It is the year 2017, years removed from the Mike Shanahan era of Washington Redskins football, and the coach still can't stop talking passive-aggressive trash about Robert Griffin III.
You might want to read the following quote a few times. It starts with a hint of Mike Shanahan taking full responsibility, before it culminates will all the shade.
“I was really disappointed myself, because I knew where Robert was going,” Shanahan said, via the Washington Post. “I knew where his dad was going. I knew where [Redskins owner] Dan Snyder was going. It was up to me to convince this guy that, ‘Hey, if you don’t run, your drop-back game . . . it’s not there now, but you can get there.’ I blame myself for not getting to the kid. He really believes he was Aaron Rodgers. In his mind, he believed he was Aaron Rodgers. I said, ‘You know what? You’re not Aaron Rodgers, and Aaron Rodgers is not you.’ ”
And why is Robert Griffin III not in the league anymore? Not because of injuries, at least according to the nation's first orange-looking person of authority.
“You can come back from that knee [injury], but what you have to do is get better at the drop-back game, doing some of the things we’ve been doing,” Shanahan said. “With that, I said, ‘You got a chance. If not, you’ll be out of the game in four to five years.’ ”
Again, I remind you it is 2017. How and why this is even a thing people are seeking to be covered is beyond me.
Then again, here I am, covering it.
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