McNabb says Robert Griffin III doesn’t fit with Shanahans’ offense

Donovan McNabb was a failure playing for Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan in Washington, and McNabb thinks Robert Griffin III will be a failure in the Shanahans’ offense, too. But that won’t be Griffin’s fault.

Asked on ESPN First Take if Griffin is a good fit with the offense the Shanahans run in Washington, McNabb answered, “No.”

McNabb, who was benched in his only season playing for the Redskins, said that if the Redskins, as expected, take Griffin with the second overall pick in the NFL draft, the father-and-son Shanahan combination will try to force Griffin into their own offensive system, rather than modifying their offense to capitalize on Griffin’s strengths.

“A lot of times ego gets too involved when it comes to being in Washington,” McNabb said.

Where ego comes into play, McNabb said, is that the Shanahans think a quarterback has to fit himself into their offense — the same offense that Kyle Shanahan ran when he was the Houston Texans’ offensive coordinator — rather than tailoring their offense to accentuate the quarterback’s strengths.

“Here’s a guy coming out who’s very talented, mobile, strong arm, we’ve already heard he’s intelligent, football mind,” McNabb said of Griffin. “Are you going to cater the offense around his talent, and what he’s able to do, or are you going to bring the Houston offense with Matt Schaub over to him and have him kind of be embedded in that?”

McNabb then took a shot at both Mike Shanahan and the other quarterbacks who have played for them, saying that Shanahan hasn’t had success with a quarterback since John Elway in the 1990s.

“We talk so much about Mike Shanahan and the things he was able to do in Denver,” McNabb said. “Well, I have a couple of names for you that Mike Shanahan — quarterbacks he’s coached — and the lack of success that he’s had.”

At that point, McNabb ran down the last decade of quarterbacks Shanahan has coached (although McNabb curiously excluded himself from the list) and proceeded to suggest that the win-loss record proves Shanahan had failed with all of them.

“We had John Beck, who was 0-4,” McNabb said. “Rex Grossman: 6-11. Jay Cutler, who was his prize possession: 17-20. Jake Plummer, a guy who had success, led them to the AFC Championship against Pittsburgh, as we know, and then benched him the next year, because he wouldn’t do what he wanted him to do. Brian Griese, who was supposed to be the heir apparent to John Elway, hasn’t had a lot of success.”

McNabb then suggested that if Shanahan can’t make the offense work with Griffin, Shanahan could be fired at the end of the season.

“I don’t think it’s a good fit,” McNabb said. “If this doesn’t work this year, if we don’t see a splash like a Cam Newton splash, this could be it. . . . How long does he have with RG3? The seat is hot right now.”

McNabb compared his own talents to Griffin’s talents, and McNabb indicated that Shanahan doesn’t know how to use a quarterback with those talents.

“I was misused,” McNabb said. “Absolutely, I was misused.”

And McNabb thinks Griffin will be misused, too.


McNabb says Robert Griffin III doesn’t fit with Shanahans’ offense | ProFootballTalk

:applause:

Finally someone telling it how it is instead of sucking off RG3.

I feel McNabb but bringing in a rookie and he's probably going to be your day one starter. I think a new system is going to be in place to make sure he excels. They are probably going to cater to what he can do.

oh he mad [pic]


Didn't read all that !! but I'm gonna[..]ume the race card was pulled

This nicca McNabb compared his athletic ability to RG3 [pic]



"I was misused" [pic]



I only skimmed through this article and its already one of the saltiest interviews I've read

I see he's still mad [pic]

he sure don't....

everyone is dreading RGIII playing for Shanahan.... everyone knows how easy it is to ruin a good young QB in this league...

I guess he didn't fit well in the vikings system as well... this dude don't fit anywhere anymore


salty

I agree with Mr. Campbells Soup, Shanny sucks!!!!!

If he was misused, how come he sucked in Minnesota then? And how come not a single team signed him after he asked for his release? How come he's still a free agent now?

I read the whole thing. He's still mad.

I watched him speak on it this morning. They should get rid of that horrible rat face coach and the kid Robert start fresh

I advise everyone to watch or listen to the audio. This dude is salty as !!

Man McNabb doesn't fit ANYWHERE. He's my boy but he needs to STFU and bow out gracefully. From what I heard on all these TV and radio interviews and the little bit of commentary he does, he'll do horrible in that field. He's even worse than Warren Sapp, Charles Barkley, and Michael Irving.

RG3 is the next Vince young

Talent overshadowed by a dumb[..] Coach

Shanny is going to be over demanding and control the playbook and ruin RG3

how many qb's shanny has had since elway

Most QB friendly system in the league today and this angry[..] dude says he doesn't fit? Mobile QBs will ALWAYS fit this system (I say this because my boys run it, too). I'm usually a fan of D-Mac's, but not this time.

Also, Griffin's not a runner like Cam. So with that, you don't need "change" !! you do. However, those bootlegs are going to be murk for defenses. Better set those edges vs. RGIII and don't let him run wild.

!! outta here Mcnabb, how you gonna get benched for rex??[pic]

The iodine levels in his blood are too high. Dude didnt even wanna wear the wrist bracelets in dc cus he thought he knew all the plays[pic]

Kubiaks opinion>>>Mcbum

Dude never wanna take responsibility for his shortcomings. Blamed the eagles, skins, and vikings for him being a !!ty QB