Just when you thought Robert Griffin was turning the corner…
Griffin, who over the years has perpetuated the narrative that he was somehow a victim in Washington and repeatedly inserted himself into the Commanders’ circumstances, might have reached a new low on Thursday.
Griffin tweeted Thursday that rookie quarterback “Jayden Daniels will finish what we started and be the franchise quarterback the city deserves.”
How arrogant and self-absorbed must one be to suggest what this 2024 team accomplishes is somehow finishing what he began?
Jayden Daniels will finish what we started and be the Franchise QB the city deserves. @JayD__5 🫡 pic.twitter.com/p69G0xUadX
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) October 10, 2024
Griffin recently has been very positive, praising the Commanders. He tweeted that he thought the Commanders were the third-best team in the NFL. Following the Commanders’ victory over the Browns, Griffin tweeted that Washington was the best team in the NFC East and that they were dangerous.
Yet, somehow, he began to think that he must convince the NFL world that this is somehow about Robert Griffin.
Thursday, Griffin was back to what – unfortunately – history reveals he does most often: promote himself. Jayden Daniels is having a fantastic rookie season; the team has already matched the 2023 win total (4). So why is Griffin insisting he be considered part of this team’s narrative?
Think for just a second, Robert. How many players on the 2012 team are still with the Commanders today? That would be zero. When was the last season you had any success, not merely with Washington, but with any other NFL team? That was actually in 2012.
Further, “…will finish what we started?” Robert, what happened after the playoff loss at the end of 2012? Yes, you were injured, and we hated to see that for you. Yet, wasn’t it you, Robert, who told the Shanahans you were no longer playing the offense they had designed for you? Didn’t you then struggle mightily in 2013 and 2014, playing from the pocket?
Didn’t we all learn from that experience that it was the Shanahans’ willingness to think way outside the NFL box that brought you your only success in the NFL?
Therefore, wasn’t it you, Robert, who actually finished what the Shanahans designed for your success in 2012? Wasn’t it you, your poor quarterback play, and then-owner Daniel Snyder who resulted in the firing of the great coaching staff Mike Shanahan had assembled?
The ownership, front office staff, coaches and players are accomplishing in 2024 a cosmic shift for this franchise.
But here you are again, Robert, attempting to con people into thinking this is somehow about finishing what “you” started.
Why do you continue to repeatedly seek admiration and validation for what you “think” you accomplished? Is it any wonder that years ago, someone out there coined for you the nickname “RGME?”
