Rex Grossman is an infectious disease.
Let me explain.
The "Good Rex", "Bad Rex" syndrome has infected Mike Shanahan.
The "Good Mike" was uncannily brilliant in going to the triple-option and thoroughly confusing the Bengals defense and scoring 17 unanswered points after a first half debacle.
Not going for it on fourth down and a poorly chosen and ill-timed challenge cost the Redskins a great opportunity, a badly needed timeout and gave the Bengals breathing space they shouldn't have had.
Mike, at what point did your head wind up residing in your rectum? You were on a roll and then...what?
The inexplicable disappearance of defensive pressure on Dalton in the latter stages of the game still has me baffled.
Carlos Dunlap was simply a body we lacked the talent to stop. Period.
A.J. Green? Well,I never thought we were blessed with an outstanding secondary so his performance really came as no surprise.
Something else scares me. I like RG3-a lot. He is an amazingly talented rookie QB who I think could prosper under Mike Shanahan's idea of incorporating what he became good at at Baylor into the offense and gradually combining that with the more "customary" NFL style offenses. However, Shanahan failed at something players are often accused of.
Execution.
He executed poorly as an HC. He is indeed partly to blame for the shocking lack of depth at OL-he did well picking a QB with Griff and he's always been good at finding RBs like Morris. But what I'm truly afraid of is what could be one of the most creative and talented QB influences in the game could be either hurt or stunted by one of two things-the coaching failures in other aspects of the game or Shanahan's departure. That's my quandary-as crappy a job of coaching Shanny did today-and he screwed more than one thing-I know of no other HC right at the moment who I think could bring Griffin to what he could be as an innovative leader in how NFL football is played.
That's my quandary and my fear. Robert Griffin III, potential pro-bowl QB and scary weapon-what Mike Vick and Cam Newton could only wish they could be-ruined by a coach who screws other things up too badly-or so badly he gets canned and some "whoever the hot property unemployed HC this week" comes in and tries to fit a brilliantly sharp square peg into his own round hole.
That's the problem-I want Shanahan to stop being the coaching version of "Good Rex", "Bad Rex" and stop making idiotic decisions that cost the Redskins games. I don't want him ridden out of town on a rail just yet because he has something I consider good in mind as a strategy on using RG3 at QB, his tactical decision -making, however, bit it big time today. Damnit!
Yes, I'm pissed as hell at Shanny but God, I'd hate to see Griffin's talent go to waste by a HC who's ideas about football will be obsolete by the time they're installed.
On other matters, if Danny Smith or especially Jim Haslett are fired within the next 48 hours I'll shed nary a tear.
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