Lost Some Faith In Shanahan

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Originally Posted by milellie111

Would a responsible parent care about upsetting or "alienating" his kid because he tells him he's not allowed to go outside to play because he's sick?

Mike dropped the ball on this one and should have been the responsible "parent", especially dealing with a 22 year old kid who thinks he's invincible.

Shanahan let his ego get the best of him(yes,Mike has one) and has not been in a winning position like this in a while. He wanted to win at all costs even if it meant running his shiny toy into the ground.

None of this is true at all. Mike Shanahan's ego didn't get in the way of anything. Shanahan wanted to get Kirk Cousins into the game but RG3 insisted that he wanted to play and continue to lead the offense. Mike Shanahan saw that Griffin was crippled but didn't act in the manner in which he should have. He could have put Cousins in far sooner and it would have allowed the Redskins to maintain momentum, but he decided to trust that Griffin could fight his way through his apparent knee injury and win the game.