McNabb a (benched) Redskin

FIRE THE COACH! PLAY THE BACKUP! THREE SECONDS!!! THREEEE SECONDS!!!!!!!!

 

I never said Play the backup! once this year. Not once, bee boop.

 

We're limiting this to stuff the other guy actually said now? That's not nearly as fun.

 

Rick, in Super Bowl 41 there were plenty of signature bullshit bounces that went Lovie's way -- the Colts had three turnovers, Vinatieri missed a 36-yard-FG at the end of the first half, and Hunter Smith fumbled an extra-point snap (hey, that sounds familiar!). But Grossman kept giving it right back. I mean, after the first quarter, where he was pretty decent, I've never seen a quarterback, not even David Woodley, look so hopelessly lost. And it wasn't because he was too short.

As YGBFKM has stated so well, Grossman had one period where he seemed to have the confidence and drive to perform well, and then the moment adversity hit he crumbled. In Lovie's defense, I'm not sure in the end that Drunken Brian Griese would have been any better. Point is, it's not like you can expect Grossman, with all the adversity in Washington, to respond well to the McNabb drama, even if he's technically the beneficiary of it.

By the way, has Rush Limbaugh put out a statement on McNabb's benching?

 

I've worked my way back to only being three months behind in my SIs and I recently read the story about McNabb going to DC. There was an interesting phrasing in the story about Shanahan "signing off" on the acquisition of McNabb. It caught my eye because I assumed it was Shanahan's idea and I'm fairly certain it would have been written that way if it was. I think the impression most people had when he was hired was that Shanahan would have defacto control over the football ops.

 

It was obvious Mike Shanahan was desirous of starting an undersized, mistake-prone QB.

 

All true. But there's no natural law that says there's no possible way they could have gotten one or two more.

 

Natural law? Jesus Christ.

 

THREE SECONDS!

 

Ah, Sexy Rexy. That is one of my favorite sports nicknames of the last decade.

Anytime you have a guy with that kind of arm and that gunslinger mentality, but without good field vision or a good general understanding of what the defense is doing, you are going to see some spectacularly good and some spectacularly bad passes.

I think they should just play Beck, because Grossman is a known quantity with a career 69 QB rating for heaven's sake. Beck almost certainly isn't the long-term answer, but Grossman is definitely not the long-term answer.

 

McNabb to Washington never made any sense to me. Was he an upgrade from Jason Campbell? Probably, but it cost them a high second-round pick for a QB, who most believed was well beyond his prime. He just doesn't seem to fit Shanahan's offense at all.

I know hindsight is 20-20, but the Skins probably could have gotten Vick for a No. 3 before the season. Not that he fits in Shanahan's offense either. I suspect they'll trade for someone during the off-season after McNabb is cut loose.

 

Great line by Steve Rushin, "In span of 12 days, McRib and McNabb both discontinued"