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The Redskins have announced what we have known for months since the Redskins mortgaged their future to take the player they expect to be their savior, Robert Griffin III. Robert Griffin III is an explosive QB from Baylor, a Heisman Trophy winner, and touted as being a young man with the potential to be an elite QB in the NFL for years to come. Many people questioned what was given up in order to be able to draft him, but at this point, let’s not muddy the celebration.
Redskins nation, stop looking in the past and let’s look ahead to the future, we finally have a QB that we expect to be our franchise QB for the next decade. We hope to one day be like the New York Giants, who had been the victim of the media blasting their trade for Eli Manning, and be able to refer to the Lombardi trophies that this trade brings to the Washington Redskins.
Former Redskins Quarter Back Donovan McNabb reacted to the News of Robert Griffin III (RG3) coming to the Redskins by stating that he does not believe the Baylor QB will be a good fit with Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan. According to McNabb, he was not used well during his time with the Redskins in 2010 before his trade to the Vikings. There are fears that RG3 will face the same issue under Shanahan, and according to McNabb, with the Redskins, egos are involved when it comes to decision making. Donovan McNabb went further to point out the fact that Shanahan has not been lucky with other QB’s such as Rex Grossman and John Beck.
The Washington Redskins were riding high heading into the start of Free Agency, they just pulled the trigger on a trade to bring in the second overall pick, which barring any surprises, will be used to draft Baylors QB, Robert Griffin III. Additionally the Redskins were ready to be big spenders in the offseason and bulk up on offensive weapons. Their primary target on March 13th was rumored to be the 6’5″ explosive wide receiver, Vincent Jackson. However, just one day before Free Agency kicked off, the Redskins got wind of the news that they were going to lose $36 million in cap space over the next two seasons.
The Washington Redskins can defer all of the cap hit to the 2013 season if they would like, take it all now, or spread it out however they want over the next seasons, but due to their attempt to find a loophole in the uncapped year, the Redskins will pay the price, and that price may be enough to prevent them from getting their targeted offensive weapon. No official statement from the NFL has been made yet, but expect the Redskins to reconsider breaking the bank on Vincent Jackson if they have to absorb a $36 million cap hit over the next two seasons.
With the initial reports on Friday saying that Gregg Williams and his defensive players with the New Orleans Saints paid each other for not just big hits, but hits that injured players and forced players to be taken off the field on carts, it was only a matter of time before the Washington Redskins became a target. The reason that the Washington Redskins are now being targeted is not because of a separate bounty system ran by the current team, but because of the potential for a similar bounty system having been in place when Gregg Williams was the defensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins prior to leaving for the New Orleans Saints. Just like the saying, where there’s smoke, there’s fire, well that’s the case here. Not only are the Redskins being investigated for the bounty system they had a few years ago, but Tony Dungy is also blaming the Redskins, who at the time had Gregg Williams as their defensive coordinator, for the start of Peyton Mannings problems with his neck.
Not much has come out in regards to how detailed the Washington Redskins bounty system was under Gregg Williams, or if Jim Zorn or Dan Snyder even knew it existed, but the evidence has leaked and it has been made apparent that players did, at the very least, have side bets for making significant plays. However, it has yet to be reported if money was paid for hits that injured players during Gregg Williams years as the Washington Redskins defensive coordinator.
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In their quest to get a decent QB to replace QB Rex Grossman at the FedEx field, the Redskins are looking to possibly move to the Number 2 spot in the draft and get Robert Griffin III. This would mean the Redskins would have to give up their top three picks in the draft to the St. Louis Rams. Griffin ran an impressive 4.38 in a 40-yard dash at the Combine on Sunday, bringing more attention to him.
The Washington Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett has be said to recently claim the Redskins are actively working towards resolving their Quarter Back Issues, but didn’t go into more details about what the Redskins intends to do, therefore leaving room for speculations.
It is being speculated that the Redskins are considering going after top QB’s such as Matt Flynn and Peyton Manning. For a team that has started 13 different quarterbacks since 2000, it is important that they get it right this time. Hopefully, we get find out sooner than later who the next QB will be and hopefully, this QB will take the Redskins to greater heights.
Redskins News | Craig | 
April 27, 2012 12:21 am | 
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