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RG3's fall from grace as stunning as his meteoric rise to stardom
Yahoo ^ | November 19, 2014 | Dan Wetzel

Posted on 11/20/2014 7:04:01 AM PST by C19fan

Less than two years ago some believed Robert Griffin III could change the way the United States was governed.

Not just change the football fortunes of the Washington Redskins, not just change the bottom line for Nike or Subway or anyone else who'd jumped in with a pleasant, charismatic and dynamic quarterback, not just change how his position is played, in his case with 4.3 speed and an accurate arm.

No, he could change American governance.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: football; nfl; washington
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Looks like another QB draft bust this one more costly considering all the high draft picks the 'Skins gave up to move up to draft RGIII. It is pretty obvious he can't do the basics required to be a NFL QB. The only options I see is either to install the Baylor Offense knowing RGIII will eventually get hurt or cut him after this season is over.
1 posted on 11/20/2014 7:04:01 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Scrambling QBs often have short, glorious careers.


2 posted on 11/20/2014 7:04:40 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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You can have short-term success being that kind of QB, but eventually the League will figure you out.


3 posted on 11/20/2014 7:07:20 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

RG-Me!


4 posted on 11/20/2014 7:10:14 AM PST by CJ Wolf
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To: dfwgator

Too bad, he seems like a nice guy. Plus he is an Army brat. Would love to see him succeed. But it ain’t looking good right now.


5 posted on 11/20/2014 7:15:27 AM PST by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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Right, good at the college level but the NFL is a different world. I think he will end up traded and become a glorified back up for another team.


6 posted on 11/20/2014 7:15:58 AM PST by Busko (One thing is certain, nothing is certain.)
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"You can have short-term success being that kind of QB, but eventually the League will figure you out."

Yep and they will take a lot of injuries. I remember the year Drew Brees and MIchael Vick entered the NFL I predicted to my football friends that Brees would have the more successful NFL career because he was classic pocket passer who thrived in college playing an NFL style offense. I was teased mercilessly for two years over that prediction. They don't bring it up much anymore though.

7 posted on 11/20/2014 7:20:27 AM PST by circlecity
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To: dfwgator

Not always. Fran Tarkenton did pretty well.


8 posted on 11/20/2014 7:20:35 AM PST by onceone (0311, K Co., 3/5 1st Mar Div, RVN '68)
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To: Travis McGee

Zackly! With the exception of people like Fran Tarkenton, very few scrambling quarterbacks make it in the pros. They get caught and crushed pretty quickly. That’s why the wishbone has never made it in the pros.


9 posted on 11/20/2014 7:22:00 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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The NFL is a passing QB’s league— Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees..., the next QB to enter the ranks of the elite will be Luck not any of the running QB’s who came into the league 3 or 4 years ago....


10 posted on 11/20/2014 7:24:38 AM PST by freebilly (How about this-- we stop trying to elect the unelectable)
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Too bad, he seems like a nice guy. Plus he is an Army brat. Would love to see him succeed. But it ain’t looking good right now.

Seemed like a breath of fresh air when drafted but I always contended he would get broke up in the NFL, didn't look to me like he had a 'football' body that would withstand the bruising play in the NFL. Last couple of years his RG-ME act has worn thin on a lot of folks. Have lived and died with the Skins since the early 60s, these last 15-20 years under the Snyder regime has been hell.
11 posted on 11/20/2014 7:30:37 AM PST by ratzoe (damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
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RG-Me!

LIKE!! He was a whiny bee-yotch in the Big 12, too - always looking for a flag. His act grew old quickly.

12 posted on 11/20/2014 7:37:33 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: onceone; dfwgator
Not always. Fran Tarkenton did pretty well.

So did Bob Waterfield.
13 posted on 11/20/2014 7:42:25 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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Cam Newton’s not doing too badly.


14 posted on 11/20/2014 7:47:08 AM PST by Drawsing (Fools show their annoyance at once, the prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16)
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Seemed like a good guy until he started hanging around with Obola.

Let's see more of Colt McCoy.

15 posted on 11/20/2014 7:58:48 AM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: Travis McGee

Scrambling QBs often have short, glorious careers.

...yeah, Fran Tarkenton and Roger Staubach come to mind...


16 posted on 11/20/2014 8:01:10 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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If they had a good offensive line and receivers, he’d be fine. But their owner suffers from I-want-to-be-like-Jerry-Jones syndrome.


17 posted on 11/20/2014 8:01:48 AM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: freebilly

the next QB to enter the ranks of the elite will be Luck not any of the running QB’s who came into the league 3 or 4 years ago....

...until he starts throwing picks and overshooting receivers...then the fans will want to string him up, like with Joe Flacco last year, all the time crying for another Colin Kapernick...


18 posted on 11/20/2014 8:07:29 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: Travis McGee
Scrambling QBs often have short, glorious careers.

Christian QB's too.


19 posted on 11/20/2014 8:12:30 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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RGIII is actually a good guy, strong Christian, and role model. I hate the Deadskins, but I wish RGIII well personally and professionally.


20 posted on 11/20/2014 8:27:00 AM PST by wolfman23601
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