Some of the Washington Redskins’ wide receivers had nothing but good things to say about rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III, after Monday’s practice session. “He’s been doing everything that we expect,” Santana Moss said. “He’s looking sharp. He doesn’t look like a rookie right now. I’ve seen him run a lot, but I see him throw the ball [...]
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Clint’s fantasy football preview: Quarterbacks
Well, folks, it’s that time of the year when number-crunching, stat-obsessed football enthusiasts get their geek on and try to forecast the fantasy successes and flops for the 2012 NFL season. Here is my projected list of the top 25 quarterbacks for this coming season, according to standard fantasy league scoring. In parenthesis next to [...]
READ MORE »Shanahan on RG3: “He’s the Starter, period”
Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan made sure that everyone understands there isn’t going to be a battle between Kirk Cousins and Robert Griffin III for the starting quarterback job. Shanahan made it clear that Griffin is the guy that will start with the first unit during OTA’s. “Obviously any time you pick a player with [...]
READ MORE »Redskins show Robert Griffin III throwing in his uniform
Today the Washington Redskins posted a picture of Robert Griffin III on their Twitter feed that showed him throwing a football wearing his home uniform. #Redskins QB @RGIII gets geared up and throws to staff members on the back field.More to come soon! twitter.com/Redskins/statu… — Redskins (@Redskins) May 3, 2012 Griffin was apparently doing a [...]
READ MORE »Jason Reid defends Shanahan’s decision to draft Cousins
Jason Reid, a sports columnist with the Washington Post, defends Mike Shanahan’s decision to draft quarterback Kirk Cousins in the fourth round, even though they got their supposed franchise quarterback Robert Griffin III with the second overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Reid points out that Cousins is the winningest quarterback in Michigan State [...]
READ MORE »Report: Redskins had Kirk Cousins rated as their 3rd best QB
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Washington Redskins had former Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins rated as their third best quarterback going in this past weekend’s draft. This means that he was likely only rated lower than Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III and ahead of Ryan Tannehill, Brandon Weeden, Nick Foles, Russell Wilson, etc. [...]
READ MORE »Redskins hope to develop and trade Kirk Cousins
According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, the Washington Redskins plan on developing former Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins with the hopes of being about to trade him later on, like the Atlanta Falcons did with Matt Schaub. When the Falcons traded Schaub to the Houston Texans, they were able to receive a two 2nd round picks [...]
READ MORE »Colts draft Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III headed to the Redskins
It’s now official, the Indianapolis Colts took Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck and the Washington Redskins drafted Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. We mentioned earlier in the day that the Colts have made it clear that Luck will play with the first team offense right away. While Griffin believes he’ll have to beat out Rex Grossman [...]
READ MORE »Robert Griffin III thinks he may have hurt the Colts’ feelings
According to The Washington Post, Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III believes the Indianapolis Colts decided to draft Andrew Luck first overall after he turned down an offer to visit with them during the pre-draft process. “They offered me a private workout and we refused. I didn’t do any private workouts for anybody,” Griffin said. “After [...]
READ MORE »Robert Griffin III believes he’ll have to beat out Rex Grossman
During a Q&A session with the media on Tuesday, Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III said that Rex Grossman is the starting quarterback of the Washington Redskins and he’ll have to compete with him in order to become to win the job. “I have to go in and prove it to them. You can’t come in [...]
READ MORE »Polian: Robert Griffin III “presents a threat that’s absolutely unique”
During a pre-draft conference call on Friday, former Indianapolis Colts general manager Bill Polian said that Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III “is not Cam Newton as a runner,” per The Washington Post. Polian continued by saying that, “He’s a world-class track man and as such is a bit of a long-strider and a bit of a [...]
READ MORE »Robert Griffin III: “Doubters increase the power of my fuel”
NFL prospect Robert Griffin III has heard nothing but praise when it comes to his potential as an NFL quarterback. Then yesterday it was reported that an unnamed scout has told said that he’s “selfish.” Griffin responded on his Twitter account by saying that doubters only give him power. I’m fueled by faith family & [...]
READ MORE »Von Miller not very impressed with Robert Griffin III
Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller told ProFootballWeekly.com that he isn’t that impressed with Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. “You know I can’t say anything nice about somebody from Baylor.” Miller played against Griffin when he played at Texas A&M, since they both played in the Big XII conference, so he has an idea of what he [...]
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