That first season of his, with the 'skins running those stupid ridiculous triple-option running plays, in the NFL. No way that's going to work without getting a QB maimed.
Whatever potential the guy had was badly damaged then.
Who knows, he might play as a backup here and there for the next few years, or maybe not. Seems to me that those guys have all got to accept that at a point there's a thing called life after football.
I'm glad he signed for big bucks and has now been in the league long enough to get the NFL pension money.
Have a long happy life RG, whatever you do.
I think about how little the “talking heads” on TV really know about football. (cough) Mel Kiper Jr. (cough) (cough).
In 1998, Kiper told the Colts that they should pick Ryan Leaf. He was the most athletic and strongest armed QB in the draft. The Colts showed callous disregard to his knowledgeable advice and picked some Manning guy instead. A little over a decade later Kiper was touting RG3 and how the Colts should draft him. Again the Colts disregarded his expert advice and took Andrew Luck.
Luck got pounded this year behind a crappy O-line. But it’s been crappy the whole time he’s been a Colt. With RG3 it would have been a disaster.
He could learn from Michael Vick who eventually became a dependable backup QB.