After throwing two interceptions and taking six sacks in a dispiriting 27-7 home loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Washington Redskins starting quarterback Robert Griffin III wasn't in the mood to mince words.
“It was a travesty. It was a travesty out there today,” Griffin said, via the Washington Post. “We didn’t play well. I didn’t see the field as well as I would’ve liked to. We had turnovers. I can’t throw interceptions. We had false start penalties and holding penalties. It was just bad ball out there today. It’s not that we looked past Tampa Bay because we can’t afford to look past anybody."
“The fact of the matter is we’re not a very good football team right now,” Griffin added matter-of-factly.
RGIII has come under fire as of late for what is perceived to be a lack of leadership both in the locker room and on the field.
After the Redskins sputtered their way to a seventh loss on the season, Griffin made sure to step forward as a leader and take full blame for everything that happened on Sunday - including taking responsibility for things that may not have been his fault.
“All of the sacks are on me. Period,” he stated. “We’re 3-7, and everybody in this room knows that, and everybody in that locker room knows that. We can’t do what 3-7 football teams do. We can’t throw knives and stab each other in the back. I think we have good people in our locker room, men of God that are going to stick together and stay strong. So when you ask me that question, and I say all of the sacks are on me, it’s because I’m looking myself in the mirror and saying, I can do better. I have to do better. I need every man in that locker room, players and coaches, to look themselves in the mirror and say, ‘What can I do better?’”
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