RGIII on why he has an issue with Kyle Shanahan & trading Trey Lance | This is Football

Robert Griffin III joins to discuss his comments about the 49ers trading Trey Lance to the Cowboys. He also discusses his own relationship with Kyle Shanahan, what went wrong for the two of them in Washington and why Justin Fields could make an MVP-caliber leap in the upcoming season.
0:00 Episode 2
0:19 Robert Griffin III joins
0:47 Is Deion Sanders going to bring success to Colorado?
2:02 Should NFL teams tank for the upcoming QB Draft class?
3:08 Robert Griffin III on why Justin Fields could make a Josh Allen-Jalen Hurts-type leap this season
6:33 Is Kevin stupid for picking the Cowboys to make the Super Bowl?
9:44 Robert Griffin III on why Kyle Shanahan & the 49ers trading Trey Lance could be a huge mistake
10:57 Did Robert Griffin III have creative differences with Kyle Shanahan?
12:35 What went wrong in Washington?
14:01 Does Robert Griffin III wish he was drafted somewhere other than Washington?
14:52 Statute of Limitations Theater: Tell a story now that you couldn't tell back then
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[@edwardsah3]

I really liked RG-III's refusal to dump on anyone. A class act.

[@tonyfoster7210]

RG got his own style. 👍🏾

[@peterbrix1155]

People saying they never gave lance a chance acting like they actually saw him on the training field every day

[@fostinator69]

He was always hurt. He had his chance. They can’t justify paying him 8.5 million for how little has developed

[@loratoad]

RG3’s Cowboys superbowl comments makes the Cowboys outcomes even more depressing.

[@mitchellhawkes9422]

Or more funny. 😂

[@waynejr9423]

I call bs . They got him hurt and ruined his career. What bust gets rookie of the year?

[@RgUnZm3Rk4FuN]

Rg should be fired for being a goofy

[@Venom-zi4ht]

Why lance is a bust

[@fiedler230]

G 3 Jealous of what Kyle is doing is hilarious.

[@SPACEKNOCKERZ76]

Don’t seem jealous at all lol

[@Noodlezoop]

That's not what happened

[@richardoracin2655]

Jealous that Kyle keeps failing?

[@brianrodriguez6783]

Great video from RG

[@pauldewey486]

How come RG3 Is still working in sports anywhere? That racial slur he said. Is just that. A racial slur. Is it because he is black? And apologized? He is still there. What if a white man said that? We wouldn't see him . Where RG3 is today. But it really don't matter. He is terrible. And his fellow colleagues think he is a joke.

[@NickSibz]

I see T Law shooting himself into the MVP conversation this year. His leap just into year 2 and with a legit coach will only snowball.

[@rpospeedwagon]

TLaw is legit. He's got a good coach now. And that kinda scares me as a Chiefs fan considering Tlaw will be "cheap" for a few more years.

[@tylerd1297]

Im not writing him off but him and Dougie P both have been hot/cold. He is injured at the moment and has to start showing out in important games.

[@whatthe456]

dudes a middle of the pack qb he’s not elite

[@paidtourist6563]

They didn't miss on Trey Lance. They just didn't give him a chance at all

[@rpospeedwagon]

No. Look at the preseason. They gave him the opportunities. He missed easy reads.

[@paidtourist6563]

@@rpospeedwagon Yes, go ask Denver how those opportunities went...

[@MrOrganicdude]

Did RGknee just put himself in a category with Patrick Mahomes?

[@georgejones-sg8cf]

RG3, WAS A BUST, HE SHOULD BE QUITE!!

[@romanborris7919]

He got hurt and was never the same. That 1st year was no fluke… he was not a bust.

[@georgejones-sg8cf]

@@romanborris7919 YOUR OPINION

[@vincentgodoy1493]

RG3 is a joke like his career he was too focused on his brand than football

[@willault9120]

Comparing himself with Mahomes 🤦‍♂️ I'm a big RG3 fan but come on man...

[@eduardorabelo6407]

RG3 is a cornball brother- Rob Parker

[@BuiltNutritionFitness]

100%

[@paidtourist6563]

Jalen Hurts had like 22 passing TDs last year lol. That's what Mac Jones did. That's not very good lol

[@hillsidecris1467]

Exactly hurts underperformed with the eagles his arm talent never was there

[@paidtourist6563]

@@hillsidecris1467 Yeah, people are delusional to think that Hurts is even better than Wentz right now. Wentz was better in every year except 2020

[@fostinator69]

⁠​⁠@@paidtourist6563 wentz lol if he so good why isn’t he on a team yet. Wentz was terrible on the colts, worse on Washington. And the year they won the Super Bowl, he was hurt for the second half of the season

[@paidtourist6563]

@fostinator69 You seem to let the media do your thinking for you. Wentz was a top 10 QB in 2021 with 27 TDs and only 7 INTs while his #1 WR was out for 9 games and his #3 WR was out for 5 games. To put it into context, Peyton Manning AVERAGED 30 TDs and like 14 INTs per season. Brett Favre AVERAGED 26.7 TDs and like 15 INTs per game. So Wentz had a season that was on par with 2 Hall of Famers' season averages. The ONLY reason Wentz got traded from Indy was because he refused to get a bioweapon injected into his arm. Then in 2022 Wentz was named a team captain by his teammates after only knowing them for 2-3 months. And Wentz was top 5 in both passing yards and passing TDs thru the 1st 5 games before he broke his finger in game 6. Wentz is him

[@r.williamcomm7693]

RG-ME has bounced his way off 3 teams because he knows more than anyone.

[@aaronmyers9able]

Niners didn't even give Lance an opportunity to compete. Both QB's were injured, and Purdy could not hit the deep ball.

[@jamieowens6247]

Fun and games when you play the regular season doing misdirection, out routes, quick slants, etc. Looks dynamic till week 18 in playoffs, and all your little gimicks have been dissected and now its time to just lace them up ajd and play. Thats why kyle wont win the big one. Thrives three quarters with game managers who better do it the way he drew it up, amd now the other team has seen all the tricks and your game manager in the fourth quarter is asked to be patrick or jalen or Josh after being a manager all season. 'Let em play ref! ' in my denzel washington remember the Titans voice!!! Smh.... We doomed for a good season and a disappointing end.

[@jasonbrown3984]

RG just mad because he became a bust!

[@babydarius6147]

It’s simple, he sees himself as Trey lance

[@isaacfernandez6105]

What joke these two are, and RG3 is just a scorned lover. It’s all he’s ever been. Zero responsibility. No one hurt him but himself. Dude never learned to slide. Purdy is better than RG3. Already wrong about Fields. Jokers.

[@Guyver_Master]

John Lynch or Kyle should get fired for just drafted Trey Lance and trade all those draft picks for him. San Francisco was on a Super Bowl run and drafted a 5 year projects.

[@trollheyman2703]

"Kyle loves guys that are predictable" that's why kyle will never win a superbowl in sf

[@RDSports5]

Couldnt you argue that EVERY coach wants a QB that's predictable though.. I mean unless you're Patrick Mahomes (which nobody else is), I think coaches want a guy who can run their offense, and run it at a high level. I mean, Tom Brady, who many consider the greatest QB EVER, was the most predictable quarterback ever, wasnt he... I like RGIII's takes most of the time, but I think he's off here about Kyle Shanahan. Kyle's never had a QB better than Matt Ryan, who was a very good pocket passer, but he didn't provide anything more than that, and Kyle helped make that 'predictable' guy an MVP

[@trollheyman2703]

@@RDSports5 the thing with Kyle is that he likes to micromanage the qb position he had a chance to have tom Brady and he didn't go all in on getting Stafford or Rodgers. The thing is a vet qb would question the play calling and call audibles if they feel necessary. Shanahan even didn't like brock going off script in a play that was a TD play.

[@RDSports5]

@@trollheyman2703 I just don't buy that narrative. I think every coach is a control freak micromanager. Belichick and Walsh were obsessive about everything going according to how they drew it up. I bet it drove Walsh crazy at times when Montana would ad lib, whether the play worked or not. You don't get to that level of coaching without being pretty neurotic about the details and your plan. I think it's more plausible that Kyle and John didn't want to pay a Brady or Rodgers to come here for probably just one season, cost a ton of money, and still not guarantee a SB victory. The rest of it is the media again trying to paint Kyle in a certain way because he hasn't found his franchise QB (although he may have stumbled into one in Purdy)

[@jamieowens6247]

​@@RDSports5you still missed rg point. Matt Ryan won what? Jimmy? Brock? They all the same. System QB. Matt didn't beat New England in the Superbowl because Kyle needs you to do the play exactly as he drew up or throw it away. Therefore Matt threw the ball away or took the sack, allowing for new England to come back from 20 plus points down. Jimmy g.. same thing against Kansas in Superbowl. That's why he can't win the big one. RG3, Jalen hurts, mahommes, and even trey are a different type QB. They can make a play happen instead of throwing it away or taking a sack, understanding that this is their time to make something. That's why Kyle cant beat mahommes or Josh Allen or even Jalen hurts in the big ones. Like was said if you read Brady's book, he had audible a heck of a lot of times out of bad plays or ran what he wanted. Kyle doesn't give you that option. And I'm not talking just mobile QBs. Brady, Rodgers, burrow all would not be who they are in Kyle system. That's why trey didn't fit. You want them to limit their talent and do it as you drew it up, that takes a game manager or someone with limited skill. I could see myself asking why am I checking down do or a 2 yard slant when I can run it for 25? Or throw it for 50? Yet, that's the kind of QB Kyle doesn't like and won't bring in. You think Kyle or Brady would get the accolades if Brady was brought in and we won a Superbowl ? Answer honestly and you will see why he wasn't. It don't matter if it's just for one year. Isn't that whybwe going all in now? You worry about the next year and QB when they happens. You get a super bowl when you can.

[@vincentgodoy1493]

Was Kyle the head coach of Atlanta? No he was the oc. Wasn’t the head coach at the time considered a defensive wizard? Isn’t he credited for cowboys defense? Yet they couldn’t make one stop in the second half? The narrative that Kyle lost that Super Bowl is lazy and biased And against the chiefs didn’t the 49ers have a shot on scoring with Emanuel Sanders right after chiefs scored 24-20 Jimmy over threw it but that’s on Kyle too right?

[@zig6933]

😂😂😂😂 says the guy who got beat out to Kirk cousins just Like Trey and Brock 😂😂 clown. This why he never started again

[@jamesanagnos6123]

RG Trey Lance is the biggest bust of all time and ive been watching football for 50 years

[@reydogg21]

Oh look the Purdy slurper is a QB expert

[@jamesanagnos6123]

when i was watching football you were still crapping yellow and who said Purdy was any good other then delusional 49er fans@@reydogg21

[@Guyver_Master]

Trey Lance was a 5 year project. Your 50 experience show nothing

[@jamesanagnos6123]

so you gave up three number ones to wait 5 years hahaha clown please just stop@@Guyver_Master

[@romanborris7919]

RG3 was actually good…. his injuries messed him up. If he never git hurt year 1, he’s winning the SB.