RG3 benched; Cousins to start.

[Dustin]

via Schefter

[Mameluc]

hell breaks lose

[HungarianColtsFan]

Somehow I saw this coming. However IMO Shanahan should have benched him a year earlier in the PO, to avoid a more serious injury, that still has negative effect on RG III's performance. I believe his situation was mistreated, and they've focused on possible short-term benefits instead of long-term interests of RG and the franchise. And reportedly RG was rushing back from injury to avoid loosing hist starting job. 

[Nobody]

Wow

[oldunclemark]

     It makes no sense to continue to play him when the team is losing and the QB is not 100%

 

Its the decision a veteran coach makes..

 

Lets see if the owner lets him make it

[Gavin]

Welp, Shanahan will be on the Coaching Free Agent market, This move just nails the final nail in that coffin

[AllYouNeedIsLuck]

     It makes no sense to continue to play him when the team is losing and the QB is not 100%

 

Its the decision a veteran coach makes..

 

Lets see if the owner lets him make it

this

[oldunclemark]

Wonder if anybody (RE: Skip Bayless)  thinks Indy should have taken Robert over Andrew Luck...

[adamthyst]

Yet the Redskins media circus continues, lol. ::

[CR91]

hes not even benched hes inactive. grossman is the backup

[IndyBarb]

Shanahan will be so fired! Oh my...

[Happy2BeHere]

Yea this is really mind boggling really. RGIII hype over officially?? Well no doubt that it reaffirms to me why Luck was a better choice, he's got more intangibles than RG does for sure and it's been pretty obvious to me since before they both even took their first official snaps in the NFL.

Tough place for the 'skins fans to be for sure.

[IndyD4U]

This left me scrambling to find a QB in one of my fantasy leagues. Jason Campbell was my only option. First week of playoffs nonetheless....sigh

 

Shanahan is Wack-O

[oldunclemark]

  If you would sit your injured starters after you clinch everything

 

...then you probably should sit an injured starter once you are mathematically eliminated.

 

Its only a big deal because its Robert and he's a bit of a diva

[SilentHill]

Welcome to the Kirk Cousins era in Washington.

[TAPLOOK]

Somehow I saw this coming. However IMO Shanahan should have benched him a year earlier in the PO, to avoid a more serious injury, that still has negative effect on RG III's performance. I believe his situation was mistreated, and they've focused on possible short-term benefits instead of long-term interests of RG and the franchise. And reportedly RG was rushing back from injury to avoid loosing hist starting job. 

I'm with you 100%.  I was in disbelief watching him play in that game. I don't think RG3, Kap or Luck are going to live up to the lofty expectations put upon them over the coarse of their careers.

[amfootball]

I am anxious to see Cousins to be honest. If he plays well then he could be looking at a trade to a team in desperate need of a QB. Hello Houston.

[Valpo2004]

I am anxious to see Cousins to be honest. If he plays well then he could be looking at a trade to a team in desperate need of a QB. Hello Houston.

 

Skins should have leveraged this last year when more teams where looking for QB's.  There are a lot of QB's in the draft that could potentially be starters.

 

I don't see Houston trading for Cousins.

 

However I am excited to see what he can do.  If he looks like a potential starter it's another feather in the cap for the 2012 QB class who can now add Nick Foles into the mix.  

[SkyBane]

I am anxious to see Cousins to be honest. If he plays well then he could be looking at a trade to a team in desperate need of a QB. Hello Houston.

Hell no. Houston will draft QB. If he gets traded (and thats a big if considering his miniscule contract has no bearing on Washington's cap), it would be to a team that needs a QB but is out of the running for the top guys. Jacksonville, Oakland, Arizona, Cleveland, and maybe Pittsburgh if they move on from Big Ben. One of those teams will sign Cutler, one would love to trade for a shot at Cousins or RG3 if Cousins shows something.

[oldunclemark]

I'm with you 100%.  I was in disbelief watching him play in that game. I don't think RG3, Kap or Luck are going to live up to the lofty expectations put upon them over the coarse of their careers.

I think Luck will be all-NFL ....he's just a rare guy

 

Kap is still a work in  progress.....I haven't seen enough to know//

 

 

But Luck and Wilson...you can see they do things that cant be adjusted to

[amfootball]

Hell no. Houston will draft QB. If he gets traded (and thats a big if considering his miniscule contract has no bearing on Washington's cap), it would be to a team that needs a QB but is out of the running for the top guys. Jacksonville, Oakland, Arizona, Cleveland, and maybe Pittsburgh if they move on from Big Ben. One of those teams will sign Cutler, one would love to trade for a shot at Cousins or RG3 if Cousins shows something.

Probably but if Cousins shows he has the goods then trade a 2 for him like they did for Schaub and use the overall #1 on another player or trade down and get a boat load of picks.

[snkdy]

Wow.

[Gavin]

Yea this is really mind boggling really. RGIII hype over officially?? Well no doubt that it reaffirms to me why Luck was a better choice, he's got more intangibles than RG does for sure and it's been pretty obvious to me since before they both even took their first official snaps in the NFL.

Tough place for the 'skins fans to be for sure.

Lucks having a similar year statistically, they are not that far apart

[Dustin]

Lucks having a similar year statistically, they are not that far apart

 

Luck has 7 more TDs, 4 less INTS, and 6 less fumbles.

[jvan1973]

Luck has 7 more TDs, 4 less INTS, and 6 less fumbles.

10 turnovers, but who's counting?

[Guest TeamLoloJones]

Luck has 7 more TDs, 4 less INTS, and 6 less fumbles.

Get your stats out of here....since when are facts part of the forum experience?

[SkyBane]

10 turnovers, but who's counting?

Not all of those fumbles are turnovers. Washington recovers a lot of them. Its still an awful stat.

[jvan1973]

Luck has 7 more TDs, 4 less INTS, and 6 less fumbles.

4 more rushing tds as well

[buccolts]

  If you would sit your injured starters after you clinch everything

 

...then you probably should sit an injured starter once you are mathematically eliminated.

 

Its only a big deal because its Robert and he's a bit of a diva

 

Agreed, except for the diva part.

I'm all for the Luck is better side of the argument, but I don't really see RGIII as a diva by his own doing.

I see that as more a product of the circus that is the media & the Redskins.

Same would have happened if RGIII was a Jet.

I don't disregard RGIII, is disdain the pedestal placed under him consistently.

It often puts him in a bad light.

[Guest TeamLoloJones]

Agreed, except for the diva part.

I'm all for the Luck is better side of the argument, but I don't really see RGIII as a diva by his own doing.

I see that as more a product of the circus that is the media & the Redskins.

Same would have happened if RGIII was a Jet.

I don't disregard RGIII, is disdain the pedestal placed under him consistently.

It often puts him in a bad light.

I blame Skip Bayless...

[buccolts]

I blame Skip Bayless...

 

You know, I was going to add Tebow to that topic, as being similar, but yeah, Skip is a common bond there.

[TAPLOOK]

Luck has 7 more TDs, 4 less INTS, and 6 less fumbles.

RG3 is having a bad year. Luck is having a so so year. Stats are a funny thing but there is no denying that nothing hurts more than an INT. You can't recover an INT and they almost always cost points.

[Moose Of Woe]

Ladies and gentlemen, your OROTY and Heisman winner.

[Valpo2004]

Agreed, except for the diva part.

I'm all for the Luck is better side of the argument, but I don't really see RGIII as a diva by his own doing.

I see that as more a product of the circus that is the media & the Redskins.

Same would have happened if RGIII was a Jet.

I don't disregard RGIII, is disdain the pedestal placed under him consistently.

It often puts him in a bad light.

 

I would somewhat agree with you, but he's to blame for falling into temptation.  He's the one that did subway commercials before he'd even taken a snap of NFL football.  

[Sports Central1]

What do you expect when you build a team around a spread offense QB.  Spread offense QB's are fundamentally flawed to play in the NFL due to risk of injury and not being able to have the passing skills to run a traditional drop back pass system.

 

Shanahan is benching RG3 in some ways out of spite.  To spite RG3 who he wished the Redskins never drafted and to spite Snyder who is RG3's guy.  Shanahan didn't want to give up draft picks to select RG3.  He wanted to use the draft to rebuild but Snyder over ruled him.

[Gavin]

Luck has 7 more TDs, 4 less INTS, and 6 less fumbles.

Right but what I mean is for a QB whos been asked to throw a lot more for the first time in his career instead of using his legs 1.6 times less per game average his stats are similar from a pure QB standpoint

[ConBro]

You know, I was going to add Tebow to that topic, as being similar, but yeah, Skip is a common bond there.

And let's not forget the last piece of the Holy Trinity, LeBron!

[James Harden]

I see Kirk as a potential franchise quarterback. Shanahan might get fired but if Kirk do good in his last 3 games, I see Redskins trading Kirk for a draft pick.

[SkyBane]

And let's not forget the last piece of the Holy Trinity, LeBron!

As far as I remembered, Skip Bayless hated LeBron. Called him "Prince James" to mock his nickname.

[dw49]

  If you would sit your injured starters after you clinch everything

 

...then you probably should sit an injured starter once you are mathematically eliminated.

 

Its only a big deal because its Robert and he's a bit of a diva

 

 

So let me make sure I have this right. He's healthy enough to start game one. After starting 13 games , he's now deemed to be "hurt " after sustaining no new injuries. The reports I heard was they want to AVOID any injuries that will interfere with the offseason stuff.

 

Lot different than what you have now posted twice.