Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III reportedly is "not very well liked" by his teammates. The third-year signal is alienating himself in the locker room and becoming frustrated by the strides backup quarterback Kirk Cousins is making in the new offense, according to Matt Miller of Bleacher Report.
New coach, same problems. It didn't take long for new reports to surface indicating Griffin's attitude is wearing thin with some of his teammates. Miller reported Griffin is "alienating" himself from the locker room, possibly in part because of his difficulties in learning first-year coach Jay Gruden's playbook.
"The word out of Washington, and I've talked to people around the league - coaches, players - is that RG3 is not very well liked in that locker room," Miller said Monday in a Bleacher Report video. "And we've heard things like this before ... the feeling is he is starting to alienate some of his teammates on the offensive side of the ball, and I think a lot of that stems from his struggle to learn this new playbook, the new Jay Gruden system. ...
"We've heard reports out of Washington this year that he's struggling to adapt to this new system. But I think it's all kind of coming to a head, to a boiling point, his frustrations are spilling over into the locker room and the happy feelings are kind of dying in Washington right now."
Although Miller said Griffin gives Washington the best chance to win games, he did acknowledge Cousins is closing the gap in the supposedly nonexistent quarterback competition.
"I can tell you for sure when the New England Patriots came out and said Kirk Cousins was the better quarterback in their joint scrimmage, that locker room went crazy and I think RG3 kind of feels like cousins is starting to close the gap on that competition even if Daniel Snyder will never let that be truly an open quarterback battle," Miller said.
Mike Reiss of ESPN reported Aug. 10 that Cousins appeared to be the better quarterback during New England's joint scrimmage against Washington.
"One of my biggest takeaways from Patriots-Redskins joint practices was surprise that Robert Griffin III didn't look like the best quarterback on his own team," Reiss wrote. "In fact, I thought Kirk Cousins was better than him, from the perspective of running the offense, fine-tuned mechanics and how decisively the ball came out of his hand. I wondered if I was alone, and then heard the same sentiment echoed by some others in the Patriots organization."
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