RG3 denies 2016 report he demanded Redskins coaches change 'unacceptable' offense

Robert Griffin III had nothing to say after a report from The Undefeated suggested the former Redskins quarterback had demanded coaches completely overhaul the team's offense after his rookie season.

Well, it seems like even more time removed from Washington has convinced RG3 to open up about his time with the Redskins. Griffin denied the accuracy of the report claiming he demanded wholesale changes to Mike Shanahan's offense on Wednesday during an appearance on ESPN's First Take.

Here's the report in question, via The Undefeated :

Feb. 5, 2013 - Griffin called for a meeting. He declined to tell Mike Shanahan what he wanted to discuss, saying only it was important. Griffin, Mike and Kyle Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur gathered in the offensive meeting room at the team headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia. With the coaches seated, Griffin walked to a blackboard and wrote:

1. Change things.
2. Change our protections.
3. Unacceptable.
4. Bottom line.

Griffin instructed the coaches to let him speak uninterrupted and rolled through a list of grievances, stressing that substantive changes had to occur immediately. Scrap the pass protection scheme and start over, Griffin demanded. There were 19 plays - primarily those from the 50-series and quarterback draws - that were unacceptable. Griffin, who supported his presentation with video clips of each play, expected them to be deleted from the playbook. Bottom line, Griffin said, he was a drop-back quarterback - not a running quarterback.

And Griffin's response a year later…

"That's a misconception. What happened was, at the end of the year, every single quarterback meets with their coach … you meet with them, you talk about what you did well the previous year - what you did well, what you needed to improve on. We had that meeting. We had that meeting. Never once did I tell Mike Shanahan I didn't want to run the zone read. All those things that were said, that was false … I respected the coaches. I did everything they asked me to do. When they said, 'Hey, we're going to run quarterback draw on third-and-17,' I ran quarterback draw on third-and-17."

Griffin is still hoping to play in the NFL, which explains his motivation to get out and deny these reports, which would be hard to overlook for any team interested in signing him. He says he has been working out and watching film throughout the 2017 season and believes he can come in and play a backup role for a playoff contender.

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