Griffin, Shannahan have nobody to blame but themselves

Redskins rookie sensation, quarterback Robert Griffin III, suffered further injuries to his right knee during Sunday's loss to the Seattle Seahawks. But, I'm sure anyone reading this has already heard or read of this multiple times since yesterday as it's quite a hot topic right now. I watched that game and if I were Mike Shannahan I would have pulled Griffin out of the game in the first quarter after he got up slow on the sideline when his knee seemed to have buckled. I was yelling my television set and using profane language directed towards coach Shannahan about his decision to keep Griffin in the game. I mean what was he thinking? He has a more than formidable backup quarterback in Kirk Cousins, who took over for RG3 when he first hurt his knee in Baltimore and lead the Skins to a victory, and yet he thought his team had a better chance to win with a hobbled RG3? That's one of the stupidest decisions he could have made. And as for Griffin, his decision to stay in the game and continue to play was an act of selfishness. Granted it's in their (athletes) blood to fight through pain and injury so they don't let their teammates down, but there comes a time where a guy has to look at the situation and realize he's hurting his team by being out there and Griffin didn't do that, ultimately costing the Redskins the game. Still, I place the majority of the blame for the loss and further damage to RG3's knee on the shoulders of Shannahan because the player(s) aren't going to voluntarily take themselves out of any game let alone a playoff game which makes it up to the coach to make that call and Shannahan failed to do so.