Robert Griffin III Officially Released By The Redskins

By Richard Lyons - MAR 2016

Our Heisman trophy winner Robert Griffin III one of DC's most polarizing athletes stay at Redskins Park has come to an end. It's a sad moment for DC Sports fans.

The most discussed quarterback across the NFL right now isn't one of the players entering the draft or Colin Kaepernick or even Peyton Manning. The most discussed quarterback is a former star who shredded his knee and his relationship with two different coaching staffs. He's an egomaniac who had one of the great rookie campaigns for a quarterback ever but has been unable to sustain anything close to that level of play. He's a player who has shown the ability to be intellectual and heady but whose smarts didn't help him become a good teammate. He's a player who has been called a savior and a cancer, a career rescuer and a career destroyer.

No athlete has been more polarizing for DC than Robert Griffin III and now we must say farewell! Watch what Jay Gruden has to say about RGIII... Watch Video

Despite all that we know about Robert Griffin III, according to interviews with a half-dozen front-office talent evaluators, he remains the most intriguing figure in the free-agent sweepstakes that begin this month. There are at least 10 teams giving Griffin a hard look, these sources say. Maybe 15. Maybe more. Teams feel they can remake Griffin off the field and transform him into a reliable pocket passer and leader on it. He's just 26 years old, as one team executive pointed out. There's still time for him to become a franchise quarterback, and right now, a team can get him for relatively nothing.

In 2012, Robert Griffin III brought a great sense of hope and optimism to the DC area. DC sports fans have been yearning for a winning culture for the past 20 years to only be let down by frivoulous free agents signings and associated player aquisitions such as, Jason Taylor Deion Sanders and Albert Haynesworth just to name a few. During the 2012-2013 season, Griffin lived up to the hipe leading the Redskins to its first Divisional title since 1999 with a record of 10-6. Within the next 2 years while being plaqued by (2) severe injuries (knee and ankle) that changed the effectiveness of his running ability, Robert Griiffin III will be be released by the Redskins. RGIII's history of events with the Redskins from 2012-2016 will probably be one of the most watch 30 for 30 episodes and I can't wait to see it. The title probably will be Robert Griffin III - What Could Have Been?