Robert Griffin III, Mike Shanahan cook up ever-evolving offense - NFL.com
"You gotta go through generations," the
Redskins coach said from his office on Monday. "Look at what we did with Steve Young, what he did, (John) Elway or (Joe) Montana, Brian Griese or Jake Plummer -- every offense should cater to the strengths of the quarterback. If you don't do that, you can't win. A quarterback like Elway was different than Young. Steve loved three- and five-step drops, Elway didn't. Elway loved the (shotgun), Montana would drop the snap intentionally in practice so they wouldn't run it.
"Get a guy like Robert or Cam, and people see a different type of quarterback, and scheme, they say, 'Oh my God.' "