[scowan]

I kept my ESPN The Magazine 2012 NFL preview issue from last year. I was cleaning out some old magazines last night (at the wife's request) and found it. I love to look back at their bone head predictions. The Redskins were suppose to go 2-14 according to ESPN and Dallas was suppose to win the division with the Eagles coming in 2nd.

And for all these media types that say, "NFL Defenses have had a year to figure Griffin out", I say this, the Read/Option and the playaction have been around forever and its all about getting the LBs to stay up near the line so you can throw over their head. They can't be in two places at once, so there is nothing to figure out. You either go for the fake or you don't. The only thing to figure out is if you stop the run and force the Redskins into obvious passing situations where no one goes for the play action because you know they "have " to pass. If your running game consistently gets 4-5 yards per play, you have to honor the run and the pass, which means you have to guess. Griffin has been doing this stuff since college, so its new to you as an LB but old to him, and he usually makes the right decision.