Amid the multiple media reports that Colt McCoy shockingly - or not so shockingly - has beaten out Robert Griffin III for the starting quarterback job this week for the Washington Redskins, comes a forecast about Griffin's next assignment.
Profootballtalk.com reported early Wednesday morning that the jilted quarterback already could be planning his escape out of Washington.
"So look for Griffin to quietly begin clamoring to be traded or cut. Trading him makes the most sense, because if he's cut it's likely he'll land in Philly with Chip Kelly, with a strong incentive to do everything possible to make Washington look like it made a mistake with the guy on whom Washington made a mistake by giving up three first-round picks and a second-round pick."
It's a stunning turnaround from reports as recent as Monday in which first-year Redskins coach Jay Gruden said Griffin would start this weekend against the Indianapolis Colts, ESPN.com reported. He is scheduled to meet with the media today, but that was before he found out he wasn't starting.
Griffin, the No. 2 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, threw for 3, 200 yards with 20 touchdowns and five interceptions his rookie season. He also rushed for 815 yards and seven touchdowns in leading Washington to the NFC East crown.
But he sustained torn ligaments in his right knee at the end of his rookie year and has never been the same since.
Griffin has not scored a rushing touchdown since 2012 and has 589 rushing yards in the past two seasons. He has 18 touchdown passes and 15 interceptions and has thrown for 4,072 yards in 18 games.
Profootballtalk.com reported that the current relationship between Griffin and the Redskins is irreparable.
"There's no way the bridge can be rebuilt again in 2015, not after former coach Mike Shanahan cast Griffin aside and now current coach Jay Gruden has done the same thing," Profootballtalk.com reported.
Unless Gruden gets fired after one year (it's not as outlandish a proposition as it would seem), Griffin won't want to return to Washington next season, where at a minimum he'll have to win via open competition during the offseason, training camp, and preseason a job his head coach currently thinks he isn't suited for."
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