CultBrennan59
03-09-2012, 11:51 PM
How about we all just look at it this way... AND IN THIS ORDER....
https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1856955325/RGIII.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/405395_3069372372112_1197664112_33344875_371704324 _n.jpg
http://homelesszombie.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/rg3.jpg
I LOVE that last pic.
The first ones funny cause you can tell its a very big bodied guy with rg3s face on it haha
GTripp0012
03-09-2012, 11:52 PM
I agree.
for 3 first rounders and a 2nd...do you think we could have gotten Drew Breese?..or any pro bowl QB out there?....I say ....possibly.
This guy is an unknown commodity...and yes...the skins paid way too much...I am bummed, but at least I am hopefulYeah, though Drew Brees' franchise tag is exclusive specifically so we couldn't have signed him for less than it cost to get RG3.
The list of QBs you couldn't have got for this price is Andrew Luck, Tom Brady, Cam Newton, Philip Rivers and maybe Eli?
You probably could have gotten Matthew Stafford for this price. I think at least.
warriorzpath
03-09-2012, 11:53 PM
Now that it's official Robert Griffin III will be a Redskin, I'm very elated. I feel a since of satisfaction and I doubt seriously if RG3 will bust. He could make the pro bowl in his rookie season. But it's important that there's not an enormous amount of pressure on him. I just want to see him succeed.
But that's what seems to make him stand out from the rest- is him appearing to have the maturity to be able to handle that pressure, being a hardworker, and also a student of the game. That's what the qb busts didn't have even though they had all the talent in the world.
PFunk26
03-09-2012, 11:54 PM
One thing this deal does for us, getting it done now, is give us some leverage with courting potential free agents, especially a big time receiver.
Gotta figure out how to shore up the D and the O-line as well...not going to be easy.
But hey, chances are RG3 will be a good one for some time, but dang...can't get over the price. Hopefully this time next year I will be over it :)
This is exactly what i like about the deal, no ones lining up to play with Rex
Hail to the Redskins
03-09-2012, 11:54 PM
I know it's been posted before... but it is now time for it officially...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/dc-sports-bog/StandingArt/RGIIIhope0312a.jpg?uuid=rstwrmPPEeGJQdvjzWyqAw
Gtothearry
03-09-2012, 11:54 PM
I'd like to know RGIII's thoughts currently.....
GTripp0012
03-09-2012, 11:54 PM
True, but we may have missed out on a great QB if we didn't make the trade. Ya never know........Well, all great QBs are prospects first.
I was just saying that RG3 isn't going to carry the team and make everyone else better first year out of college. He might be better than expected in year one. He actually probably will be. But we're still not a great team yet. And this definitely hurts the ability for us to draft a great team.
We can try to sign a team still. Lots of talent out there. But it's been mixed results in the past.
SFREDSKIN
03-09-2012, 11:54 PM
We will have a made in Japan QB, RGIII was born in Japan.
mooby
03-09-2012, 11:55 PM
We traded a king's ransom for him. There is huge pressure on him starting right now.
Yeah that's another downside to this. We really have to be careful about putting the franchise on his shoulders. Too much pressure and he might be the next David Carr.
Ruhskins
03-09-2012, 11:55 PM
Yeah, though Drew Brees' franchise tag is exclusive specifically so we couldn't have signed him for less than it cost to get RG3.
The list of QBs you couldn't have got for this price is Andrew Luck, Tom Brady, Cam Newton, Philip Rivers and maybe Eli?
You probably could have gotten Matthew Stafford for this price. I think at least.
BTW Tripp, I saw on Twitter something similar to what you said some weeks ago...about Shanahan not caring about the first rounder in two or three years years.
I think it makes sense in a way. Shanahan is going to roll with RG3, get two years with him to make it work. And well if he doesn't work out, MS would be gone.