RG3 given standing O by fans, 'mates at banquet
They don’t necessarily want him starting at quarterback in Washington, but they still think Robert Griffin III is a swell guy.
During the team’s kickoff luncheon, Griffin was given the team’s military service award. That’s always been one of Griffin’s pet projects, given his Army family background. So it was nice of the team to recognize that.
According to John Keim of ESPN.com, Griffin received a standing ovation from fans and teammates.
“In the military the one thing you have is your word and I gave my word to my teammates and the military that I will be there for them,” Griffin said.
Somewhere, former coach Mike Shanahan is applauding a quality display of passive-aggressiveness, which may eclipse his own installing of Kirk Cousins as a top-10 quarterback, just to get a dig in at his former bosses and quarterback.
Nothing about the way Griffin’s demotion has been handled, from his does-he-or-doesn’t-he-have-a-concussion to the timing to Cousins being declared starter for the year screams buttoned-up-military-operation.
If anything, it sounds like the next phase of posturing, as the two sides try to figure out what to do with the other and how to make the best of a bad situation.
But, Griffin has done many nice things for our armed forces, and that’s nice, and was the point of the award.
We now return you to your normal weirdness there.
