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Getting interesting in the Redskins locker room again

Mr. Scot

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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.

 

 

 

His coach's comments in response were deplorable.  How does a head coach say that?

 

The Panthers picked a good year to be a dumpster fire because there are poo-fires all over the nfl

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His coach's comments in response were deplorable.  How does a head coach say that?

 

The Panthers picked a good year to be a dumpster fire because there are poo-fires all over the nfl

 

Then Gruden comes out and apologizes for his comments... seems like there's no one but the owner in DC who can say anything.

 

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At least Carolina didn't sell the farm for him, though not from lack of trying on Hurney's part.

 

I still cringe at that notion :(

 

But yeah, the Redskins gave up a ridiculous package to get RG3.

 

Wonder if they'd like to revisit that deal.

 

(knowing Snyder, he'd probably say no)

 

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So, about that apology... :unsure:

 

Gruden says "the clock's ticking' on Griffin

 

“It’s a production-based business,” Gruden told Albert Breer of NFL Media.  “We haven’t won many games lately with him.  We gotta figure out a way to get in the end zone.  We just have to score.  I don’t care how we do it.  If it’s running the zone-read, I don’t care.  Quarterback sneaks, I don’t give a damn.  We gotta find a way to utilize him where we can get productive drives and stay away from negative plays and have some consistency.”

Consistency and the absence of negative plays could help Griffin rebuild his shattered confidence.  Which Gruden may have further shattered while discussing Griffin’s shattered confidence on the record.

“His biggest thing, he’s been coddled for so long,” Gruden said of Griffin.  “It’s not a negative, he’s just been so good, he just hasn’t had a lot of negative publicity.  Everybody’s loved him.  Some adversity is striking hard at him now, and how he reacts to that off the field, his mental state of mind, how it affects his confidence, hopefully it’s not in a negative way.  I read Drew Brees said after a couple interceptions, ‘I’m never gonna lose confidence, I’m gonna come out firing all the time.’”

And then Gruden may have stomped the shattered pieces of confidence into powder.

“He’s auditioned long enough,” Gruden said of Griffin.  “Clock’s ticking.  He’s gotta play.  We’ll see. . . .  We want Robert to excel, we really do.  But the last two games, it hasn’t been very good, anywhere.  We gotta play better around him.  And the biggest thing for us as playcallers, and for him, we just have to come together and jell with plays he’s comfortable with.  That takes time.  But we don’t have a lot of time.”

 

 

This probably doesn't help much either...

 

“We have a guy behind him that played pretty well, and people are looking, ‘OK, he’s 2-0,’” Gruden said regarding Colt McCoy.  “There’s always pressure on the quarterback to perform.  And if you don’t perform, like any other position, somebody’s behind you pushing you.”

The way Gruden has been talking lately, maybe McCoy will end up pushing Griffin to the bench.  Or maybe right out of town.

Unless Griffin pushes another head coach out of town first.

 

I get the feeling that if it comes down to a question of RG3 vs Gruden, Snyder's gonna stick to his usual MO and the Skins will be looking for a new head coach next year.

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