Thurs 9/11 Skins News

[Caliskinsfan]

Aptly stated



Excerpt

—Special teams Coordinator Ben Kotwica gave us a good analogy for the way the game went for his units against the Texans. “The food was great, the music sounded wonderful and then we hit the iceberg,” he said.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Who's Afraid of Robert Griffin the III? From Grantland



Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) is the cohost of the Grantland Network’s Cheap Heat podcast and a DJ at New York’s Hot 97 FM. He is also a Washington Redskins fan, and he needed to get some things off his chest about Robert Griffin III.

Talking Robert Griffin III is big business. There is a reason he makes headlines and drives sports radio conversation every day. That reason has nothing to do with his actions off the field, or even on it. Griffin played solidly in the Redskins’ loss Sunday to the Texans, and surely was not to blame for his team’s self-inflicted wounds. That won’t matter. Griffin has become one of those guys people love to chew the fat over. Given how much he is dissected, you’d think he seeks out controversy. But almost nothing about him is controversial.

If you compare his biggest “controversies” to those of the other athletes who receive a similar amount of scrutiny, you come up with nothing. The worst thing Robert Griffin can be accused of is sending subliminal jabs at Mike Shanahan (whose handling of what should have been his star pupil was embarrassing to watch) and once actually refusing to take all the blame for a loss, the way he otherwise usually does. Oh, and he tries too hard.

Yes, many people in Washington cannot stand Robert Griffin because he risks injury too often, trying to pick up extra yardage. Oh, the humanity.

I understand that Griffin should be aware of his own value and importance to the team, and he should make careful decisions about what is, after all, his own body. He showed major growth in this department on Sunday, escaping danger and avoiding big hits throughout the game, despite a monster named J.J. Watt living in the Redskins’ backfield all day.

But let’s be serious. The man plays professional football at a very high level. It’s a dicey business no matter what he does. Nonetheless, fans still get upset with him for risking injury. How weird is that, in a game in which players typically get criticized for not giving their all, especially top-dollar players?

This makes sense, though. The scrutiny surrounding Griffin among Redskin fans is based in fear. Like any abused and mentally fragile group of people, Washington fans are scared. We’re scared that 2012 RG3 was an illusion. We’re scared he’s going to get hurt. We’re scared he won’t live up to the hype (our hype). And mostly we are scared that our team is doomed to suck forever.

I went back and watched RG3’s 2012 highlights, and followed them with highlights from the 1987 and 1991 Super Bowl seasons (thank you, YouTube). Nothing was similar about those highlight reels, from two different generations, except the electricity of the crowd.

Robert Griffin III is the first man to electrify this fan base in more than 20 years. He is already the most important Redskin since the glory years, save maybe Sean Taylor. We have had some great players who wore the burgundy and gold proudly (Chris Cooley, Santana Moss, Trent Williams, and now Alfred Morris), but none has had Griffin’s impact.

And maybe that’s it. That is why we are obsessed with discussing his shortcomings. That’s why we’re so mad he made a documentary that may have “jinxed” the 2013 season. We’re scared.

And just as in the pursuit of ratings on cable news, fearmongering wins. If it bleeds, it leads, and no matter how unscathed RG3 goes in a given game, he’s still covered in blood when it’s time to prepare stories for the next day. We gobble those stories up and continue to project our anxiety onto Griffin. It’s a burden he doesn’t need or deserve.

Griffin wasn’t here for the last 20 years of sucking and he doesn’t deserve to have that fear and misery pushed on to him. To him, it’s history and just history. But 2012 wasn’t just history. He led the Redskins to beat the Cowboys in Week 17 and win the division. The Washington Redskins seemed on the brink of something truly great. It could still happen. Our job is to stop being scared and let Robert Griffin play football. And though his first 2014 outing was not perfect, it was a pretty good first step toward regaining the glory of his rookie season.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

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After dropping a game to Houston, which was the league’s worst team in 2013, a loss to the hapless Jaguars would put the Redskins squarely in the league’s cellar just two weeks into the new season.
“You can’t put your team in that type of a hole,” Clark said. “Especially when you’re coming off a year like we had last year, you don’t want people who were in this locker room to be like, ‘It’s the same old thing. Here we go again.’ Especially when you come into the year with such high hopes.”

 

[Caliskinsfan]

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Gruden further broke down Griffin’s performance from Sunday, listing both the good and the bad.
“I think just talking to him on the sideline and watching him play, his demeanor, I think he played with a good amount of confidence and felt pretty comfortable,” Gruden said. “Them pushing the pocket, I think had some issues with him as far as his footwork is concerned, but overall he got the ball out in rhythm.
“We didn’t run a lot of passes down the field where he had to hold the ball too long and make a whole lot of different reads, but he did a fairly good job. He was accurate with the football, which was good. He was decisive with the football, which was good. But there were some other plays in there – a couple of the sacks he took weren’t very good. Some of his out of the pocket decisions weren’t very good and that’s where we need to thrive as an offense.”

 

[Caliskinsfan]

 

[Caliskinsfan]

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Washington lacks stability in the secondary with starting strong safety Brandon Meriweather still suspended for one more game because of his illegal hit to the head of Ravens receiver Torrey Smith in the preseason. But Bacarri Rambo and Ihenacho remain ahead of Davis on the depth chart. Coaches do believe, however, that the 6-foot-1, 200-pound Davis can help on the kickoff and punt coverage units.
“He’s a great special teams player,” coach Jay Gruden said. “He’s still learning the defense – very raw as far as secondary is concerned. He’s learning, but he really makes his mark on special teams and really helps in that regard. You hate to lose big guys that can run fast, and he’s one of those guys that can run fast and he’s somebody the other team has to really deal with on special teams. From a defensive standpoint, if he’s a fourth or fifth safety, hopefully he won’t be thrust into action anytime soon, but if he is, he’s slowly but surely coming along and can take some reps at safety, but really he will make his mark on special teams.”

 

[Caliskinsfan]

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ASHBURN, Va. -- They didn’t ask him to run, nor did the Houston Texans always allow him room to do so. It’s also clear the Washington Redskins want quarterback Robert Griffin III to become a strong pocket passer.

But the Redskins still want his legs to be a part of his game. And when he extends plays, they want to make sure they get better results. Like on the incomplete pass to Andre Roberts against Houston, when Griffin threw the wide-open receiver a pass that led him out of bounds. Roberts was ruled out of bounds and officials did not overturn it after a review.

 

[slapshot]

I agree with the post about RGIII. This is the problem with the 25 hour a day news cycle. People have to spout hot air to fill up the paper and the sports news. Griffin ever made a bad decision? Sure. First guy to ever do that. There are 52 other guys on the roster. One or two have them have made a mistake too. This constant bashing is tiresome. HTTR.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

I agree with the post about RGIII. This is the problem with the 25 hour a day news cycle. People have to spout hot air to fill up the paper and the sports news. Griffin ever made a bad decision? Sure. First guy to ever do that. There are 52 other guys on the roster. One or two have them have made a mistake too. This constant bashing is tiresome. HTTR.

It can be, that's for sure. Good news is, winning is the perfect deodorant... Let's hope for a win...

HTTR!

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Unleash the Kraken plz...

 

[Caliskinsfan]

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Will be seeing Spencer Long soon? Here's some info on his play...

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Sobering stat. Forgive me if I've remembered the percentages slightly wrong...

Teams that go 0-2, have an 11% shot at going to the playoffs.

Teams that go 1-1, have a 38% shot at going to the playoffs.

Not saying we are a playoff team at all, and I know stats can't be used in a vacuum...

BUT we really need this win badly. This is a winnable game. At Home.

This fan base is going to implode if we lose and I can't blame them if they do...

 

[skinsdad62]

Who's Afraid of Robert Griffin the III? From Grantland



Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) is the cohost of the Grantland Network’s Cheap Heat podcast and a DJ at New York’s Hot 97 FM. He is also a Washington Redskins fan, and he needed to get some things off his chest about Robert Griffin III.

Talking Robert Griffin III is big business. There is a reason he makes headlines and drives sports radio conversation every day. That reason has nothing to do with his actions off the field, or even on it. Griffin played solidly in the Redskins’ loss Sunday to the Texans, and surely was not to blame for his team’s self-inflicted wounds. That won’t matter. Griffin has become one of those guys people love to chew the fat over. Given how much he is dissected, you’d think he seeks out controversy. But almost nothing about him is controversial.

If you compare his biggest “controversies” to those of the other athletes who receive a similar amount of scrutiny, you come up with nothing. The worst thing Robert Griffin can be accused of is sending subliminal jabs at Mike Shanahan (whose handling of what should have been his star pupil was embarrassing to watch) and once actually refusing to take all the blame for a loss, the way he otherwise usually does. Oh, and he tries too hard.

Yes, many people in Washington cannot stand Robert Griffin because he risks injury too often, trying to pick up extra yardage. Oh, the humanity.

I understand that Griffin should be aware of his own value and importance to the team, and he should make careful decisions about what is, after all, his own body. He showed major growth in this department on Sunday, escaping danger and avoiding big hits throughout the game, despite a monster named J.J. Watt living in the Redskins’ backfield all day.

But let’s be serious. The man plays professional football at a very high level. It’s a dicey business no matter what he does. Nonetheless, fans still get upset with him for risking injury. How weird is that, in a game in which players typically get criticized for not giving their all, especially top-dollar players?

This makes sense, though. The scrutiny surrounding Griffin among Redskin fans is based in fear. Like any abused and mentally fragile group of people, Washington fans are scared. We’re scared that 2012 RG3 was an illusion. We’re scared he’s going to get hurt. We’re scared he won’t live up to the hype (our hype). And mostly we are scared that our team is doomed to suck forever.

I went back and watched RG3’s 2012 highlights, and followed them with highlights from the 1987 and 1991 Super Bowl seasons (thank you, YouTube). Nothing was similar about those highlight reels, from two different generations, except the electricity of the crowd.

Robert Griffin III is the first man to electrify this fan base in more than 20 years. He is already the most important Redskin since the glory years, save maybe Sean Taylor. We have had some great players who wore the burgundy and gold proudly (Chris Cooley, Santana Moss, Trent Williams, and now Alfred Morris), but none has had Griffin’s impact.

And maybe that’s it. That is why we are obsessed with discussing his shortcomings. That’s why we’re so mad he made a documentary that may have “jinxed” the 2013 season. We’re scared.

And just as in the pursuit of ratings on cable news, fearmongering wins. If it bleeds, it leads, and no matter how unscathed RG3 goes in a given game, he’s still covered in blood when it’s time to prepare stories for the next day. We gobble those stories up and continue to project our anxiety onto Griffin. It’s a burden he doesn’t need or deserve.

Griffin wasn’t here for the last 20 years of sucking and he doesn’t deserve to have that fear and misery pushed on to him. To him, it’s history and just history. But 2012 wasn’t just history. He led the Redskins to beat the Cowboys in Week 17 and win the division. The Washington Redskins seemed on the brink of something truly great. It could still happen. Our job is to stop being scared and let Robert Griffin play football. And though his first 2014 outing was not perfect, it was a pretty good first step toward regaining the glory of his rookie season.

i think this sums up things well except for one thing , the cost to get him . some people cant let it go

 

[Caliskinsfan]

I thought it summed up the situation quite well too.

 

[gkekoa]

Who's Afraid of Robert Griffin the III? From Grantland



Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) is the cohost of the Grantland Network’s Cheap Heat podcast and a DJ at New York’s Hot 97 FM. He is also a Washington Redskins fan, and he needed to get some things off his chest about Robert Griffin III.

Talking Robert Griffin III is big business. There is a reason he makes headlines and drives sports radio conversation every day. That reason has nothing to do with his actions off the field, or even on it. Griffin played solidly in the Redskins’ loss Sunday to the Texans, and surely was not to blame for his team’s self-inflicted wounds. That won’t matter. Griffin has become one of those guys people love to chew the fat over. Given how much he is dissected, you’d think he seeks out controversy. But almost nothing about him is controversial.

If you compare his biggest “controversies” to those of the other athletes who receive a similar amount of scrutiny, you come up with nothing. The worst thing Robert Griffin can be accused of is sending subliminal jabs at Mike Shanahan (whose handling of what should have been his star pupil was embarrassing to watch) and once actually refusing to take all the blame for a loss, the way he otherwise usually does. Oh, and he tries too hard.

Yes, many people in Washington cannot stand Robert Griffin because he risks injury too often, trying to pick up extra yardage. Oh, the humanity.

I understand that Griffin should be aware of his own value and importance to the team, and he should make careful decisions about what is, after all, his own body. He showed major growth in this department on Sunday, escaping danger and avoiding big hits throughout the game, despite a monster named J.J. Watt living in the Redskins’ backfield all day.

But let’s be serious. The man plays professional football at a very high level. It’s a dicey business no matter what he does. Nonetheless, fans still get upset with him for risking injury. How weird is that, in a game in which players typically get criticized for not giving their all, especially top-dollar players?

This makes sense, though. The scrutiny surrounding Griffin among Redskin fans is based in fear. Like any abused and mentally fragile group of people, Washington fans are scared. We’re scared that 2012 RG3 was an illusion. We’re scared he’s going to get hurt. We’re scared he won’t live up to the hype (our hype). And mostly we are scared that our team is doomed to suck forever.

I went back and watched RG3’s 2012 highlights, and followed them with highlights from the 1987 and 1991 Super Bowl seasons (thank you, YouTube). Nothing was similar about those highlight reels, from two different generations, except the electricity of the crowd.

Robert Griffin III is the first man to electrify this fan base in more than 20 years. He is already the most important Redskin since the glory years, save maybe Sean Taylor. We have had some great players who wore the burgundy and gold proudly (Chris Cooley, Santana Moss, Trent Williams, and now Alfred Morris), but none has had Griffin’s impact.

And maybe that’s it. That is why we are obsessed with discussing his shortcomings. That’s why we’re so mad he made a documentary that may have “jinxed” the 2013 season. We’re scared.

And just as in the pursuit of ratings on cable news, fearmongering wins. If it bleeds, it leads, and no matter how unscathed RG3 goes in a given game, he’s still covered in blood when it’s time to prepare stories for the next day. We gobble those stories up and continue to project our anxiety onto Griffin. It’s a burden he doesn’t need or deserve.

Griffin wasn’t here for the last 20 years of sucking and he doesn’t deserve to have that fear and misery pushed on to him. To him, it’s history and just history. But 2012 wasn’t just history. He led the Redskins to beat the Cowboys in Week 17 and win the division. The Washington Redskins seemed on the brink of something truly great. It could still happen. Our job is to stop being scared and let Robert Griffin play football. And though his first 2014 outing was not perfect, it was a pretty good first step toward regaining the glory of his rookie season.

Stopped reading when he said RG3 played solidly against the Texans.

 

[gkekoa]

If we start 0-2 against these two team...we have 0% shot of the playoffs...and a 50% chance at the number one pick overall.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Stopped reading when he said RG3 played solidly against the Texans.

LOL

He played the scheme they gave and asked of him. And it was a very average but solid Capt Checkdown outing IMO. Was it a riveting performance? No. Was he a game changer? No. Was that all on Griff? No again.

 

[gkekoa]

LOL

He played the scheme they gave and asked of him. And it was a very average but solid Capt Checkdown outing IMO. Was it a riveting performance? No. Was he a game changer? No. Was that all on Griff? No again.

He didn't play the scheme asked of him though. He missed too many opportunities to be considered solid in this game.

He reminds me way too much of JC...only throw it if the guy is WIDE open but then only throw it where he might be able to catch it.

 

[KickSaveDave]

i think this sums up things well except for one thing , the cost to get him . some people cant let it go

Well, the cost was very high and so it will always be a part of the overall equation, part of the discussion. Asking people to forget about and/or ignore the price we paid for him is unrealistic. He has higher expectations than if we spent a regular old mid 1st round pick on him, like where Cutler or Flacco was drafted. Or Tannehill from III's own draft class.