Jay Gruden rips Robert Griffin III as social media feud rages on: 'You weren't good enough'
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A feud between former Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III and his head coach in his final year with the franchise, Jay Gruden, has broken out for everyone to see on social media.
It has gotten to the point where Gruden said his ex-quarterback was not "good enough," while Kirk Cousins, the man who took over in Washington under Gruden after Griffin started the first seven games of the 2014 season, "was better."
Gruden said this in a since-deleted post, adding "Cleveland didn’t want you. Baltimore [didn’t] either. Quit blaming me." But where does it all stem?
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Robert Griffin III, #3 of the Baltimore Ravens, shakes hands with Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden following a preseason game at M&T Bank Stadium on Aug. 30, 2018 in Baltimore. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Gruden was watching the Philadelphia Eagles-Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wild Card matchup on Monday, when he noticed the Eagles’ offense could not pick up a blitz.
"If I ever put a QB through what Philly is putting Jalen through, I apologize," Gruden posted. "Pick up a blitz!"
Griffin used the post as an opportunity to fire back at his old coach, with a picture of himself looking perplexed with the caption, "Say WHATTTT???" He was suggesting that Gruden did so with him in 2014, when he took over as head coach of Washington following four seasons of Mike Shanahan at the helm.
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Gruden responded by saying, "U weren’t prepared Robert?," to which the dual-threat-quarterback-turned-sports-media-personality responded with another