We Have To Remember That No Matter Who The QB Is, This Team Is Still Owned By Daniel Snyder And He's The Devil
It’s easy to make RG3 jokes. He sets himself up for them. But when it comes down to it, RG3 isn’t the enemy. He never was. Daniel Snyder is the enemy. Imagine if Snyder wasn’t the cheapest asshole this side of a horse owner and the Skins didn’t have the worst football field of all time before RG3 got hurt?
What if Dan Snyder stayed out of the draft room and didn’t demand they take Malcolm Kelly? What if he didn’t trade 3rd round picks for TJ Duckett, thus never allowing the Skins to draft any sort of depth? What if he didn’t give Donovan McNabb an extension? What if he didn’t give Albert Haynesworth 100 million dollars? I can go on and on and on and on until the cows come home, shit on my face, go back to the field, and then come home again.
RG3 did himself zero favors. It was all about building a brand, being buddy-buddy with the owner to get his way, being a child on social media, and truly not becoming the pocket QB he needed to be. When he played his whole life as a scrambling quarterback, it was a daunting task to transform into a dropback quarterback. Losing his legs 3 times forced him to dramatically change his approach to the game, and he couldn’t do it well enough. It doesn’t help that he alienated coaches and teammates the entire way, and even is on record as saying something like he doesn’t have to listen to anyone but himself. Again, zero favors.
However, he is in such a toxic environment, I don’t know if it matters who is the QB here. This team has been a circus since the day Snyder purchased them. No other NFL team behaves this way. And it all starts at the top with Daniel Snyder. He is the devil. Everything he touches turns to shit. And as long as the franchise is in his hands, there is a small chance they can succeed. Obviously if he becomes JUST an owner—-completely steps away from the game, from the day-to-day, from everything involving football, than sure, the Skins can be a successful team again. But I just don’t think Snyder has it in his 5 foot 3 frame to do it. He’s too big of an egomaniacal fuckstick.
I truly hope RG3 goes somewhere else and succeeds. I don’t wish him ill-will at all. I hope he grows up first, and conducts himself like other successful NFL quarterbacks, but I hope he salvages an NFL career nonetheless.
As for Snyder, I hope he falls off a mountain and dies.