The Washington Redskins pulled out of a tough 3-6 hole last season with seven straight wins, but this year the team is in last place in the NFC East and criticism is mounting for quarterback Robert Griffin III and head coach Mike Shanahan and based on how RG3 has played, will Shanahan be fired before next season?
That question will likely be answered with how the Redskins finish the season, but so far things have not been good and now the team is behind the Giants, who started off the year 0-6 and now are very hot after winning four straight games. The teams will play twice in the back stretch of the season and the latest issues for the Redskins come after a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and are after Griffin made a terrible play that clinched the game, throwing an interception on a deep ball in the end zone that he said he was trying to throw away.
According to ESPN.com, Santana Moss hit the radio and threw some criticism at Griffin, saying that RG3 needs to take the blame and responsibility more often, something that has been said in the past numerous times. Moss said that he should take blame even if it wasn't his fault because he is the franchise quarterback and he has a point, as Griffin pointed fingers at everything but himself after tossing the terrible throw. He blamed the play calling, coaching staff, defense for trying to sack him and while he said he was trying to throw the ball out of the endzone and it didn't go where he wanted, he still didn't take blame. Griffin has some attitude issues and this is nothing new.
This is not a new issue for Griffin, but one that has been sort of pushed back and ignored by many fans and the media after the great season in 2012. Griffin has always had this sort of "attitude" about himself and it can be heard often when he is speaking in press conferences and to the media and it's hard to put an exact word on it about what he says and how he says it, but it's there. I apologize that I can't describe it how I would like, and don't get me wrong, I think Griffin is a great player, but there has always been an element missing - maybe it's leadership, maybe it's about taking blame - but there' always been an air of (I don't want to say entitlement) but something that makes Griffin not look so great and clearly now it's starting to build up.
Griffin and Shanahan have never been the best of friends and Moss highlights a good point in the fact that Griffin NEVER comes out to say that things were on him. As argued on PTI on Tuesday, it doesn't matter what a quarterback does or whose fault it was, being a leader and ebbing a QB in the NFL means taking the blame even when it's not your fault.
The Redskins had a great run last season and many wanted to anoint them Super Bowl champions this season without any thought, but clearly that has not worked out. The team plays San Francisco on Monday night football this weekend and that is a huge and must win game for the team.