Robert Griffin III ready to turn career around with Redskins in 2015

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Originally Posted by Chico23231

Note to front office, never draft a gimmick, spread, read option QB again. We mortgaged the future of a franchise on an athlete at QB, not a QB. Effing Danny Boy and Bruce.

Let's go with the thinking that Griffin is a complete bust for a second. I still hold out hope that he can get better, but the pocket presence problem is definitely a real issue.

But assuming he craps out on this last year of his rookie contract, let's talk about how much future we've actually mortgaged. It's important to think of it this way, putting perspective into just how much we gave up.

In 2012 we gave up a 1st and a 2nd rounder, those players would be finishing their rookie contracts this year. So in 2016, to still have them, we'd have to pay them. They'd take up cap space, and with us fairly close to maxed out on cap space at the moment, that means we'd have to say goodbye to other players, or we would have foregone an acquisition or two this past season, like Culliver perhaps. All this is to say that the value of the 2012 picks is now in the rear view mirror. We would still have those players available to extend to a 2nd contract, but that costs cap space, meaning it pushes someone out.

So I look at the mortgage taken out on the 2012 draft picks as paid off after this season.

Then in 2013 we gave up a 1st rounder. Same logic, that player would finish his rookie contract in 2016. So in 2017 it takes cap space, meaning one less free agent we can acquire. So the mortgage on that 2013 pick will be paid off after 2016.

And the 2014 1st rounder, that mortgage is paid off after 2017.

So yeah you give up a lot to get Griffin and take a shot. But it's not like we're set back for 10 years like everyone loves to say, as a soundbyte. Entering 2018 the Griffin trade will be completely in the rear view mirror, it's just a matter of whether we're smart enough to deploy our resources wisely to put together a successful team.