Report: Grossman prepped to replace McNabb on Sunday

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Report: Grossman prepped to replace McNabb on Sunday


Posted Dec. 12, 2010 @ 12:37 p.m. ET
By PFW staff
The quarterback controversy we saw with the Redskins in Week Eight could return on Sunday. Fox Sports' Jay Glazer is reporting that the Redskins are prepping backup QB Rex Grossman to play if starter Donovan McNabb struggles Sunday against the Buccaneers. Offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan informed his staff of the possibility.
In Week Eight, Grossman replaced McNabb for the team's two-minute drill. McNabb was rewarded a contract extension a couple weeks later.
McNabb has thrown 12 touchdowns and 15 interceptions this season for the 5-7 Redskins, completing just 57.9 percent of his passes. His 15 picks are already a career high.
The way we see it
If Grossman does replace McNabb on Sunday it would just add to the soap opera involving the Redskins' club under Mike Shanahan this season. Grossman, an eighth-year veteran, completed 4-of-7 passes when he replaced McNabb in his only game action this season.

5teamparlay said:

http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/12/12/report-grossman-prepped-to-replace-mcnabb-on-sunda
Report: Grossman prepped to replace McNabb on Sunday


Posted Dec. 12, 2010 @ 12:37 p.m. ET
By PFW staff
The quarterback controversy we saw with the Redskins in Week Eight could return on Sunday. Fox Sports' Jay Glazer is reporting that the Redskins are prepping backup QB Rex Grossman to play if starter Donovan McNabb struggles Sunday against the Buccaneers. Offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan informed his staff of the possibility.
In Week Eight, Grossman replaced McNabb for the team's two-minute drill. McNabb was rewarded a contract extension a couple weeks later.
McNabb has thrown 12 touchdowns and 15 interceptions this season for the 5-7 Redskins, completing just 57.9 percent of his passes. His 15 picks are already a career high.
The way we see it
If Grossman does replace McNabb on Sunday it would just add to the soap opera involving the Redskins' club under Mike Shanahan this season. Grossman, an eighth-year veteran, completed 4-of-7 passes when he replaced McNabb in his only game action this season.

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Um, Maybe Grossman should Replace Graham Gano
That's Who cost them the game Yesterday.....Not McNabb !

Good point, but McNabb looks like shit out there.

mplastered said:

Good point, but McNabb looks like shit out there.

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2 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, 228 yards, 62.9% completion rate...

I thought mcnabb played decent , what about that missed hold

YTD
77.1 rating 14 TD, 15 int. 37 sacks ( has lost his timing and mobility.
Yesterday doesn't make a season.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...r-Grossman-Redskins-players-fu?urn=nfl-297400

Fri Dec 17 11:46am EST
McNabb benched for Grossman, Redskins players furious

By Chris Chase

The ongoing soap opera in Washington took another twist on Friday as the Redskins announced that their $40 million quarterback, Donovan McNabb(notes), will be benched for Sunday's game in favor of Rex Grossman(notes). It was just eight months ago that McNabb was hailed as the team's savior following a trade from Philadelphia and only 32 days since he signed that massive contract extension to stay in Washington.
Now, he's a backup quarterback to a guy who's started one game in the past three seasons.
Redskins players are not happy. "The guys are extremely pissed," one player told NFL.com's Jason La Canfora. He reports that Redskins players think offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is using McNabb as a scapegoat for his own failures.
It's a valid point. Shanahan's ego seems out of control. (Head coach Mike or Kyle, take your pick.) The father-son combination seem intent on placing the blame for the Redskins' failures on anyone but themselves. Albert Haynesworth(notes), Hunter Smith(notes) -- it's always someone else's fault.
Why point the finger at yourself when it's easier to point it elsewhere. Distract everyone by benching McNabb and that will take blame away from all the coaching, personnel and execution failures that have tripped up the team this year. (That's the theory, at least.) Even though going with Grossman will draw Mike and Kyle a ton of heat, the criticism will be about this decision, not the dozens of other ones that have backfired. They're using the tried-and-true D.C. trick of getting out in front of the story and creating their own narrative.
What's going to be lost in all of this is that McNabb has been a thoroughly mediocre quarterback this season. His numbers are pedestrian (3,377 yards, 14 touchdowns, 15 interceptions) and he constantly misses easy throws that can be the difference between wins and losses. The 2010 season has proved one thing: Andy Reid knew what he was doing when he traded McNabb within the NFC East.
Still, anyone who thinks Rex Grossman gives the Redskins a better chance on Sunday than Donovan McNabb is out of their mind. To that effect, benching McNabb only makes sense if the Redskins have no intention of bringing him back for the 2011 season. Yes, the QB signed that huge extension last month, but it was written with enough out clauses that the 'Skins could cut him in the offseason and only have to eat $3.75 million as a result. If this hastens that process, then Redskins fans should be all for it. The team needs to start over. An aging, injury-prone quarterback isn't the cornerstone for a rebuilding effort.
But things aren't always what they seem at Redskins Park. The last time the Shanahan boys benched McNabb, they signed him to that contract extension before he set foot on the field again. I doubt even they know where the Washington Redskins go from here.

Shanny throwing another player under the bus. Not taking responsibility for failing the team as a coach