Jay Gruden Puts the Pressure on Robert Griffin III
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Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Jay Gruden’s first year as the head coach of the Washington Redskins isn’t going as smoothly as he had hoped, and now he’s speaking out against his quarterback, Robert Griffin III.
In four starts this season, Griffin has yet to resemble the same player who electrified the NFL during his rookie year in 2012 as he’s dealt with various injuries and ineffectiveness.
The Redskins won the NFC East in 2012, but have gone just 6-20 since. Gruden is putting the heat on Griffin to step up and perform like the player the franchise drafted him to be.
“He’s auditioned long enough,” Gruden told NFL.com. “Clock’s ticking. He’s gotta play.
“We’ll see. … We want Robert to excel, we really do. But the last two games, it hasn’t been very good, anywhere. We gotta play better around him. And the biggest thing for us as playcallers, and for him, we just have to come together and jell with plays he’s comfortable with. That takes time. But we don’t have a lot of time.”
Griffin has thrown just two touchdown this season to go along with four turnovers.
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