It’s been a rough week for Robert Griffin III. It started on Monday, when his comments about being the “best quarterback in the league” took off, in large part because the real question is where he currently fits among the league’s worst. Then came Tuesday, when he lobbied the team’s P.R. department for a chance to address the media, in part so that he could chastise the media for using his name to stir up clicks.
The controversy became largely forgotten by Thursday, after he became coated in paper maché and stuffed with candy as the Lions swung sticks at him until he left the game with an injury that wasn’t a concussion until it was a concussion, possibly to keep him from talking to the media again.