The 2012 season for Robert Griffin III in Washington really did happen.
Yes, it does have to be said, and repeated over and over.
As Griffin is released Monday, and for however long his career lasts, his rookie season is going to be treated as some kind of mirage, as a figment of everybody’s imagination.
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Nobody imagined it, though. It’s just as real as the blown-out knee in the playoff game at the end of that season.