Looks like RGIII is FINISHED! In Washington DC! See? You like how that rhymed, right! Right?
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Fine, whatever.
RGIII is HIS-STORY!
HAH!
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No?
Okay, fine, whatever.
RGIII is DUST IN DC!
HAH-HAH-HAH!
^_^!!!!
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There is no pleasing some people.
Bottom line is RGIII thought he was winning over the White fanbase and just as Rob Parker warned, the party is OVER ALREADY! Now? All I need is for Kirk Cousins to go out and throw TEN INTERCEPTIONS AND GET SACKED FOR A SAFETY! Thennnnnnnnnnnn, shit will be REALLY FUCKED UP FOR WASHINGTON! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH!
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No? Not funny to you? Well, hey look. RGIII, like Tiger Woods, they're both shining examples of why Black People, and I use the term EXTREMELY LOOSELY FOR TIGER WOODS. But kissin ass? Nobody respects that. And trying to INGRATIATE, which is still kissing ass. Just isn't worth it! And let me not fuck around, it is BLATANTLY OBVIOUS that this NEW COACH, DOESN'T LIKE NOR WANT RGIII, so!? That only makes matters worse. Lets take a quick glimpse at how Jay Gruden made sure to finish off RGIII before the season could even get underway. Starting with this;
Redskins QB Griffin leaves exhibition game with concussion
By HOWARD FENDRICHAugust 20, 2015 11:57 PM
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — After watching Robert Griffin III get knocked around for three possessions, Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden sent his starting quarterback back out for a fourth Thursday night. That one ended with consecutive sacks and Griffin leaving with a concussion.
Griffin was hurt early in the second quarter of Washington's 21-17 exhibition victory over the Detroit Lions when he fumbled the ball without contact while scrambling, then got landed on by defensive end Corey Wooton.
Gruden said he had "no idea" how long the 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year would be sidelined. As for who would start Washington's next preseason game, Aug. 29 at Baltimore, Gruden said: "We'll have to see. I would imagine, depending how long he's out, he's still going to be our starter."
Added Gruden: "We'll have to wait, go through the whole process, see how he recovers, see how fast he recovers."
Griffin also got a stinger in his right shoulder, but Gruden said that should be OK. As part of the NFL's concussion rules, Griffin wasn't allowed to speak to reporters after the game. He completed 2 of 5 passes for 8 yards, fumbled twice, was sacked three times and hit hard on other occasions.
Asked why he kept Griffin in for a fourth series despite the pounding the QB was taking, Gruden replied: "We weren't doing that well on offense. I wanted to try to get something going on offense. A lot of quarterbacks play into the second quarter in a preseason game. Football is a tough sport."
It capped a rough week for Griffin, who caused a national "firestorm," to use his word, with comments in a television interview about striving to be the best quarterback in the NFL. The No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft after winning the Heisman Trophy, Griffin has been plagued by injuries in the pros, including tearing knee ligaments as a rookie and dislocating an ankle last year.
After his last play Thursday, Griffin stayed down on the field for about 5 minutes and was tended to by trainers, while some teammates kneeled nearby. After Griffin got up, he walked slowly to the sideline, then kept going until he left the field and entered the tunnel that leads to the Redskins' locker room. Griffin gave a thumb's up to spectators as he trudged away.
"It definitely makes you cringe," said Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams, who sat out after hurting his right foot in practice this week. "You don't want to see your quarterback get hit at all, in preseason nor regular season. It's definitely not a pleasant feeling."
The other four offensive line starters played, including No. 5 overall draft pick Brandon Scherff at right guard.
Early on, Griffin had one pass batted down by linebacker Tahir Whitehead. The fourth-year quarterback wound up on his back on a third-down incompletion on Washington's second possession, driven to the turf by linebacker DeAndre Levy on a delayed blitz. Later, Griffin was knocked down hard by defensive end Phillip Hunt, who blew past backup left tackle Willie Smith.
"It felt like we were picking Robert up after every pass play. So we've got to fix that," center Kory Lichtensteiger said. "Exactly what led to that, we don't know, but it's something we've got to address, for sure."
The Redskins have not scored a touchdown with Griffin in the game this preseason — and they didn't last preseason, either.
"I'm not going to lay any blame on the quarterback or the offensive line. We'll just wait and see (the game film)," Gruden said. "But it was not a very good performance by our first-team offense — one first down in four drives and the turnover."
Backup Colt McCoy replaced Griffin in the second quarter and went 5 of 6 for 80 yards and a touchdown pass. The other backup QB, Kirk Cousins, was 8 of 12 for 91 yards and a TD toss. Both McCoy and Cousins started games for Washington last season.
"He did a good job of standing in there," Cousins said about Griffin. "There are a lot of guys who don't make it to this level because they don't stand in there. ... His toughness and his willingness to just keep pushing is really impressive."
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An NFL coach says he has never seen anything like what the Redskins did with Robert Griffin III in a preseason game
By Emmett KnowltonAugust 25, 2015 12:38 PM
Because preseason games are meaningless and Griffin's short NFL career has been marred by injury, many wondered why head coach Jay Gruden didn't pull his quarterback to keep him out of harm's way.
Most starting quarterbacks play only a few possessions per game during preseason. If there's even the slightest possibility that a quarterback is hurt, coaches will usually put in a backup rather than let the starter play through it.
And why wouldn't they? It's preseason! On Sunday, Marcus Mariota took one hit against the Rams, and the Titans pulled him instantly. So why didn't Gruden do the same?
In a column on Bleacher Report, NFL reporter Mike Freeman shared comments from an anonymous NFL head coach who suggested Gruden's decision to keep Griffin in the game was "personal."
"I have never, ever, on any level, seen a head coach treat his quarterback with such a lack of respect," the coach said.
The coach told Freeman:
What is baffling is that I can't think of a single head coach in the NFL who would take an injury-prone quarterback, put him behind a very shaky offensive line, in a preseason game, watch him take those kinds of hits and leave him in the game. It looks personal to me.
This isn't exactly the sort of press you want before week one, but for the Redskins it's par for the course. Since Gruden took over as head coach before the start of the 2014 season, his tumultuous relationship with Griffin has been extremely public.
(Nick Wass/AP)
On the one hand, Gruden has very openly bashed his quarterback's ability.
"Robert had some fundamental flaws," Gruden told NFL.com's Dan Hanzus after the Redskins fell to 3-7 following a home loss to Tampa Bay last year. He continued:
His footwork was below average. He took three-step drops when he should have taken five. He took a one-step drop when he should have taken three on a couple occasions and that can't happen. He stepped up when he didn't have to step up, and he stepped into pressure. He read the wrong side of the field a couple times.
Griffin, to be fair, hasn't exactly been a passive bystander through all this. He has sparked controversy after losses by saying he can't win games all by himself, which many interpreted as him throwing his teammates and coaches under the bus.
During this year's training camp Griffin told reporters he thought he was the best quarterback in the NFL. When this quote blew up, he quickly blamed the media for taking his words out of context and using them for headlines and clicks.
Still, as Freeman notes, it's rare to hear coaches criticize their quarterbacks as openly as Gruden has. It's even rarer for an injury-prone quarterback to stay in a preseason game when his line can't protect him.
Already this off-season we have seen a player blow his finger off with fireworks and another get his jaw broken over $600, and Deflategate has now dragged on for longer than an entire NFL season. It's hard to be the most dysfunctional franchise in the NFL, and yet, Gruden and the Redskins are making a very strong case for first place.
Kirk Cousins is Washington's starting QB 'for 2015, moving forward'
By Frank Schwab3 hours agoShutdown Corner
Even with the history of dysfunction surrounding the Daniel Snyder-era Washington Redskins, it's still confusing how we've gotten to this point with Robert Griffin III.
Griffin is out as the Redskins' starter. Kirk Cousins will start Week 1 and beyond, as Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. Dianna Marie Russini of ESPN broke the news.
Gruden confirmed at his Monday press conference that Cousins will start, and it's not a short-term thing. Gruden said Cousins in the starter "for 2015, moving forward."
"It's Kirk's team," Gruden said.
Gruden said that Cousins opened the organization's eyes with his work through the offseason and training camp, and complimented Griffin too.
"We believe in Robert," Gruden said. "It's a good problem to have, to have three quarterbacks who are competing."
Gruden said Snyder had nothing to do with the decision and hasn't stumped for Griffin at all. Gruden made the announcement more about what Cousins has done in practices, and not about any of Griffin's failings.
Gruden answered the obvious follow-up question, if Griffin will be on the team this season. Gruden said that he planned on Griffin being on the roster.
"I have nothing against Robert, I like Robert as a quarterback, there's no doubt about it," Gruden said. "His future with the Washington Redskins is what it is. There have been no discussions of letting him go or any of that stuff."
It was clear it wasn't injury related, since Griffin had almost two weeks to be cleared from a concussion suffered in the Redskins' second preseason game. It was definitely not because Cousins has shown he's a good NFL quarterback during the regular season. Cousins has 18 touchdowns and 19 interceptions in his career, and a poor 77.5 rating. The Redskins are 2-7 in games he has started. Cousins has had a good preseason, but the number of quarterbacks who have looked good against vanilla defenses in preseason before disappearing when games count is too high to count.
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This move just doesn't make a ton of sense based on previous moves. This offseason, after Griffin finished with three pretty good games to end the 2014 season, the Redskins picked up the $16 million option on Griffin for 2016. They expressed confidence in him all offseason.
“We think Robert is a starting quarterback: We’ve seen him win; we’ve seen him win big games,” Redskins president Bruce Allen said this offseason, according to the Washington Post. “We know his talent. It really was a no-brainer. I think if you asked us six months before it would have been the same decision.”
The Redskins had enough confidence in Griffin to put him on their ticket for the Week 1 regular-season opener against Miami:
And what changed? Griffin threw 13 preseason passes. In the second game he was under constant pressure behind a leaky offensive line and got hurt. The Redskins didn't think it was that bad of an injury, since he was right back at practice, until the NFL's independent neurologist stepped in and ruled him out for the third preseason game. Even if Cousins played well in practice or preseason, the track record in the regular season is not good.
After Griffin was ruled out last week, that was followed by another batch of leaked stories — the Redskins aren't good at much, but they are unbelievably prolific in anonymously sourced stories —that the Redskins want to move on from Griffin but (what a surprise) can't find a trade partner.
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So a solid finish and an offseason of praise and confidence for Griffin is flushed for Cousins, who has never shown he can be even an average NFL starter. Never change, Washington. You're not a very good team, but you certainly entertain us.
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