Those Darned Redskins, Pt. Deux

[ggw]

I found five QBs who fit the profile of Griffin: first-time starting QBs with extremely high efficiency scores who suddenly and precipitously fell off over the span of just two years:

Steve Beuerlein, 1999. Elvis Grbac, 2000. Jay Fiedler, 2001. Tommy Maddox, 2002. Derek Anderson, 2007. David Garrard, 2007.

Do you see another passer on that list who you would say was a career starter in the NFL, or even someone who you would say delivered on the kind of promise that RG3 once showed in abundance?

Sadly, no. None of the comparable QBs ever reached even the top 20 in the league ever again; most were out of the league completely within four years. Heck, Elvis Grbac went from +61.08 to -55.12 NEP in just one year!

To take it even further, when RG3 was done with his rookie season, his statistical comparables included Michael Vick, Cam Newton, and Rich Gannon - all long-time starters in the league, each with multiple top-10 seasons. Now? His comparables are Tony Banks, a washed up Chris Chandler, Tim Hasselbeck, and Chad Henne.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nik-bonaddio/rg3-its-over_b_6179848.html

[shemptiness]

Wednesday and not a single mention of the 49ers game on Sunday. This team!

?We?re focused on San Francisco,? Griffin said, referencing Washington?s upcoming game at the 49ers (6-4) on Sunday.

Griffin uttered the phrase ?focused on San Francisco? or ?focusing on San Francisco? nine times and used the word ?focus? 18 times during a seven-and-a-half-minute news conference that consisted of 24 questions.



There.  Happy now?

[hutch]

Wednesday and not a single mention of the 49ers game on Sunday. This team!

?We?re focused on San Francisco,? Griffin said, referencing Washington?s upcoming game at the 49ers (6-4) on Sunday.

Griffin uttered the phrase ?focused on San Francisco? or ?focusing on San Francisco? nine times and used the word ?focus? 18 times during a seven-and-a-half-minute news conference that consisted of 24 questions.



There.  Happy now?

and Gruden said he made a mistake calling out RGIII


all is well in Team from Lanodoverland at least until the next game....

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Wednesday and not a single mention of the 49ers game on Sunday. This team!

?We?re focused on San Francisco,? Griffin said, referencing Washington?s upcoming game at the 49ers (6-4) on Sunday.

Griffin uttered the phrase ?focused on San Francisco? or ?focusing on San Francisco? nine times and used the word ?focus? 18 times during a seven-and-a-half-minute news conference that consisted of 24 questions.



There.  Happy now?

and Gruden said he made a mistake calling out RGIII


all is well in Team from Lanodoverland at least until the next game....

We'll see at 7:30pm this Sunday...

[shemptiness]

[DeathFromAbove1979]

smh

[ggw]

RGIII Benched

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Sincerely thought he would get the rest of the year and if not at least a shot in this game before being benched. Dang. I guess that's it for old Bobby Griff. Poor millionaire.

[i am gay and i like cats]

Who in the hell started this thread? How can there be a blank space where the name should be. Why am I this upset about that?

[ggw]

15 Worst Sports Owners:

#1:  Daniel Snyder

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

15 Worst Sports Owners:

#1:  Daniel Snyder

Not disagreeing with #1, but the Ford family -- maybe they're not counting them as a collective and since WCF just died they don't feel the son has had a long enough tenure to make the list? -- and Ted Leonsis not making the list is pretty LOL-worthy.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

15 Worst Sports Owners:

#1:  Daniel Snyder

Not disagreeing with #1, but the Ford family -- maybe they're not counting them as a collective and since WCF just died they don't feel the son has had a long enough tenure to make the list? -- and Ted Leonsis not making the list is pretty LOL-worthy.

Well, since he bought the Wizards they have drafted pretty well and gone to the playoffs and are now one of the top teams in their conference. And the Caps have won, what, 6 or 7 division titles in the past 8 years or so? Granted, it's not all on Leonsis. But there isn't much beyond his teams not being able to get over the playoff hump to tarnish him.... At the end of the day, isn't it about winning? His teams seem to do that a lot. Until last year with the Caps...

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Anything good that's happened for the Caps was the result of being terrible and getting a lucky pingpong ball. His rep, pre-Ovechkin, was that he was a terrible spendthrift who thought one big name player and 21 AHL guys was a strategy. He also hit a fan and got suspended for it, iirc.

I also don't exactly think the Wizards have been a bastion of greatness either.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

The Wizards haven't, but they have turned around since he bought the team. Jury is still out.

The Caps have a solid team. They have at least 3 dudes any team would trade for immediately. Same goes for the Wizards. I just think Caps is more about coaching than anything else. I like the young guys they're putting out on the ice.

[ggw]

He also hit a fan

Have you been to a professional sporting event lately?  A large number of attendees deserve to be punched.