Jay Gruden you are our only hope

I wish I had a withering retort for that, but I don't. <sigh>

I still have faith in Gruden, but it's mostly based off the fact that he inherited a sh*tty team and needs time. He's won everywhere else he's been...

Well don't get me wrong, Jay is a likable guy, and he took over a crazy train. And he's our coach. Nothing wrong with rooting for him.

Gruden and RG should set their shit aside and realize the best case scenario is to win together.

Well this is oversimplified but I look at knowledge based on how a coaches group performs. Gruden's offense underperformed every year in cincy relative to the talent. He had a ton to work with there in a superior oline they heavily invested in, arguably the best WR in football and great supporting cast around them. His group never finished in the top third of the league in points. His playoff performance is really lousy, playcalling lost cincy the playoffs last year. Giving up on the run going into the 2nd half of the game with a lead. Heard lots of football guys criticize Gruden after that. Now his group here is ranked about 26th in points.

So I hope we didn't recruit Jay for his x's anc o's. The other factor is leadership and he's failed worse there. If the supporting cast around RG was playing well Jay might have a case, but the whole offense looks unprepared and undisciplined. And now the drama, which he's in neck deep. If Jay was a leader the players would ball regardless of the QB. That's what well coached teams do. They also come out sharp after a bye.

Just as a comparison, look at the Cards. No stability at QB, injury ridden roster on both sides of the ball, very similar overall talent to what Grudens working with. I mean Larry Foote, at vet min I'm pretty sure, is playing the best of his career. Superb coaching. 9-1.

Playcalling performance? Last 5 Cincy home games of 2013 they scored 49, 41, 41, 42 34. They scored 10 points in the home playoff game against San Diego.

Gruden's offense knew how to put up points. They played a bad game with Dalton having THREE turnovers. Going 17 for 34 and passing for 170.

I heard a lot of "football guys" criticize Andy Dalton for turning into a turnover machine when the pressure is on.

A "lot of football guys" always criticize everything when you lose. Football is situational. Having some vague criticism of abandoning the run without more is just kind of silly.

San Diego's defense was balling during that game too. They sacked Dalton 6 times behind that elite offensive line. I'm sure you have the game film and Jay was calling 7 step drop after 7 step drop though

I'm not a "football guy" but I know when there is a film breakdown with video showing a play where every single receiver on the field is wide freakin open (against Tampa Bay) and our QB can't hit any of them, then the x's and o's might not be the problem bro. Beyond that single play, there was play after play where the film showed open receivers.

When our receivers are getting open on the plays the coaches are calling and Alfmo is running for nearly 100 yards it isn't x's and o's.

But if he were to turn into Vince Lombardi and become a leader of men then our QB could read the right side of the field and throw to one of the two or three or four or five open receivers? Silly Silly Silly.

Arizona has the 2nd ranked D in the league in points per game. Don't have a problem with big changes on that side of the ball. The one issue that our defense has not had a problem with is effort. The effort is good, the execution is terrible.

I have also heard a lot of "football guys" say that winning removes any question about leadership. Unless you have some sort of secret squirrel access to the team and are observing his interaction with players then you, are getting a mere snippet of his "leadership".

Leaders don't lead from behind a podium and that is the singular view that we as fans have of Jay.

Snyder created this mess, he should get more blame then griffin.

Gruden's offense underperformed every year in cincy relative to the talent. He had a ton to work with there in a superior oline they heavily invested in, arguably the best WR in football and great supporting cast around them. His group never finished in the top third of the league in points.


Went back and looked at the rankings. Your assertion is just flat out wrong.

Gruden's offenses while in Cincy ranked as follows in points per game stat:

2011 20th
2012 12th
2013 6th

He showed steady improvement every year he was there. I would love to have that kind of trend on either side of the ball.

Do you think if we heavily invested in the same positions he could duplicate his performance in Cincy?

I think so. Instead of blowing everything up it may be smart to do as you suggest and invest heavily in the same positions. We have the same number of draft picks and the same salary cap as Cincy had. (We do now anyways.)

FWIW I think Jay is frustrated with a few peeps.....but not all or so it appears to me. Busting Roberts chops.....I hope is an attempt to break him off the Superstar mentality and rebuild him (much like the Marine Corps is famous for) in the offseason. Teach how to be a successful QB that he is capable of being. The kid is just to talented and smart to hit the Jeff George road....

I disagree. He's not talented, or doesn't have a top skill set to be a great QB.

Went back and looked at the rankings. Your assertion is just flat out wrong.

Gruden's offenses while in Cincy ranked as follows in points per game stat:

2011 20th
2012 12th
2013 6th

He showed steady improvement every year he was there. I would love to have that kind of trend on either side of the ball.

Do you think if we heavily invested in the same positions he could duplicate his performance in Cincy?

I think so. Instead of blowing everything up it may be smart to do as you suggest and invest heavily in the same positions. We have the same number of draft picks and the same salary cap as Cincy had. (We do now anyways.)

Yeah bud I missed 2013 stat, is that what you're referring to? Nothing personal on my end hope your day gets better.

Yeah bud I missed 2013 stat, is that what you're referring to? Nothing personal on my end hope your day gets better.

No worries. Sorry.

Haha. Me too. We'll see at 4:25.

I'm really mad because I see Sunday ticket on the bill every month and we have 3 wins.

I like Gruden. He's got a hell of a job. As for RG3 and whether he's our qb of the future or not, I'm so over the drama it's only hurt in our franchise and made it a big joke. These boards this year have been so negative it's awful.

I believe in Gruden. He's sitting in a situation he never would have imagined when signing on here and he's handling it well, as much as people don't believe.

He's exactly what the Redskins as a franchise need.

He's not going to let a QB, who's been in the league less than 3 years, run his team.

He's not going to allow anybody who misses team meetings (Amerson) to play on Sunday. Even if we're hurting at that position.

He's also not guaranteeing anybody a job because they're starters this year. Each and every player on this roster is going to EARN their spot. (Seattle anybody??)

We finally have a coach who is going to set the tone and get his players to respect and buy in to HIM. This is a team sport and he's not going to allow any players to rise above that fact.

Anybody who wants to get rid of Gruden needs to realize that this is what we've done for the past 15 years and where are we? We FINALLY have a competent coach who can motivate (the right) players. Getting rid of him starts yet ANOTHER rebuild which we don't need.

We need consistency and cohesiveness. Gruden can establish that.

When he put Colt Mc Coy in, he will seal his own fate.