One Play Away

Every coach from Pee Wee to Pros in any sport preaches that if you are a backup you are one play away from being a starter and you need to be ready when it is your turn.  We all witnessed as I recall a Saturday afternoon NFL playoff game in 2012 when the Washington Redskins were in the playoffs with their rookie quarterback leading the way RGIII.  There was  a play in which III was tackled and he came up limping after running with the ball.  He would not come out of the game.  The longer the game went the worse his limp was and since that day RGIII has not been the same player.

There are times when managers go to the mound to pull a pitcher out of the game and the pitcher talks his way out of staying in the game.  Managers and coaches have to do what is best for the team.  There is no way Mike Shanahan should have left III in the game with the way he was dragging his leg around.

The following summer during camp III kept telling everyone he would be ready the first game of the season and he had no practice time at all and went into the first game unprepared and never really healed and had a terrible second season.  I don't know who in the Redskins organization has to make a call on a player playing or not but it surely seems to me that playing when injured just maybe is costing RGIII his football career.

All the hoopla surrounding the Redskins there doesn't seem to be one player that has spoke out in support of III.  Somewhere along the way he lost the respect of his teammates.  Was it already that way his rookie year but because winning cures all ?  III like many players has been in hot water plenty over social media.  Just maybe III is one of those guys that is a prima donna and his welcome has worn out in Washington.  His ability to lead a team has evaporated.

You know the two worse run football organization in pro football are Washington and Dallas.  Jerry Jones thinks he knows more football than anybody else and they have won two playoff games since  he got rid of Jimmy Johnson  and  "How bout them Cowboys" coach Barry Switzer.  Daniel Snyder  just happens to be a guy with a lot of money and too much of a fan over knowing football inner workings.