Robert Griffin III

[COLUMN] Robert Griffin III has mine and the District's approval

Saturday, October 20, 2012 - 12:51pm | C2M Sports and Recreation Editor Pat Carroll

Washington, D.C. has been through a whirlwind of emotion over the past week. Postseason baseball returned to the nation's capital for the first time since the FDR administration. The Nationals won an exhilarating Game 4 in walk-off fashion on Jayson Werth’s home run, all before a heart-breaking collapse in the ninth inning of Game 5, roughly 24 hours later, putting an end to the team's promising season.

COLUMN: Is there too much pressure on Robert Griffin III?

Friday, September 7, 2012 - 2:22pm | C2M Sports and Recreation Editor Pat Carroll

The Washington Redskins haven't had a franchise quarterback in my lifetime. Since 1992 they have started 21 different quarterbacks. Yes, you read that right, 21 starting quarterbacks in 20 years. The Green Bay Packers have had three starters in that time frame--if you include two starts by back-up Matt Flynn in the last games of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The one position that the 'Skins have been unable to successfully fill may have found its proverbial savior.