Robert Griffin III
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545 appearances
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 23 May
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When I hear quarterbacks talk about sliding who were not mobile guys. They don't have as many opportunities to be put in those positions, whereas Jaden Daniels, Caleb Williams, Trevor Lawrence, Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson. These guys are being put in these situations five, 10, 15 times a game. So my belief is, yes, sliding is a mechanism to protect the quarterback.
You don't take sliding out of the game. But I can also understand from a defensive side why they get mad when Patrick Mahomes does a fake slide. Or when Kenny Pickett had the infamous fake slide in college that I was on the call for. That was awesome. I thought it was awesome. It looked cool. But from a defensive perspective, they're saying, well, I'm not supposed to hit the guy.
I don't think that there's a perfect solution to it. But I think everyone in their right mind would agree that what Aziz Al-Shahir did was wrong. Trevor Lawrence did not slide late. He clearly went after his head once he went for that slide. That shouldn't happen anymore. But we do have to – I think we might have to start penalizing quarterbacks for fake slides.
Because I'll tell you the technique that Lamar has. Lamar doesn't slide. Maybe he's slid twice in his entire career. He just – he attacks the knees of the defender. Yeah. I heard Rex Ryan talk about attacking their ankles. If you attack their ankles, they're going to hit you in the face with their knee.
Lamar, when he runs and he knows he wants to get down to avoid the hit, he goes after their legs. Because what do they do? They move. So now they don't have any power to hit you. And they're thinking more about self-preservation than they're about how can I get this lick on the quarterback. But like I said, there's no perfect solution to it.
But damn, man, we got to be able to see a play and say, yeah. Yeah. There's no two sides to that. It was wrong. And I think he got suspended three games because of what happened after the hit. Yeah. Not just the hit. Partially. You know what I mean? Yeah. The sportsmanship they're talking about and he got in like two fights after that and was like cussing out the fans.
That's why he got suspended three games. Yeah. Not just the hit.
Remember that? I remember that.
He did. He did. Yeah. That's the way to do it. Smart play. Yeah. He was out there meat hunting.
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It would not- I mean, I still think that even though the Chiefs are- Yeah, no, I agree. I still think that they're – as long as they've got those – the core fours, I call them, Mahomes, Andy Reid, Travis Kelsey, and Chris Jones, they're top of the list. Then the Chiefs, I could see the Chiefs winning it. I could see the Packers. I could see the Lions. I could see the Eagles. Yeah. Bills, Ravens?
I can see the Bills. The Ravens, to me, are a dangerous team because it looks like they're not going to win their division. But then if they get in the wild card, I don't think anyone wants to play. No. I don't think they want to play the Ravens. What about the Steelers? I think the Steelers have a chance to win it, too. Really?
I said that in the offseason when they got Russell, and everyone's like, oh, yeah, no possible way. So, again, I was right. Yeah. But for the Steelers, it's more about if Russell plays like he did against the Bengals. Yeah. Oh, my God. They can go score 44 points? Yeah. It's a cliche answer, but any team could. I could see Washington winning the Super Bowl. I don't know. This year?
I could see them winning the Super Bowl because it's so up in the air right now, especially with the Lions. I know we're going to talk about this when we're watching the stream, but the Lions are so beat up on defense. I know. And they're the best team in the league in my opinion right now, but every team at the top is vulnerable. The Eagles are slow starters. Mm-hmm.
The Bills, how many times are they going to allow Josh Allen to drop back 17 times and score 35 points? At some point, he is going to have to be Superman, and that will really test his decision-making. So all these teams are so vulnerable. I could see a team like Washington sneaking in.
Now, why is that? It's a rhetorical question, but why is that the case for the Steelers? It's because that's exactly how Russell Wilson won his Super Bowl in Seattle.
Beast mode. But the Steelers are playing great defense right now. They had the legion of boom on the other side. So you're putting Russell in a very familiar situation where now he can drop back and throw those moon balls and they're not all off play action. Some of them are drop back. Some of them are him scrambling. He looks so much younger.
He looks five years younger than he did last year in Denver. Yeah, he does. So to put him in that situation with a Najee Harris and to have that running back group rolling and the offensive line rolling, that's why they're in the position they are. And let's be honest, Mike Tomlin, he is definitely in the running for a coach of the year.
Then anything can happen. Anything can happen. Look at the Ravens in, was it 2013? Was it 2012? Yeah. When Joe Flacco had his magical run. No interceptions. Anything can happen. I think it was 13 touchdowns, no picks. Anything can happen once you get in the dance. And I think the reason I feel that mostly is because the Chiefs. They look vulnerable right now.
And the other teams that are at the top also look vulnerable. So it could be anybody's game. Right. I won't allow myself to think that. Take the compliment.
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