[JoeRedskin]

First, I fully acknowledge that, in pass protection, the line (and RB's & TE's) had real problems last year - particularly at the right tackle position. Further, I am still pulling for RGIII to get it together and have not given up hope.

With that said, RGIII has a very long ways to go as a pocket passer and unless he acknowledges it, he will simply not succeed in this league.

While the line would provide poor protection at times, there were many, many times RGIII failed to either climb the pocket, gave up to quickly, or simply was clearly taking bad drops from the start (5 or more when it should have been a 3, etc.). On top of that, RGIII's demonstrated an inability to make proper reads and the need for receivers to break clean before pulling the trigger (ex. the T. Bay game where Cooley said RGIII's play was so bad it was impossible to evaluate anyone else). Finally, he was simply not taking coaching (Keim cited an example where, in practice, Gruden specifically instructed RGIII that, on the particular play, his read was one of three options to the right and it was intended to be a quick read. At the snap, RGIII goes left and throws an pick. Keim followed it up by saying this was just one of the egregious examples of RGIII's inability to take coaching.)

Like I said, I am pulling for RGIII. All the evidence I have seen over the last couple years, however, points to a guy who isn't ready to succeed in any timing based offense or, for that matter, any offense that requires solid pocket skills. On top of that, his apparent need to do it "his way" is a road block to any improvement in the areas that would ultimately help him be a real success in this league.

Bottom line, short of stellar line play, given his current flaws, RGIII is likely to always struggle at the position and have a high sack rate.

Keim has cited that one of the attributes Mariotta is being heralded for is his coachability -- i.e. working hard to avoid the same mistake twice. RGIII, however, seems to have a bad case of the Patrick Ramsey's -- an otherwise smart guy who was just not able to avoid making the same mistakes over and over.