RGIII Joins The Browns
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The Browns announced Thursday that Griffin signed a contract with the team. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport said it's a two-year deal.
“I'm excited about the opportunity to join the Dawg Pound and help build something here in Cleveland,” Griffin told the Browns' website. “Coach Hue [Jackson] and Pep [Hamilton, Cleveland's offensive coordinator], I had a great meeting with them. I really believe in what they preach and how they can help not only me as a player but this team win games and that's what we're all about.
“I'm just excited to come in and compete. Nothing's ever been given to me in my life, so I just want to go out and compete with the guys and grow with this team. I feel like that's all I'm really focused on.”
It’s an interesting pairing to say the least. Griffin was a superstar in 2012, winning offensive rookie of the year for the Washington Redskins. Then he was left in a playoff game too long, tore his ACL, rushed back for the 2013 opener and hasn’t been the same quarterback since. He didn’t play a snap all last season after he was benched for Kirk Cousins.
Browns coach Hue Jackson met with Griffin last Friday and Saturday and was obviously pleased with Griffin’s explanation for why his Redskins career didn’t ultimately work out.
"I heard the truth," Jackson told the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Mary Kay Cabot on Tuesday. "I mean, he takes responsibility. He knows there's things he could have done better. And that's where he is. To me that showed the humbleness. Because that's what it's all about. In this league you don't grow if you don't admit that you've made some mistakes."
“I'm excited about the opportunity to join the Dawg Pound and help build something here in Cleveland,” Griffin told the Browns' website. “Coach Hue [Jackson] and Pep [Hamilton, Cleveland's offensive coordinator], I had a great meeting with them. I really believe in what they preach and how they can help not only me as a player but this team win games and that's what we're all about.
“I'm just excited to come in and compete. Nothing's ever been given to me in my life, so I just want to go out and compete with the guys and grow with this team. I feel like that's all I'm really focused on.”
It’s an interesting pairing to say the least. Griffin was a superstar in 2012, winning offensive rookie of the year for the Washington Redskins. Then he was left in a playoff game too long, tore his ACL, rushed back for the 2013 opener and hasn’t been the same quarterback since. He didn’t play a snap all last season after he was benched for Kirk Cousins.
Browns coach Hue Jackson met with Griffin last Friday and Saturday and was obviously pleased with Griffin’s explanation for why his Redskins career didn’t ultimately work out.
"I heard the truth," Jackson told the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Mary Kay Cabot on Tuesday. "I mean, he takes responsibility. He knows there's things he could have done better. And that's where he is. To me that showed the humbleness. Because that's what it's all about. In this league you don't grow if you don't admit that you've made some mistakes."
Jackson already told Griffin, via the Cleveland Plain Dealer, that the Browns might still draft a quarterback with a high pick even if they signed him.
"If it did [happen], he would have to compete and I don't ever worry about that," Jackson said, according to the Plain Dealer. "The cream always rises to the top, and if a guy is afraid of competition, then you have the wrong guy anyway."
"If it did [happen], he would have to compete and I don't ever worry about that," Jackson said, according to the Plain Dealer. "The cream always rises to the top, and if a guy is afraid of competition, then you have the wrong guy anyway."
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