Robert Griffin III has made extraordinary progress from knee reconstruction, but the Washington Redskins' medical staff has forced him to remain patient.
“It’s always going to be tough, but it’s like (Mike Shanahan) says, ‘You get the mental reps. You do what you have to do, you do what you can do,’ and that’s my goal, to do what I can do,” Griffin told Michael. “You always want people holding you back. You don’t ever want to have people pushing you forward, and that’s what they’re doing right now. They’re holding me back from doing certain things because I feel like I’m ready, my body might look like I’m ready, but according to the time table, I’m not ready. So, I just keep pushing forward, keep pushing forward in what I can do, while at the same time, allow them to make me be patient.”
Griffin was asked about the debate over whether the Redskins put him at any undue risk for injury.
“You try to avoid controversy as much as you can, while at the same time, you making sure people understand that everyone understands what happened, in this organization when it comes to owner, GM, head coach, myself and the offensive coordinator, we all understand what happened through the situation in the Seattle Seahawks game that led to my knee surgery.
“At the end of the day, what anybody wants to say about who’s to blame, whose responsibility it is, it really doesn’t matter,” Griffin continued. “Whose responsibility it is, it doesn’t really matter who’s to blame because I’m the one that has to go through the struggle that is the knee surgery and rehab to get back, and the people who are also going through that with me are the owner, the GM, the head coach, offensive coordinator, organization, the fans."