RGIII undergoing total reconstructive surgery: out 6-8 months

[CASKINS]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I think he'll rush back and be starting week 1. That's just how he is, hopefully he will be OK for the rest of his career. I really hope he's not the next grant hill of the NFL

I never got the chance to play him when my parents were stationed in Texas (cove was in a different division) but yeah them Texas boys.......really passionate about football and by passionate I mean live and die for the X's and O's and when you have talent of this level you work super hard to get back on the field.....

Have him hang with AP during the offseason

[SCRedskinsFan]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I think he'll rush back and be starting week 1. That's just how he is, hopefully he will be OK for the rest of his career. I really hope he's not the next grant hill of the NFL

There'll be no way to keep him off the field if he says he's OK and the doc says he's OK, and he's moving like RG moves normally...

If Kirk plays lights out in pre-season MS will have a real problem on his hand with RG when the season starts. No way does RG sit if healthy and "fully healed". And who decides what "fully healed" means? Well, you gotta start with the Doc, right behind him RG. If those two agree MS has very little choice.

It all has the makings of wonderful drama come August/September for all of us...

[CultBrennan59]

I predicted in the other thread that RG3 wouldn't be back until october, I'm definitely sticking with that prediction. No way in hell is going to be playing for us week 1.

Another thing to look at is our schedule. Maybe Goodell makes our schedule really tough to knock us out of playoff contention early so theres a new team that can win the east. Maybe Goodell gives us an easy 4 game schedule to start the season until RG3 comes back. Maybe he gives us all the big games (Atlanta, Denver, San Fran) later in the season so that RG3 will be ready by then and therefore more viewers.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

I predicted in the other thread that RG3 wouldn't be back until october, I'm definitely sticking with that prediction. No way in hell is going to be playing for us week 1.

Another thing to look at is our schedule. Maybe Goodell makes our schedule really tough to knock us out of playoff contention early so theres a new team that can win the east. Maybe Goodell gives us an easy 4 game schedule to start the season until RG3 comes back. Maybe he gives us all the big games (Atlanta, Denver, San Fran) latter in the season so that RG3 will be ready by then and therefore more viewers.

I love conspiracy theorists. You realize that Goodell has basically zero to do with the schedule, right?

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

I love conspiracy theorists. You realize that Goodell has basically zero to do with the schedule, right?

Then who makes up the schedule, Mr. Paintrain?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Then who makes up the schedule, Mr. Paintrain?

SS can probably address this in more depth, but I assure you it's not Goodell.

I believe there is a committee that works on it.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

SS can probably address this in more depth, but I assure you it's not Goodell.

I believe there is a committee that works on it.

Everyone knows that's what Santa's elves do one they're done with Xmas.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Then who makes up the schedule, Mr. Paintrain?

Originally Posted by Mattyk

SS can probably address this in more depth, but I assure you it's not Goodell.

I believe there is a committee that works on it.

SS used to work on the schedule. There are alot of posts in a thread earlier this year where he shares some insights, but here are some highlights:

http://http://www.thewarpath.net/red...tml#post909977

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

It's a beast of a job. Working on scheduling was one of my most demanding, yet satisfying jobs ever

Yeah ESPN will build out multiple scenarios/schedules. Taking into account various factors.

There is a lot of back and forth with ESPN and the league (and indirectly the other networks). For example, let's say the NFL tells NBC we want that Bucanneers vs. Falcons game in early October because ESPN working on renewing a deal with the cable affiliate in Tampa and we want to apply some pressure marketing and heavy advertising in October, then the NFL will come back to ESPN and say "that Ravens game you wanted in November, NBC wants that now in exchange for giving you the Tampa game."

Or Fox could say we've got no room on the schedule for a 1pm Dolphins game and Miami doesn't want it at 4pm because the Heat are already playing at home and traffic would be a mess, so the NFL puts them on the road that week and so on.

Ultimately, it's what the NFL wants to do. But there is a lot of back and forth negotiating.

There are also contractual obligations regarding prime time games. Some that are known, like max number of prime time games for each team. Others that are not as well known, such as geographic obligations.

From ESPN's end, there are no computer simulated scenarios. It's all people operated.

And yes, 100+ game seasons are insane. Tennis is particularly difficult.

At ESPN in particular, there are specific teams of people assigned to various sports as well as news and info.

So everybody will work on their own schedules and casually interact with other sport teams.

Then every Tuesday morning, we'd have a free for all meeting. Well not a free for all per se, but it can get intense. "I have to schedule an NBA doubleheader this Friday. But I have to put a NASCAR race on ESPN2 at 9pm. But PBA bought 2 hours of time for a bowling tournament. But I have to get 18 hours of tennis programming in this week and 55% has to be on ESPN or ESPN2. But we're expecting the NFL to make their announcement this Friday night so we have to be prepared to go all night with SportsCenter. And so on.

Lot of "fun" to work through all the scenarios.

In the thread, SS linked to this interesting article that goes into more detail. Its a really interesting read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/sp...agewanted=all&

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Then who makes up the schedule, Mr. Paintrain?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/sp...anted=all&_r=0

There's this awesome free service available to those using the World Wide Web called Google. It allows you to search for information by simply entering a few key words. There are similar services like Bing, Yahoo, etc.

I'm not sure if they've been tested but at first use, they seem to be slightly more accurate than extracting information from your anus.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/sp...anted=all&_r=0

There's this awesome free service available to those using the World Wide Web called Google. It allows you to search for information by simply entering a few key words. There are similar services like Bing, Yahoo, etc.

I'm not sure if they've been tested but at first use, they seem to be slightly more accurate than extracting information from your anus.

Next time you ask a question on this site, I'm going to reference you to google and end my statement with a "F*ck you, Have a nice day!"

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

I predicted in the other thread that RG3 wouldn't be back until october, I'm definitely sticking with that prediction. No way in hell is going to be playing for us week 1.

Another thing to look at is our schedule. Maybe Goodell makes our schedule really tough to knock us out of playoff contention early so theres a new team that can win the east. Maybe Goodell gives us an easy 4 game schedule to start the season until RG3 comes back. Maybe he gives us all the big games (Atlanta, Denver, San Fran) later in the season so that RG3 will be ready by then and therefore more viewers.

Lets say your tinfoil hat is actually picking up some real signals from the Commish office...this scenario would just make a cupcake schedule at the end of the season when RGIII is back. 7 straight would look like child's play.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Lets say your tinfoil hat is actually picking up some real signals from the Commish office...this scenario would just make a cupcake schedule at the end of the season when RGIII is back. 7 straight would look like child's play.

I'm just throwing out different scenarios, and didn't we have at the start of the season a "brutual" schedule towards the end of our season? I believe the answer was yes (but as it turns out some of those preseason tough teams don't end up being that great by then)

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

I predicted in the other thread that RG3 wouldn't be back until october, I'm definitely sticking with that prediction. No way in hell is going to be playing for us week 1.

Another thing to look at is our schedule. Maybe Goodell makes our schedule really tough to knock us out of playoff contention early so theres a new team that can win the east. Maybe Goodell gives us an easy 4 game schedule to start the season until RG3 comes back. Maybe he gives us all the big games (Atlanta, Denver, San Fran) later in the season so that RG3 will be ready by then and therefore more viewers.

That's not how it works

Each network prepares their proposed schedule and then negotiates amongst each other with the NFL's Howard Katz having final say. There are many, many factors involved in creating the schedule

[mooby]

I think he starts the season on the pup list. And I'm ok with that, I want him to take as much time as needed so that when he comes back he's fully healthy.

[Mechanix544]

I just cannot believe that this is happening already. We had glimpses of it all season, and while we finished the season off strong, looking back, was it worth it having him out there after the first quarter against the seahawks? He was hobbling with a very intense limp. I dunno. I think maybe kirk could have won the game giving him the helm up by 14. I know its already ancient history, but having our franchise guy ALREADY with a torn ACL (his second) and a torn LCL doesn't bode well for the future. This is where he needs to become ultra cerebral, and learn to just be a pocket passer, and only a very situational scrambler.

Knowing his personality, I think its going to be tough to keep him in the pocket, even when he returns after all of this.

Get well RG3. Do not come back one SECOND before you are fully and completely healed. If it takes all of next season, so it goes. Just gives kirk a chance to show teams that he is worth that first and second rounder he will command after next season!!!!