SkinsJock wrote:It's kind of interesting that if you want Griffin to play QB you're part of whatever a "butt hurt" camp reference means
I think there is a pretty clear line, SJ. Cousins has been ok, but he hasn't proven anything to set himself head and shoulders above Griffin. So I can respect fans who still prefer Griffin (or McCoy for that matter) over Cousins. I've said this before man, there is no right/wrong answer at this point.
I draw the line with these jokers coming up with crazy stuff like "oh the coach isn't calling the same plays for Griffin". Seriously what do these people think? Like the coach is actively trying to sabotage Griffin? Gruden's job is on the line from day one. Can he really have afforded to go out and lose games while actively trying to make his QB look bad in games?
Its just a stupid thing for people to say and it smacks of sore loser-ism.
I stuck with Griffin all the way through the end of last season. I've always wanted him to succeed. Personally I just can't bear to watch any more games with him scrambling around, getting completely hammered when he tries to stand in the pocket and looking like a mess. Its a complete embarrassment. Say what you want about the offensive performance last week, they didn't embarrass themselves.
The best thing for this team would have been to have the open QB competition back in the spring. Instead, they've given us this mess where people say its Snyder controlling things if Griffin starts and others saying Gruden is sabotaging Griffin if Cousins starts.
The fact is Gruden doesn't have the accolades to arbitrarily destroy RGIII when he has at the very least done what Gruden hasn't. The fact is there is far more proof that Gruden isn't Head Coaching Material and all that Gruden has shown since being here is that he is a liar, is unable to out coach any team we play and look like a deer in headlights. Players don't dictate what they play, and RGIII falls into that category. The fact is Gruden should have tailored an offense to have RGIII succeed and if he got hurt then so be it, at least he did what he should have. Shanahan was and is a far better coach than Gruden and if he couldn't succeed with RGIII not running the spread offence no way Gruden would succeed. I find it pretty funny that Gruden ran the run option with Andy Dalton to an extent in Cincinnati but never tried to do it here with RGIII! But hey let's put a pathetic LT out against the Lions and call plays that take time to develop and have a QB that isn't a drop back passer expect to succeed. If that Preseason game against the Lions wasn't a football type assassination then Kennedy wasn't shot in Dallas!
