Its been numerous reports about how the Redskins and RG3 didn’t quite get along, former tight end Chris Cooley talked about the issue with the Washington Post Monday. Cooley spent his entire career with the Redskins and for the last two years Cooley has expressed his ill feelings towards Griffin. According to the Washington Post Cooley said that it was never a “friendship relationship” between Griffin and Cousins.
But there was never a friendship relationship. From the moment Kirk was drafted, I think Robert had animosity towards him. A lot of people in this area hated that fourth-round pick; I don’t think anyone hated it as much as RGIII hated it.” “Robert was never willing to be friends with Kirk Cousins,” Cooley said. “They never hung out together, they never spent time together, their families didn’t hang out together. … It was never a great relationship. I don’t think Robert ever wanted it to be a great relationship. And I think it became really contentious over the last two years, to where Rex Grossman, a guy who I’m close with, said ‘This is weird in here. This is a bad situation in here. These guys don’t like each other.’
I don’t blame Griffin for having a little edge towards Cousins, because at the end of the day Griffin was drafted to be the franchise QB so he had the right to feel a little offended by the draft choice. Throughout the whole chaotic situation Griffin stayed professional about it by not making it public. So should it had matter that him and Cousins were friends? Cooley also stated that other teammates didn’t like Griffin including the offensive linemen:
“The offensive line did not like Robert Griffin,” Cooley said. “A lot of the receivers did not like Robert Griffin. The offensive line had a problem with Robert, because they were considered for a year-and-a-half or two years a terrible offensive line that couldn’t protect a quarterback. A lot of that isn’t true. A lot of that was Robert. A lot of the sacks were put on Robert. Want to believe it or not, they were, okay? Football-wise, they were: it was Robert.
Cooley also took another jab at RG3 as he explained that Griffin saw Cousins as a potential threat of taking his job once he became hurt and couldn’t recover fast enough:
“I think it was tough for Robert, knowing that there was a guy like Kirk over his shoulder,” Cooley said. “And I think it was tough as well because even in 2012 the players bonded a lot with Kirk. He showed a lot of promise in practice, he showed a lot of promise in the preseason games, and I’m sure there was always that thought that ‘I might not lose this job because he outplays me but if I’m hurt for a month I could potentially lose the job,’ or ‘This guy could step in and play some,’ or ‘The fans might like him more,’ or ‘The team might like him more.’ I think there was always that thought in Robert’s mind.”
If RG3 could obtain a fresh new start and prove that he can still play on an effective level it be the only way he could get away from ll the negativity he’s been facing ever since he became a Redskin.