thefinishline 11/03/10
What’s Happening At Redskins Park?
by Shawn Brown
As the House of Representatives shifts hands, could the Quarterback position in Washington be headed in the same direction? On Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions with the Skins down 31-25, Head Coach Mike Shanahan pulled starting QB Donovan McNaab and replaced him with backup Rex Grossman with less than 2 minutes left in the game. A couple of days later the organization is trying out former QB’s Oakland Raiders Jamarcus Russell and Buffalo Bills J.P. Losman. Huh?
What’s happening here? Shanahan stated in a press conference that he pulled McNaab due to his lack of endurance. Okay, so does that mean he doesn’t trust him in a critical situation like a 2-minute drill?
I have a few more questions. Why pull you starter who’s kept you in the game up to this point with potential to win, and replace him with a backup that is cold on the sidelines? Did Rex Grossman really have a better chance to win the game than Donovan? What message does a move like that send to the team?
I am really puzzled about this move by Coach Shanahan. In press conferences both McNaab and Shanahan move forward as though there is no tension between them, but I must admit that I think something stinks in Ashburn. Maybe I’m just reading more into this than I should. But I honestly can’t recall the last time this happened where the outcome was a good one. Who knows, now with Randy Moss up for grabs, the Redskins may realize their receiver corps is a larger problem to solve and look to improve their receiver corps with a playmaker that is badly needed, instead of medaling with the quarterback position. Wisdom anyone?
As the House of Representatives shifts hands, could the Quarterback position in Washington be headed in the same direction? On Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions with the Skins down 31-25, Head Coach Mike Shanahan pulled starting QB Donovan McNaab and replaced him with backup Rex Grossman with less than 2 minutes left in the game. A couple of days later the organization is trying out former QB’s Oakland Raiders Jamarcus Russell and Buffalo Bills J.P. Losman. Huh?
What’s happening here? Shanahan stated in a press conference that he pulled McNaab due to his lack of endurance. Okay, so does that mean he doesn’t trust him in a critical situation like a 2-minute drill?
I have a few more questions. Why pull you starter who’s kept you in the game up to this point with potential to win, and replace him with a backup that is cold on the sidelines? Did Rex Grossman really have a better chance to win the game than Donovan? What message does a move like that send to the team?
I am really puzzled about this move by Coach Shanahan. In press conferences both McNaab and Shanahan move forward as though there is no tension between them, but I must admit that I think something stinks in Ashburn. Maybe I’m just reading more into this than I should. But I honestly can’t recall the last time this happened where the outcome was a good one. Who knows, now with Randy Moss up for grabs, the Redskins may realize their receiver corps is a larger problem to solve and look to improve their receiver corps with a playmaker that is badly needed, instead of medaling with the quarterback position. Wisdom anyone?