Lost Some Faith In Shanahan

Yeah, lets blame Robert, the 22 year old kid with less than a year of experience playing in the NFL as opposed to blaming the coach who has over 30 years of coaching experiencing in the NFL and should know that when your QB can't run or complete a pass and is limping on one leg, maybe you should pull him out instead of sacrificing him to one of the dirtiest top defense in the league.

What did the seattle defense have to do with the injuries. It wasn't a smashmouth or dirty hit, it wasn't a zone read option run, it wasn't some evil man pushing buttons at Buffalo Wild Wings(although I want to make sure a sprinkler head didn't pop up). ALOT of people are making their pet peeves into a part of the reason why RG3's knee gave out.

How many injuries were there this year? yeah I am pretty sure it wasn't just one.

I figured.

Just wanted to get in the youth crack though.

How old are you anyway?

57 years young.

I have heard and read a few "Football" people weigh in on this issue...like Jaws, Trent Dilfer, Herm Edwards, Mike Golic, Doc Walker and several others who either played the game or coached it.
ALL....universally...support Mike and his decision to play Robert under the circumstances.

Can you remember the last time a mainstream sports-media personality, especially from ESPN, openly criticized a current HC in a circumstance of this magnitude? Who? When?

Its a blessing in disguise that Shanny had his blinders on. Heres why - according to a doctor on Sirius this morning a partially torn acl cannot be reattached obviously which leaves you with a weak joint until it eventually tears all the way. So Shanny being the genius that he is left Griff in until it tore. Now he can have surgery in a few hours and be 100% for the season opener. I think KC-1 might have been able to score once or twice and pull out the win with a 14 point lead, but maybe would have fell short of the ultimate goal. We need a healthy Griff to win it all and now we will have one.
In all seriousness, i will never be able to comprehend the decision to leave him, in so im chalking it up as a blessing in disguise. Had we taken him out i believe the injury would have lingered for a long time. Now we just have to hope there isnt another FREAK injury like the one against the Ravens that started this mess. Make no bones about it either. It was a freak injury. When Griff comes back in September he will be a well oiled machine and ready to roll.

Yes, but he was ineffective because he knee was hanging by a thread. Everyone saw it. Benching him keeps him out of harms way AND gives us the best chance to win. It's not like he was 100% healthy and just having an off day. If that was the case, of course you don't take him out.

Add to this that our backup is not Joe Webb, and has just recently come in and saved the day not once but twice and your head will really start itching.

You're combining two arguments that, in my mind, are competely seperate.

From a health perspective, I dont think RGIII should have played to begin with. He should have been inactive. However, since Shanahan decided to start him, at that point, you stick with him just like you would if he were 100% healthy. You only remove him if an injury that prevents him from playing.

It was pretty evident after the first quarter that the injury was preventing him from playing imo.

By the same token, how many people would be slamming Shanahan if he had benched Griffin, and Cousins had lost us the game. RGIII would be whining about being benched, saying he wanted to stay in the game to win it for the team, but he had to do what coach said. Then Shanahan's getting slammed for creating a quarterback controversy.

I disagree. After the first quarter i dont think anybody in their rite mind would have questioned him being taken out of the game. Our offense was literally gaining three yards a quarter. Even though it was a game until late, that had nothing to do with our offense. Once Seattle finally took the lead i knew it was over in my heart. There were 7 minutes left and it was over. I was saying to my friends, "watch here comes RG-3 to do his magic" but in my heart i knew i was just throwing out punchlines at that point.

Totally irrelevant, mormons are nice to everyone. And who's Griese?

Lmao. I must say ive never met an angry mormon.
Edit: im not sure ive ever met a mormon period? Are they the ones that knock on my door all the time? They seem nice.

Forget whether or not anyone knew the extent of RGIII's at the time - they should have pulled him because he couldn't perform anymore! If he was hobbling around hurt but still making plays despite it all, that's one thing, but he couldn't do shit! Anyway, I hope the guy is able to recover and doesn't come back until he's 100%.

This poster is 100% right, IMO. It seems to me that, since RGIII was not performing well and there was clearly the risk of further injury to his knee if he were to remain in the game, it was practically a no brainer to pull him.

When asked about not pulling RGIII by the Press, Mike Shanahan mentioned other injured players who also were on the field. No offense to any of those other players, but RGIII is no ordinary player. He is the most talented and dynamic Redskins QB I have ever seen - and I've seen them all since Eddie LeBaron. IMO Shanahan stupidly rolled the dice not just on one playoff game but also on the future of the franchise - and he may have lost both.

I'm po'ed about RGIII's injury because there was no good reason for him to be on the field when it happened.

I didnt have a problem with RG3 playing when he wasnt 100% because this was the playoffs. If it was week 4 I would have been po'd that he was in. There is a lot of talk about the future but the playoffs were now and there is no guarantee of the future since this could have happened in training camp.

I do think there was a point in the game when RG3 was hurting the O more than helping and at that point he should have come out.