RG3 cleared to play (update)

[BigHairedAristocrat]

For what its worth, according to Rich Campbell on ESPN980, team doctors cleared RGIII to play last week but Mike and Kyle chose to sit him because he didnt look like himself in practice.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

For what its worth, according to Rich Campbell on ESPN980, team doctors cleared RGIII to play last week but Mike and Kyle chose to sit him because he didnt look like himself in practice.

Interesting. Did not know that

[los panda]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

For what its worth, according to Rich Campbell on ESPN980, team doctors cleared RGIII to play last week but Mike and Kyle chose to sit him because he didnt look like himself in practice.

i hadn't heard that either. he looked good to me in warmups, maybe not "himself", but he was moving around very well. if he was in pain, he wasn't showing it

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by los panda

i hadn't heard that either. he looked good to me in warmups, maybe not "himself", but he was moving around very well. if he was in pain, he wasn't showing it

FWIW, Campbell's statement regarding the doctors clearing him was more of his opinion/reading between the lines based on things he'd heard as opposed to a definative statement of a source on record. Still, the guy seems pretty tuned into things generally.

He did definitavely statedthat the coaches were not pleased with Griffins perforance in practice last weekas he lacked his normal mobility and was very tentative when planting his foot.

He also said Griffin was very upset about not playing because all season, not just because he felt he could play, but because all season he's been surrounded by veterans who have toughed it out and played through worse injuries. He respects London Fletcher and Trent Williams, and, as a leader of the team, wanted to show his team mates he was just as tough as those guys.

Personally, i think Griffin could have played Sunday and would have been mobile, despite the pain. In hindsight, we can all be glad he didnt play, because we won the game and he's had extra time to heal. While i think the hits RGIII takes now will come back to bite him later in the year, i dont think anyone doubts that RGIII would play through pain - and at a high level - if he had to.

[SkinsGuru]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

For what its worth, according to Rich Campbell on ESPN980, team doctors cleared RGIII to play last week but Mike and Kyle chose to sit him because he didnt look like himself in practice.

IF this is true, the chances of RGIII not playing this week are pretty minimal . . .