Report: Washington Redskins May Keep Robert Griffin III, Fire Jay Gruden

The Washington Redskins are a mess from top to bottom but the central theme concerns the short and long-term future of quarterback Robert Griffin III and whether or not he stays or head coach Jay Gruden is the one to stay in the nation’s capital

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Jay Gruden is in the first year of a five-year contract he signed to be the head coach of the Redskins and has already benched former Rookie of the Year Robert Griffin III and could be done with the former Heisman winning quarterback who led the team to the playoffs in his rookie year.

While it looked like his days in Washington could be coming to a close a report in the Washington Post suggests it’s Gruden who could be the one to leave despite having four years remaining on his contract.

According to Jason Reid of the Washington Post, owner Daniel Snyder and president Bruce Allen could give Griffin yet another chance to prove he can be the team’s franchise quarterback he looked like he could be three seasons ago.

"“Although it’s unknown whether Snyder and Allen eventually will agree to trade Griffin, what has become clear from recent conversations with Redskins officials is that Gruden believes he needs a clean break from Griffin to focus on fixing Washington’s 3-9 mess. And if Snyder and Allen commit to Griffin as the starter in 2015, Gruden could be “one and done,” a team official said, alluding to Gruden possibly being fired despite four years remaining on his guaranteed five-year contract.”"

Griffin has not won a game this year but he could end up winning the one-on-one battle between he and his head coach and outlast Gruden in Washington, but that may be fine with Gruden who can walk away from this mess and clean his hands of the Snyder franchise while getting paid the next four years and should be able to find another head coaching job.

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The Washington Redskins are a mess from top to bottom but the central theme concerns the short and long-term future of quarterback Robert Griffin III and whether or not he stays or head coach Jay Gruden is the one to stay in the nation’s capital

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