@orion said:

Agreed.....definitely worth the shot.....dude has a high pedigree and youth on his side....so, to me, a smart move aimed at getting better(at a very difficult position to fill)......a rock worth turning, so to speak....

Now.....drafting Kessler in the 3rd????......that was much more annoying to me.....why?.....cause 3rds will bring you good players and I knew they'd burn that 3rd....then.....we'd be talking about burning another high pick this year to fill the same position......and that is exactly whats happening....

Let's hope they dont do the same thing this year.....either grab the best one.....or pick a project late.....but PLEASE dont pick a project early.....(like they just did)

One thing... it will test RG's ability to adjust. His best drive, our only drive, was filled with short to intermediate passes.. many of which were from rolled pockets.

I hope he wears a glove... can't watch more slippery throws after last week.

@gftchris said:

Including the two so far?

No...

Back to RG III: Just read that Robert has the two worst starts of ANY Browns QB this year. Lord help us. And to make matters worse, he's playing AGAIN this week, AND the weather will somehow be WORSE. I'm sorry guys, but we might have another poopfest. I officially have zero hope for RG III this game. If we were playing in a dome, or somewhere with decent weather...I'd say we might have a chance to connect on some deep bombs, but you saw him try and throw it deep last week in those conditions. It was awful.

*sigh*

@tour2ma said:

Including the two so far?

@hoorta said:

Imma go with 3...

@orion said:

My question is just how much of a shot are we going to give him? It's obvious Kessler has way better accuracy and makes better decisions.

@wargograw said:

Agreed orion. I see no reason to get incensed. TCPO laid out that case when we signed him. He either was awesome and we had our guy, or he wasn't and we took our guy at 1 overall.

The only thing I got incensed about was Griffin's 38 qbr against the Bengals. As above, how many of those will it take to convince Hue to bench him?

RG's 2017 is not fully guaranteed, but he would get $1.75mm in walking money and an added $1.5mm if he is sent away after making the 53-man. Still a very affordable audition considering he made "the earth move."

At least that's the way I read his numbers...

http://overthecap.com/player/robert-griffin-iii/1459/

@orion said:

And his contract is not guaranteed for next year so it doesn't cost the team anything to send him packing if it doesn't work out. It was a very low risk/high reward gamble.

@hoorta said:

Didn't cost any draft picks.....just a few dollars.....was worth a shot.

I give up. He just doesn't see stuff except one......at......a.........time.

Just doesn't have that ability to see the field quickly.

@tour2ma said:

@the-gipper said:

No... not with that D... not on the field.

But the Rams' locker room was toxic after the game. Gurley was openly talking about going thru the motions... just getting paid. Press took those comments to team-leader Oggletree who basically said he'd kick Todd's ass.

More then likely that sealed Fisher's fate if it needed any sealing.

@the-gipper said:

I suspect some people made money Sunday just betting that Griffin would stay upright in this game.

Nope... I took the 4-game parlay...

@hoorta said:

Yup, throws in the dirt, or 10 feet over the guys head. Or you didn't notice the triple coverage?

Nope... because there wasn't triple coverage as the all-22, in-game replay clearly showed.

TP was doubled. CC was singled. The other Safety was playing centerfield. The pass lacked so much zip the centerfielder simply had time to join the double.

The bigger question for our staff is wtf tipped the play. No one bit on the flea. Everyone played the flicker. And it wasn't as if that's an everyday play from the 2...

@bbedward said:

if they had offered 50 cent beers, you would have seen better tackling technique in the stands than on the field in our case. that alone would have offered incredible entertainment..

Are you freeking serious?

http://nypost.com/2016/12/12/rams-finally-pull-plug-on-jeff-fisher-at-strange-time/

I guess you could call that extension a Golden Parachute of sorts for a guy they knew they were letting go.

@jiggins7919 said:

jiggins, MHO here's the possibilities why Hue wants to keep the RG III experiment going.

1) He's blind.

2) Really believes Griffin was just "rusty".

3) Doesn't want to admit signing Robert was a humongous mistake.

4) Loves the fact RG III can throw the ball out of the stadium, (unlike Kessler) but overlooks where it's coming down is a mystery.

5) Secretly is pining for that #1 overall pick, though that's probably unlikely.

If he sticks with Griff- it will be his albatross. Haslam may not interfere, but if our crack analytics guys come to the conclusion RG III is a lost cause, they'll have no hesitation sending him packing after the season.

@tour2ma said:

I see the high ball to Devalve as just another evidence of grip issues which were in ample evidence all game with the exception of the TD drive.

It's occurred to me that grip strength could be just a piece of a more general, literal, arm-strength issue. How many weeks in a sling? How many more of reduced inactivity? When did strengthening rehab begin?

Seemed like when he did cut loose, then he was trying throws his mind remembered his arm being capable of... but the arm (hand) failed.

Then there's the whole other issue of the mind obviously processing about a beat and a half slow...

... except for that one drive.

Yup, throws in the dirt, or 10 feet over the guys head. Or you didn't notice the triple coverage?

@the-gipper said:

The Rams may be worse than the Browns and the 49ers at this point. Really.

Well record wise- we can't catch the Rams, but their Front Office might just have passed the Browns in stupidity. Breaking news. After signing Jeff Fisher to a contract extension- they just fired him. When I saw that on NFL.com, my jaw almost hit the floor.

@hoorta said:

The Rams may be worse than the Browns and the 49ers at this point. Really.