Little hard on him aren't you?
Perhaps, but everything I said there I've either heard over and over again or seen over and again or both.
I like Robert. Loved him coming out in 2012. Drafted him for my fantasy football QB.
I argued with anyone that for that first half season or so Griffin was the best player in the NFL. I was
that wowed by him.
But then he got injured. And then his medical staff and/or coaches failed him and compounded that injury into a career killer. And what were we left with?
Well, it looked like he was rebuilt:
RG III: Strongman Competition I was impressed and hopeful.
But he did not know how to play QB any other way than what he brought into the league. Instead of teaching him the finer points of running the the Shaniak/ZBS System, Mike went to Baylor and brought his college offense to the NFL. So Robert was going to have to learn how to become a pocket passer from scratch. A tall order, achieved only (that I know of) by Steve Young under the tutelage of the great Bill Walsh.
It was only after this latest set of unfortunate circumstances that people started talking about his work ethic and "me"-centric issues. You can see it on the field: he does not play within the structure of his offense, he misses throws, he misses targets, his body language sucks.
RGIII has been unable, for whatever reason you choose to believe, to achieve the tall task of transforming from a run-QB to a pocket-QB after entering the big league. And my friend Dr. CND assures me he is irrevocably broken physically.
So, if the truth is hard... yeah, I was being hard on him. I think it's a bit of a sad story, honestly, as I'd been pulling for the kid and I feel like his doctors and coaches -- compounded by realities of the NFL -- let him down.
I'd still like to see him get a second chance in a WCO... one/three step drops, ball out quickly. It may be in DC. Perhaps this public airing of issues will mark the beginning of his rebirth. We'll see.