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Is There Still Hope for the Future of the Redskins?

Found January 08, 2013 on Blog So Hard Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Hope. Hope is a powerful thing, and for many of us that’s what Robert was and is for us. He embodies the Hope for a brighter future here in D.C., but that Hope can be a dangerous thing. This morning when I woke up I felt sick. Sick knowing that after all his hard work and dedication to this franchise Robert Griffin III will have to spend his first NFL off-season not enjoying some well deserved rest but instead focusing on rehabbing a partially torn ACL and LCL, which according to most well respected sports doctors in the country familiar with that injury say it can be anywhere up to 8 months recovery time. Like every other fan in Redskins Nation and media outlet in the country I placed the blame FIRMLY on head coach Mike Shanahan, but after taking a moment to look at the last year in review I think that I too am to blame in some respects for the decision coach Shanahan made last Sunday and for most of the season putting Robert in danger to win. Here in the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virgi...
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1 Comment:
  • A healthy Cousins would have been better than a hurt Griffen. He should have been pulled after the second drive. It was clear that his preformance had been compromised. Considering how quite the front office has been on the subject leads one to beleave there was presure on the coach to leave him in.
    by Chowhound   January 09, 2013   Reply    
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