Every week I make a vow: Ease up on the Robert Griffin III stuff. Then I talked to someone esle who provided good insight (this week: Ty Detmer) into a different aspect of Griffin’s potential impact and I change my mind.
Why Detmer? Because he played in a pass-heavy (albeit more of a pro-style attack) at BYU and won the Heisman. Plus he played with Michael Vick in Atlanta. Add it up: More RG3. I’m guessing you’re not disappointed (this is where I offer the disclaimer that anything can still happen and maybe, in a grand upset, the Colts choose him). Anyway, back to the RG3 love-in.
Detmer compared him to Vick, whom he played with for two seasons.
“Mike wasn’t great at anticipating throws and reading the defenses where Robert threw for a ton of yards and he is more polished as a passer than Vick was coming out for sure,” said Detmer, a high school coach in Texas who saw Griffin play several times. “He was making reads down the field and cutting it loose on time and in rhythm. As a passer he’s much further along than a guy like Vick was coming out of Tech.”
Detmer also echoed what others have said: Griffin’s presence (and Andrew Luck for that matter) will help in the run game. He’ll also face a more reserved rush than other quarterbacks. What about the transition to taking snaps from under center rather than shotgun? Not a big deal Detmer said.
Besides, he said, “It helps you make quicker reads.”
Also, I caught up with former Redskins center Casey Rabach. Funny thing is: I heard him on 106.7 The Fan last week and remembered that I had called him a few weeks ago. Right after his interview ended, I turned off the radio and my phone rang. Yep, Casey.
Rabach’s shoulder is still not 100 percent. In fact he failed a physical in Washington this offseason (not here for any sort of return to the Redskins). He’s going to arbitration; the Redskins passed him in their physical last summer but in hindsight if he’s not getting passed now, then how could he have passed before camp?
“I’d love to play. But I don’t want to go fail another physical again. I’m trying to get healthy,” he said.
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