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Fran Tarkenton rips Robert Griffin III: 'He will never make it'
CBS Sports ^ | December 5, 2014 | Josh Katzowitz

Posted on 12/05/2014 8:49:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

If Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton doesn't think much of your abilities as an NFL quarterback, he has no problem speaking his mind.

A.J. McCarron knows all about this. As does Tim Tebow and, yep, Brett Favre. And so does Robert Griffin III and Mike Shanahan, especially after Tarkenton went negative after the Redskins lost their 2012 playoff game to the Seahawks.

Now, during an interview with theMMQB.com's Jenny Vrentas, Tarkenton took another crack at Griffin, who's lost his starting Redskins job to Colt McCoy and who very well could be off the team before 2015.

Tarketon says he proclaimed two years ago that Griffin wouldn't make it, and one big reason why is because of the quarterback's attitude.

"He came into the league with an arrogance," Tarkenton said. "He goes into Washington, which is the worst place for him to go. They have been so hungry for a quarterback and for winning. They worshipped him. Here's RG3; he's our savior, he's our guy. His father gets involved and is in the locker room -- I have never seen a father in a locker room on Sundays. The owner, Dan Snyder, adopts him and becomes his best friend. So RG3, at 21, 22, thought he was Jesus, right? And he was making pontifical statements about how he approached the game. I was listening to him the offseason after his rookie year, which was not a bad year, and I'm saying, 'Holy [expletive], this guy is out of control with his ego.' That was the first sign you saw that he lacked leadership."(continued)

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: football; nfl; rgiii
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To: stormer

Thanks, I hadn’t heard that version of the reason for their divorce.

Go HAWKS!


41 posted on 12/06/2014 8:39:49 AM PST by shotgun
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To: stormer

Thanks, I hadn’t heard that version of the reason for their divorce.

Go HAWKS!


42 posted on 12/06/2014 8:39:49 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Exactly, in college, a QB faces at most, maybe 2 NFL-quality players on the defensive side of the ball, that makes for a much, much larger margin of error, than in the NFL.


43 posted on 12/06/2014 8:42:43 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: PROCON
it was a joy watching him scramble and play..

I was a wee lad back then and a Vikings fan.

Oh but the Super Bowl losses were awful. Cured me of fandom forever, it seems.

44 posted on 12/06/2014 8:48:26 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: GreyFriar; Interesting Times

There was way too much hype of RGIII in his first season with the Redskins. I thought at the time that he might be a one-season wonder.


45 posted on 12/06/2014 9:32:33 AM PST by zot
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To: zot

Big star in college. This happens now and then and it merely highlights the differences in the game at the pro level. He’s got great physical skills and may still have an NFL career.


46 posted on 12/06/2014 9:33:56 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Defund , sue, impeach. Overturn Obamacare, amnesty.)
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To: ex91B10
Got there three times, though.

A lot of great QBs never got the chance to lose a Super Bowl.

47 posted on 12/06/2014 9:40:09 AM PST by daler
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To: shotgun
Indeed!


48 posted on 12/06/2014 10:35:43 AM PST by stormer
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To: shotgun

The story circulated locally here in Seattle, and both Wilson and the club have been ‘no comment’ on the issue. All of it has been acknowledged, and it was a big reason why Tate was traded. Tate was an issue prior to the affair. Amazing talent, but not much of it migrated past his upper lip.


49 posted on 12/06/2014 11:37:02 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: doosee
"Ward had the best hands I ever saw, like they were coated with glue.'

You must not have seen much of Lynn Swann at the height of his game...

50 posted on 12/06/2014 11:46:52 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: ops33

“Attitude is everything, positive attitude, positive results.”

http://www.c-span.org/video/?301573-1/harold-moore-oral-history-interview-part-1

The above is a link to a Hal Moore interview on the Battle of Ia Drang Valley. It is very good, and has many life lessons in it.

In the second part of the interview he talks about how he never once thought that they were going to lose the battle. Something to the effect of “If that type of thought enters your mind, you might as well just lay down and die - no matter what you are doing. Battle, work, relationships - don’t ever think that you won’t be successful.”


51 posted on 12/06/2014 2:33:58 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Sure did... long time season ticket owner... Ward could get clobbered by 2 or 3 guys and hold onto the ball. Swann was great too but totally different style.


52 posted on 12/06/2014 4:28:34 PM PST by doosee (Captain, we are approaching a new level of Hell.)
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