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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
Oh no...don't backtrack.
****ing people thinking this guy is the resurgence of Fran Tarkenton.
Griffin is a 6'1", 215 lbs. guy that relied on his legs to make the downfield play. He was going to get destroyed and yet everyone around here thought he was the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Concussion earlier. Legs now.
How happy are the Redskins giving up those picks now?
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RG3 can still be an exceptional pocket guy. He's made several plays from the poclet going through reads that are fantastic. For example, early in the Dallas (1) game, he ran a PA bubble screen on a doubles LT, in which he sold PA (might have been a ZR but the way it developed I doubt it iirc) and then pumped to the bubble, looked down the field on the left 9 route, and then *checked it down* to a TE on a 9yd in-dig.
Granted, I'm trying to recall this from memory and will have to rewatch to make sure it is accurate, but I do know that Griffin went through a minimum of 2 reads before checking it down to a 9 yd gain that wasn't probably supposed to be his check down. I think he's more than a competent pocket passer and can be elite despite scheme. JMHO though.