Point-Counterpoint: The Benching

Point—Wow, Shanahan really blew it this time. What in the world was he thinking? Rex Grossman? Does Rex really know the two-minute offense better than McNabb? There is some evidence that book learning, which is all of the exposure that Grossman has had to Kyle Shanahan’s two-minute offense, has some value. We saw Todd Collins, who knew Al Saunders’ offense from studying the playbook, came in and ran it well on the field in the 2007 run to the playoffs. But Collins had 10 years under Saunders. By comparison, Rex and Kyle had a cup of coffee together in Houston last year. Counterpoint—I don’t think that anyone is buying any of the explanation, from the playbook through the “cardiovascular endurance” to the hamstrings. But it’s important here to separate the action of benching McNabb from Shanahan’s explanation for doing so. I don’t know who at Redskins Park had to shovel out all of the barnyard excrement that was spread around the auditorium there yesterday but I hope he had a big shovel. I’m not sure what Shanahan’s level of formal education is but it seems to me like he has his B. S. (we all know what that stands for), M. S. (more of the same) and PhD (piled higher and deeper).

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Point-Counterpoint: The Benching