If Robert Griffin has a semblance of the intelligence we all gave him credit for seemingly a lifetime ago, he recognizes how far he has fallen — from franchise cornerstone to humble benchwarmer, talking last week about a new NFL life as the backup to Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.
But even if you lived through RGIII’s Redskins’ drama — from the tweets to the Superman socks to the victim-impact statement he left behind — it’s tough to fully appreciate his plummet without revisiting those glory days, particularly when it all began.
From a Washington Post July 2012 profile:
“The son of two retired Army sergeants has pursued one mission above all others: Becoming a Redskin.