RG3 among top training camp storylines
Cleveland Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III has been deemed one of the top storylines heading into training camp.
The Cleveland Browns took a chance on Robert Griffin III when he was given a two-year contract earlier this year.
He did not play in a single regular season game in 2015, but looks to be a starting quarterback once again in 2016 with the Browns.
It is yet to be seen if Griffin can return to his 2012 form, but a lot of his potential success depends on how well Hue Jackson can do with helping the former phenom get back to greatness.
The uncertainty surrounding Griffin led him to being named the top storyline before training camp by Don Banks of SI.com:
"The Browns certainly seem excited about the potential of the Robert Griffin III reclamation project that new coach Hue Jackson has undertaken, and maybe we’re looking at the origins of the 2016 NFL Comeback Player of the Year in Cleveland. But don’t forget, last year at this time, the Rams were thrilled to have acquired Nick Foles and were talking confidently about wanting to sign him to a future-of-the-franchise-type deal. He wound up getting a two-year, $24.5 million extension in August, a move the Rams soon regretted. Everything seems possible in the off-season, but let’s see if the Browns can coax anything resembling Griffin’s 2012-style game out of the former Washington savior once he takes his red practice jersey off. Otherwise it’s back to the drawing board with Josh McCown, rookie Cody Kessler, Austin Davis or Connor Shaw at quarterback for the bedraggled Browns."
That passage is highlighted by the use of the word “bedraggled,” but Banks makes a great point. The hope of Griffin becoming great again is just hope. He has yet to play a real game in a Browns uniform, and hasn’t even been named the team’s starting quarterback for this season.
The Browns want to avoid bringing in Griffin in 2016 only to draft a quarterback in the first round in 2017, which is what the Los Angeles Rams had to do this year when trading up to draft Jared Goff.
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There is still about six weeks until training camp begins, but the anticipation to see how Griffin performs in camp will only grow as July 29 gets closer.