. If he was still tearing it up that would be one thing. But after that second drive, he straight up sucked. We were gaining nothing by leaving him in.

I'm just saying this should at the very least be a learning experience. I just hope we didnt learn the lesson too late.

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I, like many ...thought he would pull through. It was a gamble, and we lost. Plain and simple.

This might illustrate my point better than anything else. YOU DO NOT GAMBLE WITH THE HEALTH OF YOUR FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK.

[cphil006]

If you all want to be blind homers about this fine. Whatever helps you sleep at night. But the number one priority of the coaching staff and this franchise needs to be keeping our once in a lifetime franchise QB healthy. And if we don't make some noise about it what's to say anything is going to change?

As for whether RG3 deserves any of the blame, sure maybe a tiny amount. But it's not the job of a 22 year old rookie to diagnosis himself. The 60 year old head coach with 20+ years of NFL experience had more than enough information to make the right call and he blew it.

---------- Post added January-15th-2013 at 02:09 PM ----------

And everyone saying this is retrospect... NO IT IS NOT. After that second drive he OBVIOUSLY re-injured himself. Journalists and reporters left and right were calling for RG3 to be pulled well before the final blow.

All this "if RG3 says he can play, he plays" is macho-bull****. Good franchises are smarter than that. If he was still tearing it up that would be one thing. But after that second drive, he straight up sucked. We were gaining nothing by leaving him in.

I'm just saying this should at the very least be a learning experience. I just hope we didnt learn the lesson too late.

Griffin wasn't injured, he was hurt. he felt some pain in his knee after the second drive. He was playing with a grade 1 sprain that had been healing. He was limited, and yes, Shanny should have taken him out, but he had played with a grade 1 sprain for two previous games; however, he wasn't injured on contact, he was injured bending down and slipping on the crappy field. it could have happened putting his shoes on in the morning.

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This might illustrate my point better than anything else. YOU DO NOT GAMBLE WITH THE HEALTH OF YOUR FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK.

Philip Rivers played with a torn ACL in the playoffs... he didn't injure it further, so no talk about that.

[StephenB]

[QUOTE=terpfan;9400601]If you all want to be blind homers about this fine. Whatever helps you sleep at night. But the number one priority of the coaching staff and this franchise needs to be keeping our once in a lifetime franchise QB healthy. And if we don't make some noise about it what's to say anything is going to change?

As for whether RG3 deserves any of the blame, sure maybe a tiny amount. But it's not the job of a 22 year old rookie to diagnosis himself. The 60 year old head coach with 20+ years of NFL experience had more than enough information to make the right call and he blew it.[COLOR="Gold"]

I agree with you on this. I was saying essentially the same thing last week. Most everyone was cool about it even if they disagreed, but I got crucified by a few others. I think that it's OK to ask these questions as lifelong fans of the team. IMO, it's more than OK to be optimistic about his recovery and hope for the best, but there is nothing wrong with fans asking the critical questions regarding Shanahan's thought process.

[terpfan]

Griffin wasn't injured, he was hurt.

Ugh so sick of this. Just step back from the computer for a second and read that outloud.

Griffin re-injured himself during this game. To the point where he could barely support his own weight. You dont just collapse bending over because of bad turf. Although it certainly didnt help.

As for Philip Rivers, yeah you're right - whats your point? Doesnt make it the right decision, just means they got lucky. I also dont have nearly the same information about how that whole injury went down to comment on it specifically. Plus its the Chargers, I dont really care what they do...

[Rypien1191]

Dr. Andrews says RG3 is "well on his way to recovery, likely to start 2013"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...y-to-recovery/

[Redskin-All-In]

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[sjinhan]

Lots of quarterbacks (even franchise quarterbacks) have played hurt, even in just regular games. Rivers, McNabb, P. Manning (allegedly), Roethlisberger, Brady... some with broken bones. Now the media is making it a ****storm and calling for Shanny's head. I say bull****, and anyone who calls me a homer because of it--somehow I won't lose any sleep from some random internet person throwing sticks & stones...

Heck, why dont they go back to that Bucs game in which Phil Sim's kid played with a RUPTURED spleen.

Seems like a much more dangerous situation than what RG3 went through... at least in my mind...

[Bacon]

Dr. Andrews says RG3 is "well on his way to recovery, likely to start 2013"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...y-to-recovery/

Start on his PhD maybe. His career is definitely over.

[Rypien1191]

Start on his PhD maybe. His career is definitely over.

Not sure if serious?

[pjfootballer]

Well, Terpfan, I sleep very well at night because I'm just a fan. I'm not the coach, the trainer or the team doctor. There is NOTHING anyone can do about it now. What's done is done (maybe this thread should be, but that is not up to me either) and there really isn't ANY use of coming in here, shouting, screaming, pointing fingers and calling anyone less of a fan. We have ZERO power to change this or voice our opinion (unless you want to stalk Shanahan and tell it to his face) on the matter. It's not up to us and quite frankly, all we can do at this point is wish Griffin well on his road to recovery. It's been OVER a damn week and there really is no use in arguing over this any further. It's a moot point at this point because the surgery is done. Acting like a petulent child will not change the situation. I suggest you take a deep breath and relax, enjoy the rest of the playoffs and get ready for next season.