RGIII: If they want me to be ordinary, that's what I'll be – NBCSports.com
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Jay Gruden didn’t always have the most positive things to say about Robert Griffin III last season, but the Redskins coach said last week that the quarterback is “starting to realize” the work he has to do in order to be successful in the NFL.

One of the things that Gruden stressed was that Griffin has to play quarterback from the pocket rather than running the heavy amounts of read-option that he ran during his rookie season in 2012. Griffin didn’t look good playing that style last season and doesn’t sound like it’s his dream system to run as a quarterback, but says he’ll whatever Gruden asks him to do on offense.

“They are not asking me to be Superman,” Griffin said, via TheMMQB.com. “They are asking me to be basic and take the plays that are there. If that’s what Jay wants me to do, that’s what I am going to do. It doesn’t mean you take everything out of your game. When those opportunities come up to make plays out of the pocket I will do it and not think twice about it. But if they are asking me to do the ordinary, that’s what I am going to have to do.” 

Mastering the ordinary sounds a lot more ordinary than it has proved to be for plenty of pro quarterbacks. That group includes Griffin to this point in his career, but he thinks a second year in the offense “is really going to help” his execution. If it doesn’t, there’s a good chance he’ll be somewhere else next season. It’s a possibility that Griffin says he isn’t worried about right now, but it’s sure to be on many minds in Washington once the regular season gets going.

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