Getting interesting in the Redskins locker room again

[Mr. Scot]

First you have RG3 spreading blame around, even though he first said it was on him (link)

 

Yes, Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III spent plenty of time after Sunday’s 27-7 loss to the previously one-win Buccaneers taking blame for his performance.  But not all of it.

Griffin also spread blame to everyone else on the field with him.

“It takes 11 men,” Griffin said.  “It doesn’t take one guy.  That’s proven.  The great QBs — the Peytons and Aaron Rodgers.  They don’t play well if their guys don’t play well.  They don’t.”

Last year, receiver Santana Moss advised Griffin, during a radio interview, that the quarterback always needs to take the blame, even if the blame doesn’t land on him.

 

 

Redskins Coach Jay Gruden apparently didn't appreciate those comments (link)

 

On Monday, coach Jay Gruden said Griffin went too far with his remarks.

“Robert needs to worry about himself,” Gruden told reporters, via Mike Jones of the Washington Post.  “I’ll worry about everybody else. . . .  He elaborated too much.”

But Gruden also will worry about Griffin.  The first-year coach said Griffin “had some fundamental flaws” on Sunday.

“From his basic performance, critiquing Robert, it was not even close to where it needs to be,” Gruden said, via Jones.

Gruden pointed out that Griffin overthrew receiver DeSean Jackson three times.

“Those were big plays,” Gruden said.  “Big difference in the game.  Josh McCown hit his three with Mike Evans.  We missed DeSean three times.”

It’s the first time Gruden has called out Griffin, who has looked like anything but the player he was in 2012 during Griffin’s four appearances in 2014.  (Griffin was out from Week Two through Week Nine due to injury.)

 

 

And RG3 is now denying he actually said anything wrong (link)

 

“It’s unfortunate that anyone would take a piece of my press conference & say I threw my teammates under the bus,” Griffin said on Twitter.  “These men are my family.”

Added Griffin, “I would never throw my teammates under the bus! I take responsibility for my play & will play better.”

While Griffin’s eight-minute post-game press conference from Sunday did indeed feature the quarterback taking blame for his play, Griffin also devoted a portion of his remarks to the others on his team:  “It takes 11 men.  It doesn’t take one guy.  That’s proven.  The great QBs — the Peytons and Aaron Rodgers.  They don’t play well if their guys don’t play well.  They don’t.  We need everybody.  I need every one of those guys in that locker room.  And I know they’re looking at me saying the same thing.”

The problem with Griffin’s complaints about those who believe he called out his teammates?  The group of those who believe he called out his teammates includes his head coach.

 

Yeah.  This could be fun to watch

[Mr. Scot]

Throw in this tidbit from NFL Network's Andrew Siciliano...

 

Andrew Siciliano @AndrewSiciliano  ·  1h 1 hour ago

Redskins haven't won a game started, and finished by RGIII in over a year (Week 9, 2013).

 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

I think the current Redskins are the biggest overall dumpster fire that I've ever seen in the NFL.

[KillerKat]

how fuged is your franchise when you select 2 QBs in 1 draft and both suck.

[Mother Grabber]

lol @ Snyder. he deserves a team that sucks as hard as he does.

[Mr. Scot]

Steve Young chimes in...

 

Coaches have told me RG3 doesn’t put in the time

 

 

Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young says he knows the problem with Robert Griffin III: He doesn’t work hard enough.

Young said on the Michael Kay Show that he has spoken with coaches who have worked with Griffin, and those coaches told him that Griffin simply doesn’t spend the long hours studying film that an NFL quarterback needs.

“I’ve talked to his previous coaches, people I really trust and admire, that know quarterbacks. He doesn’t put the time in,” Young said.

Young didn’t mention any of those “previous coaches” by name, but it’s not a leap to infer that he’s referring to Mike Shanahan, who was Washington’s head coach for Griffin’s first two seasons. Shanahan was the 49ers’ offensive coordinator from 1992 to 1994, when Young was having his three best seasons as the 49ers’ starting quarterback. Shanahan and Young have been close for years.

 

According to Young, it’s the mental side of the game that makes a good quarterback in the NFL, and Young believes that Griffin needs to spend more time developing the mental side of the game during the offseason.

“Success is really about expertise,” Young said. “May, June, July work, and going to school.”

 

[Mr. Scot]

Coming out of college, he actually seemed like a good kid.

 

Guess you could say either money and fame change people or maybe he was always an a--hole and just hid it well till he turned pro.

[2jakefansinva]

LMFAO.............

I loving it here in Foreskin land.

[PanthersClinic]

RG3 is like Cam in that they both have horrible mechanics.

[toldozer]

Rgknee was much more of a douche in his I won't answer anything interview than Cam was in his early this year.

[toldozer]

This is what happens when you fine players for not doing interviews

[Mr. Scot]

Speculation now that Jay Gruden will be let go at year's end.

If that happens, RG3 might just develop a rep as a coach killer.

[thefuzz]

Speculation now that Jay Gruden will be let go at year's end.

If that happens, RG3 might just develop a rep as a coach killer.

 

How many years will RG3 end up setting this org. back?

 

 

I'm so glad that wasn't the Panthers that made that call.

[Anybodyhome]

Comment preface and disclaimer: I am in no way a Robert Griffin, Jay Gruden, Washington Redskin or Daniel Snyder apologist or supporter.

 

I listened to the entire length of the Griffin comment and I don't think he said anything either untrue or out of line. Only because of some past comments or actions are people, including players in the locker room, now taking every opportunity to jump on the anti- RGIII bandwagon.