Friday, August 21, 2015

Redskins player on RG3: 'How do you keep sending him out there?'

After watching Robert Griffin III get beat up Thursday night, the Twitter debate raged on: Should the Washington Redskins have even sent him out there for the fourth series?
That's, of course, the series on which Griffin got hurt, suffering a concussion. The first three series, Griffin was hit five times and sacked twice. Left tackle Trent Williams wasn't playing, first-round pick Brandon Scherff was getting worked over and the entire O-line was just a hot mess.
On the one hand, the Redskins' offense clearly needs the work. On the other, do you really want your starting QB getting slaughtered out there?
Twitter raged on it. Redskins head coach Jay Gruden defended the process. I decided to reach out to a player this morning to find out his thoughts.
He obviously didn't want to reveal his identity; he's in an awkward situation in a fractious locker room. But he did feel strongly about what happened Thursday night against the Detroit Lions.
"How do you keep sending him out there?" the player said.
It's a fair question given what we saw. But again, how do you get better without game work with the first offense?
"With Trent not out there, with the other guys struggling, you pull [RG3] there," he said. "No question."
It's one opinion. It might not be right. But it's a strong take on what remains the ever-touchy situation with Griffin, the Redskins and Gruden.

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