And when you think about it COVID kinda is taking the trajectory of his career.
He had one really prolific year and then events outside of his control fucked him up and he was never the same again. If you think of Dan Snyder as the WHO and the fucked ACL as the global vaccine rollout the analogy kinda holds up better than most.
Do not ever forget Mike Shanahan running a broken RG3 out against Seattle in the playoffs. Also remember Shanahan never wanted RG3 as his QB and it is a legit opinion that Shanahan purposely forced an injured RG3 to keep playing knowing he would just make it worse.
Washington had no answer for Seattle's pass rush that game and with RG3 being broken, he couldn't avoid the pressure. Shanahan sacrificed RG3 that day and I wish it got more attention how awful Shanahan is.
I always thought it was less shanahan, and more Snyder, RG3, and RG3's dad had so much political clout together, that they sent RG3 back out. After fighting against them the whole year, Shanahan basically said "Fuck it. If RG3 and the Owner wants to wreck his career let him. Cousins was the QB I wanted anyway."
Yeah. He limped onto the field terribly, the first snap was low, he turned to recover the ball and crumpled. The idea of having him back on that field was so unbelievably idiotic for a franchise qb.
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u/deg0ey Apr 23 '21
And when you think about it COVID kinda is taking the trajectory of his career.
He had one really prolific year and then events outside of his control fucked him up and he was never the same again. If you think of Dan Snyder as the WHO and the fucked ACL as the global vaccine rollout the analogy kinda holds up better than most.