welch wrote:SkinsJock wrote:
I agree with you basically but I also am not convinced at all that Dr Andrews, the medical staff, the coaching strafe or even RG3 himself are in any way NOT acting with extreme caution and ARE in fact ensuring that RG3 needs to be here and playing in a Redskins uniform for as long as possible
It's a fact that RG3 is an olympic caliber athlete and Sonny and Sammy were NOT - actually neither was even close to having the athleticism of RG3
as great as both were - I predict that RG3 will be a better leader
given all that - there is ZERO to be gained by holding him out
RG3 WILL NOT be playing UNTIL he's not in ANY WAY risking his future as a QB
EVERYONE concerned - medical, physical, coaches and the player have moved on from last season - it's OVER, It's history - they have all acknowledged that they have learned from that
let it go - watch him play and appreciate that players today are a lot better, a lot fitter, and medical science is amazing
I've found that athletes don't know when to stop. That was the case last season: Griffin wanted to play so Shanahan let him. Bryce Harper has not been the same since he ran into the wall in LA, but he won't take time off.
Incidentally, Baugh was a superb athlete: still holds an NFL record for punting, for many years held the record for interceptions, ran the ball as a single-wing tailback...and would have played shortstop for the Cardinals except that St Louis had an all-star named Marty Marion already there.
As Sonny (proably) said, you don't throw with your beer belly. Sonny's brain and arm were perfect until George Allen retired him. However, he limped on a sorfe ankle for a lot of his last season.
Griffin can be as strong as a Joe Jacoby, but if his knee goes, he'll be finished.
+1000
The day RG3 gets conservative on his injury is the day RG3 stops being RG3; its in the DNA of his competitive nature.
"I've found that athletes don't know when to stop." That really says it all right there.
He has yet to prove through his actions that he can & will protect himself. So far, what we've been hearing is the rehab "team" trying to "slow him down" from time to time, RG3 pushing for playing in the exhibition games, and RG3 being a smart @$$ with exaggerated "slides".
Again, I'm not necessarily doubting him, but I am skeptical and hope the man proves me wrong. So far, he sounds the same as he did last year; a hard-headed kid who greatest asset is also his great liability: his fierce competitive nature.
This is his SECOND....repeat....SECOND injury to that knee. If he wasn't hard-headed he would have learned to protect himself the FIRST time. Not saying he shouldn't run (it protects him), but rather he needs to get out of bounds/down faster and rely on his teammates the next play to scrap up that extra yard or two.
At this point, Shanny needs to establish that he's boss and if ANYONE doesn't play his way, they'll be watching their backup play.
In summary, you can't rely on an amazing competitive player to know how to scale himself back while still be effective. Only an experienced coach can teach that, and its solely that coaches responsibility to pull that player aside if that don't listen. As much as I hate to say this, if RG3 is going to be a hard-head the rest of his career I hope he hurries up and gets it out of the way for us before we end up trading Cousins in 2015. If RG3 doesn't start sliding and getting out of bounds well before he's touch, I hope Shanny makes him sit out a couple plays to watch his backup play. Its football, not democracy...Shanny is the great dictator and better start acting more like it.
