Thought on RG3 Getting Benched

Colt McCoy (center) gets the starting job

Griffin is probably depressed

(via SBNation)

Robert Griffin has been benched in favor of Colt McCoy, who started the season as the 3rd string quarterback.  Griffin's play over the past 3 weeks has been terrible in what otherwise would have been winnable games for Washington- which has all but knocked out Washington out of playoff contention.

I will say that perhaps Griffin is not necessarily done as a starting QB but he certainly has not been improving in his last three starts.  He keeps making the same critical mistakes

• Not reading defenses and finding the open receiver, perhaps because of his inability to learn the offense
• Unable to navigate the pocket and throw the ball away
• Taking unnecessary hits
• Accuracy, particularly on deep throws, has been below average

The benching will give Griffin more time to work on these aspects of his game and could provide Griffin with some extra motivation.  After all, Colt McCoy has improved since his poor start in Cleveland.  

Still, Griffin has not really earned the starting job even since preseason.  It seems to have to do more to do with how much Washington had given up to acquire Griffin in the first place or his play since his rookie year.  Still, Griffin has been a shell of that player since that knee injury where fans were wondering why Griffin was not taken out of the game.  

This is what the St. Louis Rams have

gotten in return for RG3

(via reddit.com)

Griffin will not get a chance to face off against Andrew Luck who was selected ahead of Griffin as the #1 overall pick.  What was supposed to be a budding rivalry turns into a battle of Colt (McCoy) vs the Colts.