Report: Grossman Starting on Sunday

[skinsfaninok]

Before we all get High on Grossman lets see what he does next week against JAX.

[mlmdub130]

you have to acredit some of rex's play to the actual play calling. this was one of the best called games offensivly by kyle shanahan. they targeted moss like crazy and got cooley involved and spread the ball around it was a nice change

[drew54]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

you have to acredit some of rex's play to the actual play calling. this was one of the best called games offensivly by kyle shanahan. they targeted moss like crazy and got cooley involved and spread the ball around it was a nice change

You mean the decision making done by the QB, and his ability to hit the targeted receiver?

[Beemnseven]

Rex looked very sharp out there today -- he seemed to be much more confident and more settled than Dmac.

I figured he would look rusty today.

[drew54]

First quarter was rough. Should be interesting to see what next week brings.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Do you really think McNabb will be here next year? They really made it sound like he is on is way out...but i know how the media gets at times...

The team holds a $10 million contract option for 2011 that they can exercise until the first game of the season, or they can release him and owe him nothing. If McNabb is on the roster next year [which seems highly doubtful based on recent events] he would earn approx. $16.25 million. He would have to give back a portion or all of the $3.5 million bonus for the Redskins to consider releasing him.

Don't look for the team to pay him $10 million before he plays a game in 2011 should he still be on the roster. Expect McNabb to seek other options.

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

The team holds a $10 million contract option for 2011 that they can exercise until the first game of the season, or they can release him and owe him nothing. If McNabb is on the roster next year [which seems highly doubtful based on recent events] he would earn approx. $16.25 million. He would have to give back a portion or all of the $3.5 million bonus for the Redskins to consider releasing him.

Don't look for the team to pay him $10 million before he plays a game in 2011 should he still be on the roster. Expect McNabb to seek other options.

By that account, I dont see any reason why we'd do anything other than try to trade him... if we have all the way up until the begining of next season, would we just have him walk?

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

By that account, I dont see any reason why we'd do anything other than try to trade him... if we have all the way up until the begining of next season, would we just have him walk?

Donovan has no guarantee after 2010. Just what plans the Redskins have for him at this time are unknown. They have until the first game of the 2011 season to make their decision known. Reasonable assumption suggest a decision will be reached long before then, but I would think Donovan and his agent have their own plans for his future. Exactly how their plans will be implemented remains a mystery.

[Paintrain]

From the WaPo's resident provider of sunshine and lollypops Sally Jenkins:

The word from inside Redskins Park was that the Shanahans have been frustrated for weeks by the fact that McNabb either couldn't or wouldn't absorb Kyle Shanahan's offense and make the correct reads, and that he only wanted to do the things that made him comfortable. His inflexibility limited the play-calling options, and his inconsistency too often put them in difficult long-yardage situations. Hence, he never improved in 13 games. Those judgments now seem correct.

The word from the McNabb side is that the Shanahans didn't do enough to accommodate his improvisational talents, that Kyle Shanahan still has a lot to learn that he didn't do enough to make the freelance-happy McNabb more effective, and also protect him from sacks behind a vulnerable line. Perhaps a valid point, given that Grossman was sacked five times.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

From the WaPo's resident provider of sunshine and lollypops Sally Jenkins:

The word from inside Redskins Park was that the Shanahans have been frustrated for weeks by the fact that McNabb either couldn't or wouldn't absorb Kyle Shanahan's offense and make the correct reads, and that he only wanted to do the things that made him comfortable. His inflexibility limited the play-calling options, and his inconsistency too often put them in difficult long-yardage situations. Hence, he never improved in 13 games. Those judgments now seem correct.

The word from the McNabb side is that the Shanahans didn't do enough to accommodate his improvisational talents, that Kyle Shanahan still has a lot to learn that he didn't do enough to make the freelance-happy McNabb more effective, and also protect him from sacks behind a vulnerable line. Perhaps a valid point, given that Grossman was sacked five times.

Man...this sounds soooo eerily similar to AH's complaints it's scary......it's just that McNabb was classier....

[skinsfaninok]

^ you know maybe 5 never really wanted to play in Wsh, maybe he wanted to go to Minnesota but Philly didn't want to trade him there?

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Man...this sounds soooo eerily similar to AH's complaints it's scary......it's just that McNabb was classier....

I think it's very clear that Shanny, father and son, are very much setting up a my way or highway approach to the roster. If Fat Al and Mc5 are sacrifices and we end up with a roster of winners, so be it. It had just better not backfire on them.

[SmootSmack]

Re Sally Jenkins article: have heard the Redskins Park side since August, first I heard that McNabb was complaining

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by drew54

You mean the decision making done by the QB, and his ability to hit the targeted receiver?

no as in the actual play selection. when have we run that many screens or end a rounds to moss? it was a very different style today. i'm taking nothing from rex, he did have a pretty good game, but this was one of the most well called games by kyle thus far.

[drew54]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

no as in the actual play selection. when have we run that many screens or end a rounds to moss? it was a very different style today. i'm taking nothing from rex, he did have a pretty good game, but this was one of the most well called games by kyle thus far.

I suppose if Sally is right, then better play calling and execution was on display today.