Who should start at QB next week, if RG3 can't ?

[Lanky Livingston]

Yeah, but it might not be "getting experience," it might be "ruining him forever" - that's my point. Throwing a QB to the wolves too early, especially behind a line as porous as ours, can be disasterous!

 

[Elephant]

Let's think about it for a second, if you bring Rex in to run the offense, you really have to change your entire game plan. He just is not physically talented enough to do what Kirk Cousins can do. But Kirk Cousins proved he can do what Rex does...throw a great TD pass and follow it up by a couple of INT's.

Edit: You guys are down on Cousins for what he did yesterday, but he was asked to do a lot. He was thrown into the game cold and was asked to keep up with one of the best in the game this year. He made rookie mistakes, but showed some potential too.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

Let's think about it for a second, if you bring Rex in to run the offense, you really have to change your entire game plan. He just is not physically talented enough to do what Kirk Cousins can do. But Kirk Cousins proved he can do what Rex does...throw a great TD pass and follow it up by a couple of INT's.

True...but when Rex gets rocked play after play, it doesn't matter. He is what he is, we're not going to "ruin" him. Cousins, on the other hand...

Also, anyone could have hit that TD pass, including probably most on this board. Santana was about as wide-open as a WR can be in the NFL...

 

[Elephant]

True...but when Rex gets rocked play after play, it doesn't matter. He is what he is, we're not going to "ruin" him. Cousins, on the other hand...

Also, anyone could have hit that TD pass, including probably most on this board. Santana was about as wide-open as a WR can be in the NFL...

But if Rex was throwing it, Tana would have had to make a diving catch and it would have only been a 30 yard gain instead of a 77 yard TD.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

But if Rex was throwing it, Tana would have had to make a diving catch and it would have only been a 30 yard gain instead of a 77 yard TD.

Haha, maybe. But he was so wide open, he would have had time to get back up and run to the endzone!

 

[Elephant]

I see what you're saying about throwing to the wolves, but that is what we're doing with Griffin... I know he is a far superior talent than Cousins, but he is being beaten as much as Carr was in his rookie year, just not for sacks...because he is running a lot.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

I see what you're saying about throwing to the wolves, but that is what we're doing with Griffin... I know he is a far superior talent than Cousins, but he is being beaten as much as Carr was in his rookie year, just not for sacks...because he is running a lot.

Yeah...in my opinion, RG3 can handle it better than others. The rule doesn't apply to everyone, and it may not apply to Cousins...I just think we shouldn't find out. Who knows though...

 

[Fear The Spear]

Haha, maybe. But he was so wide open, he would have had time to get back up and run to the endzone!

And stop at the sidelines half-way, and grab a Gatorade and Oxygen Mask, to rejuvenate, before finishing the TD run.

 

[redskins76]

You start Cousins. He needs time if Griff is asked to continue to take hits like the one he took today. Actually, he is responsible for that hit by trying to make too much happen. He should have thrown that ball away. Meh, they keep asking him to do the impossible...

i agree, but maybe griff didn't trust billy to make tha fg !

 

[tshile]

i've taken thom lovero's opinion on this...

trotting rex grossman out to take snaps under center is an insult to my intelligence.

 

[Ax]

Griffin will play Sunday, making this whole subject, moot.

 

[tshile]

I don't think we can know until he takes tests on Wednesday?

 

[riggins44]

I would go with Cousins if RG3 can't play. I feel Cousins gives a better chance to win versus Rex. Cousins is coachable and can learn. Rex is Rex.

I just have more confidence with Cousins. Question is who does the locker room prefer? Or who does the Shanahan's prefer is the big question.

 

[Fear The Spear]

I don't think we can know until he takes tests on Wednesday?

Until then, we can only Ponder who will play against the Vikes.

 

[Sarge]

I do hope everyone realizes I was kidding about Grossman. I never want to see him on the field again

 

[Henry]

This is probably for another thread but honestly Griff should sit no matter what. If he had a concussion we don't need to risk compounding that just so this mediocre team has a better chance of going 3-3.

 

[Boone]

I agree with you H. But NFL teams just don't look at it that way. I think Griffin will play.

 

[Ax]

Bull****. If he's medically cleared to play, you play him. Hopefully, it's taught him to not be so stupid in the future.

Lesson learned. Move on.

 

[Fear The Spear]

This is probably for another thread but honestly Griff should sit no matter what. If he had a concussion we don't need to risk compounding that just so this mediocre team has a better chance of going 3-3.

Plus, it gives Shanahan a great excuse, to give more of an opportunity to audition Cousins, to increase his trade value

 

[Henry]

Bull****. If he's medically cleared to play, you play him. Hopefully, it's taught him to not be so stupid in the future.

Lesson learned. Move on.

'Medically cleared' by the staff that said he was 'shaken up' and 'questionable to return' when it was obvious to everyone in the sporting universe he had a concussion?

I guess ... I have to say though, I don't trust the team doctors. There's a reason concussions have become such a hot topic in the NFL lately. There's a reason rules are changing and players are suing. We shouldn't take this stuff lightly, and so far I'm not impressed with our team's cavalier attitude about the whole thing.