Why I'm Not Gonna Panic About Our QB

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Interesting quote from King's MMQB today.

There is a saying on the whiteboard in Rams general manager Les Snead’s office. “Build to dominate using Redskin picks!” it reads. The Rams made the mega-trade with Washington in 2012 that allowed their NFC neighbor to draft Robert Griffin III. The Rams, meanwhile, thought they had their quarterback of the future, and didn’t draft one until the sixth round this year in SMU’s Garrett Gilbert. And now those picks are gone.

Right now neither of these teams are loving life after that trade. I rather be the Skins then the Rams right now.

Yeah, there were a lot of talking heads clamoring in January and April about how badly the Rams beat us in that trade and all of the great picks they got as a result. Well they still don't have a QB, apparently the player they got at #2 (Robinson) hasn't looked good at all, not to mention they haven't even reached .500 since the trade. Let Kiper, McShay, etc. get all frothy over the number of picks, I'll take results.

That being said, I'd be lying to say I'm not disappointed in how Griffin has looked overall in the preseason. I know it's a work in progress and he has the benefit of a full offseason to improve. I think the Cleveland game (overall good with a couple glaring mistakes) will be more indicative of what we will see from him early on than the Baltimore game. I think the running game and defense will carry the 1st quarter of the season and Griffin will round into form around midseason.