This has not been a good year for Robert Griffin III.
After losing his job to Kirk Cousins and then to Colt McCoy, Griffin now faces an uphill battle to stay with the franchise that expected him to be its savior. Rumors are swirling that Head Coach Jay Gruden is 'done' with the former Heisman winner, and we could be headed for a 'he goes or I do' situation when the season finally ends. Now, a former NFL legend is jumping into the fray...and in an interview with SI's Monday Morning QB, he had some VERY harsh words for the Redskins signal-caller.
"I said two years ago that RG3 would not make it," former NFL MVP Fran Tarkenton told SI. "This guy comes from a good family, a good background, a good school, Baylor; he's a smart young man, physically gifted, he can throw it. But he came into the league with an arrogance.
"He goes into Washington, which is the worst place for him to go. They have been so hungry for a quarterback, and for winning, they worshiped him. Here's RG3; he's our savior, he's our guy. His father gets involved and is in the locker room -- I have never seen a father in a locker room on Sundays. The owner, Dan Snyder, adopts him and becomes his best friend. So RG3, at 21, 22, thought he was Jesus, right?"
"And he was making pontifical statements about how he approached the game," Tarkenton said. "I was listening to him the offseason after his rookie year, which was not a bad year, and I'm saying, 'Holy s***, this guy is out of control with his ego.' That was the first sign you saw that he lacked leadership.
"Then, he was so into himself. You know a quarterback's job? Make his teammates better. It's not about you; it's about your teammates. You've got to make them better, and if you don't make them better, you have no chance. And he was all about RG3."
"There's no discipline and understanding of the defense because he is a pontificator. He will never make it. He will be out of football. He will be in the same graveyard as JaMarcus Russell and Vince Young."
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