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mike340 · 12-08-2014, 12:49 AM

I have a few thoughts.

1) The reason RG III had to be taken out was not his poor play, but his throwing his teammates under the bus after a loss and (as before), not taking enough responsibility for the loss. A quarterback has to be able to say he screwed up sometimes (even if he didn't) to show he has his teammates' back.

2) All of our QBs have regressed behind this line. RG3 hasn't got his mechanics back since his injury and seems to be playing scared. Cousins started out well, but it was obvious his confidence eventually disintegrated. Colt McCoy also seems to be undergoing the same trend. I have to think this may be due to the offensive line, as I can't imagine we would have the bad luck to have 3 QBs with the same case of nerves with a semi-passable line. I'd say we've seen flashes of talent from at least 2 of the QBs. If we could hold onto them and focus on getting OL help, we may find that at least one of them works well behind a (reasonable) offensive line.

12-08-2014, 12:49 AM	#36
mike340 Special Teams Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 68 Posts: 322	Re: RG3 and Gruden? I have a few thoughts. 1) The reason RG III had to be taken out was not his poor play, but his throwing his teammates under the bus after a loss and (as before), not taking enough responsibility for the loss. A quarterback has to be able to say he screwed up sometimes (even if he didn't) to show he has his teammates' back. 2) All of our QBs have regressed behind this line. RG3 hasn't got his mechanics back since his injury and seems to be playing scared. Cousins started out well, but it was obvious his confidence eventually disintegrated. Colt McCoy also seems to be undergoing the same trend. I have to think this may be due to the offensive line, as I can't imagine we would have the bad luck to have 3 QBs with the same case of nerves with a semi-passable line. I'd say we've seen flashes of talent from at least 2 of the QBs. If we could hold onto them and focus on getting OL help, we may find that at least one of them works well behind a (reasonable) offensive line.