I wish they had benched RG3 for the rest of the pointless season, let him FULLY heal, keep him practicing and developing. He's a good QB, but until they protect him and protect his health by letting him fully heal from his injuries, then they're setting him up for failure.
Gruden is a good coach. Need to keep him too.
I don't see how RGIII is a 'good' quarterback. His fault, no ones fault, his rookie season was a fluke and NFL defenses are all too happy to see him run knowing he'll be out of the game before long. Other teams that feature the read option, Seattle, Wilson is MUCH better suited to it than Robert AND has a good O line and a great D. The 49'ers did not win the SB with Kaepernick and won't even make the playoffs this year with a good O line and great D. It's a gimmick offense especially if you get hurt most every time you take off. Wilson is the only guy making it work and he's on a great team.
So, to 'good' QB. What are the criteria?
Accuracy. Roberts not in the top half of starters when it comes to accuracy. He's not even the most accurate on this team.
Skill, fundamentals. He's awful.
Both of those are not the fault of injuries or how he's been coached and handled.
The things the team has messed up, his development, the biggest thing we hear about the success of a QB is his ability to read and react and Robert is really awful there as well but, it can be argued that had he been sat from day one and allowed to grow into understanding and doing well in the pro game, he'd have gotten it, maybe even by now. I don't see any sign of that but, it's an argument.
But, that's not what he was brought in for. He was brought in to start day one by an owner who thinks in terms of promotion and not team. The HUGE mistake was all those picks. There is no team around him, or whomever is gonna play the position. The Skins O and D lines are mid pack, at best, and that is where any good team starts, O and D line. So, the whole thing becomes academic as NO QB in the league is going to make this team better because he'll end up beat to death as well in addition to not having help from a dominant D and, worst of all, the current coach, Gruden, thinks Robert is the third best QB on the team.
It's just another Dan Snyder mess. If Snyder insists on keeping RGIII, I guess we'll find out if he can round himself into a better QB. The prospects of more depth and two good lines doesn't seem good. It takes several years to do that. Minimum. On teams that are committed to it. So, does Snyder tell his coach he has to keep working with Robert and Gruden and then it turns out RGIII simply is not that good and next season is more of the same? Does Snyder risk having a coach who is just cashing a check because he doesn't believe in what the team is doing? Does Snyder can the coach and deal with anyone willing to take the job knowing the owner decides who will play QB?
I mean, maybe you're right. Snyder's gotta see all these other teams doing well with unknowns or disfavored QB's. Maybe RGIII is really a good qb and will come around.