Dan Wetzel explains the latest reasoning for why RG III wanted to play with his bum knee: he did not want to be eviserated in the media like Jay Cutler was a few years ago. Personally, I think RG III just wanted to do what he thought he could to help his team win the game. I doubt fear of Internet insults was what motivated him.
> There is no confusion over Robert Griffin III’s knee — and there never was. The Washington Redskins drafted a healthy, thrilling young player and by the time they got done using him up this season he lurched around like a pirate with a peg leg. Let’s be clear: Griffin is not suffering from an old injury, or from just one injury, either. Anyone with eyes saw the kid hurt his knee three times in the past month, twice in the same playoff game, until a strained ligament turned into a torn one. Every decision maker in the organization, from the rock-headed coach to the renowned surgeon in the silly team pompom cap, is responsible for that.
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> There is nothing subtle about the situation. Ample evidence shows Griffin shouldn’t have been out there, more than enough to override the pleas of an impassioned rookie who wanted to play. Griffin’s right knee has already been reconstructed once, in 2009 when he was at Baylor University. The Redskins spent three first-round draft picks to get Griffin in uniform, and he is the most expensive and valuable player they have had in 25 years. Do you think for a moment they didn’t study MRI exams of that knee as if it were Sanskrit before giving up those draft choices for him? You think they don’t know what his knee should look like?
What a great and devastating column by Ms. Jenkins. I was in the “he earned the right to be in” camp, but Ms. Jenkins makes a very compelling argument that they should have pulled him.
Chris Mortensen writing for *ESPN*:
> Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is undergoing total reconstructive surgery of his right knee early Wednesday morning to repair torn anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments, but he is expected to be ready for the opener of the 2013 NFL regular season, according to team sources familiar with the determination made by orthopedic specialist Dr. James Andrews.
I hope that Griffin’s recovery is like that Adrian Peterson and he comes back to be dominant in 2013.