Robert Griffin III has a lot of football left in his tank, but the Cleveland Browns (his new team) need him to get his mind right, so they see they made a good investment. On Wednesday, April 6th, Griffin talked about his career highs and lows, and how last season—when he didn’t play a down—was “mentally taxing.”
Via ESPN:
“No pressure, no diamonds,” the Browns’ newest quarterback said as he strode away from the podium after his introductory news conference in Cleveland. The only thing missing was the mic drop.
Griffin acknowledged that not playing a down in Washington last season was mentally taxing. He went from being the up-and-coming quarterback in the NFL in 2012 as the second overall pick in the draft to the third quarterback on his team.
“I’ve seen the great and I’ve seen the really bad in this league,” Griffin said. “That’s a very valuable piece of experience to have.”
He wasn’t ready to say he’s been humbled, though.
“If you say you’re humbled, then you’re not humbled, so I can’t say that,” he said. “I just think I’m more experienced. I’m still a kid, I feel like. I’m 26.”
With Griffin, it isn’t clear whether he will still be the arrogant quarterback we saw at Washington, but that’s why they play the game and we watch. Now we have to just wait and see.
