I saw a lot of good - especially early. Griff made some good decisions. He ran what was blocked. He came off covered guys and got to his 2nd or 3rd read when needed and when allowed. Helu missed a block in pass pro but "backyard Bob" escaped and got a long gainer to Helu. He threw a couple of terrific deep balls and helped DJax get open with great look-offs.
The pick right before the half was horrible. It was short and inside on a well-covered square out. Griff looked indecisive for the next 3-4 posessions.
Griff was having a strong finish but I think he was a little out of shape and got tired. He also had just gotten hit pretty hard. The final throw he missed he made in the 1st quarter and early in the game it was an athletic dart. (As an aside, DJax had just picked up a ticky-tack offensive interference to put us in 1st and 20 and on the 14 yard scramble a few plays later, Andre Roberts was getting mugged for several seconds.) I wish Griff had run on the last play (easy 1st down) but he looked gassed to me and fell down after throwing the ball.
USATODAY called it ugly. Here's their take with video. Watch Griff tiredly throw then fall down for no apparent reason.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/11/robert- ... kings-pass
USATODAY wrote:Nope. Instead, RG3 forced a throw that didn’t need forcing and did so while exhibiting footwork that looked a little like Bambi trying to ice skate the first time. A good pass and the Redskins were in prime position to get into field-goal range and win the game. That throw — just about the worst throw any professional quarterback can make in a big situation — lost the game. Was it one, isolated bad throw? The product of Griffin not getting full reps in practice this week? Poor footwork based on the lingering remnants of the injury that sidelined him since week 2?
I saw 2 maybe 3 sacks I put on Griff. The others were whiffs by Helu, etal.
Quoting Jay Gruden, the Washington Post wrote:Nor did the coach sugarcoat the costly errors on Griffin’s part — the interception that triggered Minnesota’s scoring spurt after Washington had bolted to a 10-0 lead, the 14-yard scramble when the Redskins needed 20 yards to extend their final chance at a game-winning drive and the sacks that resulted from a refusal to let the ball fly.
“Sometimes that comes naturally, sometimes it doesn’t,” Gruden said of the art of getting the ball out quickly. “But it’s something he’s going to have to fight through and abort mission when he has to and step up and throw it away when he has to and get it out of his hands when he has to.”
Gruden also alluded to a mental rigor that he’d like to see Griffin develop.
I give Griff a B. He's still my man.
