Vincent Frank
Robert Griffin III to start
By now, I am sure most of you are sick of this story. In fact, the idea of writing “RGIII” more than once in this piece provides a bad taste in my mouth. We already know the narrative here. Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden doesn’t seem to have a ton of confidence in his starting quarterback to get the job done. Indications of a lack of respect by both parties morphed into an ugly seen last week when the Redskins kept throwing the injury-plagued signal caller out there against the Detroit Lions after he continued to take huge hits behind an atrocious offensive line. The end result here was RGIII leaving the game with a concussion.
Within just a few days, the fourth-year quarterback was back on the practice field and preparing to start this week against the Baltimore Ravens. Even then, talk about the issues in D.C. had not died down.
People in the building know it: Redskins have no chance unless a change is made at QB.
— Jason Reid (@JReidESPN) August 22, 2015
There’s the split. An overly-involved owner going to bat for his quarterback when it appears the coaching staff (and some players) would rather see someone else thrown out there under center. Sound familiar? It should, as this was the same exact situation that led to Gruden getting the job in the first place after former head coach Mike Shanahan was ousted following a disastrous 2013 season.
A couple things are clear here. It really doesn’t matter who is under center. If the Redskins offensive line plays the way it did last week during the regular season, the team will see a few different signal callers on the injured list. In addition to this, the narrative that RGIII struggled last week is beyond ridiculous. He was thrown out there to be a punching bag for the Lions defensive front. That in and of itself speaks volumes about where this team is at right now.
