Possible Destinations for Robert Griffin III

 

The NFL season is only two weeks away and there are a lot of headlines heading into this season. One headline that everyone is talking about is the situation between Robert Griffin III and Washington Redskins.  

The team announced Monday that they will start Kirk Cousins Week 1; odds are RGIII will be placed in the trading block and shopped around the league.

Here are some teams that should take a chance at the quarterback and his high salary cap.

New York Jets: The big apple is home of the one of the biggest media outlets in America. 

The New York Jets already lost starting quarterback Geno Smith due to a jaw injury and with Smith playing inconsistent, could look for a possible replacement in Griffin III.

Griffin III might be the starting quarterback that the team so desperately needs for the foreseeable future. 

The team would be able to eat some of Griffin salary cap and could even have Washington take over a portion as well.

The team has some work to do if they want to become a contender in the AFC and it all starts with finding a reliable quarterback.

Cleveland Browns: Cleveland, home of the dog pound, has not expereinced a lot of success with finding franchise quarterbacks in the past. 

Year after year, the team has brought in quarterbacks that they thought highly of who did not pan out the way the team wanted (Brady Quinn, Derek Anderson, and  Brandon Weeden to name a few).

The team has a franchise quarterback in Johnny Manziel, but it has yet to be known how he is going to do in the league, since he has off-the-field problems in the past.

If the team feels that Manziel is just not going to cut it, they should be in the mix for Griffin III. The team obviously needs a franchise quarterback and quick.  

Griffin III would not be a bad choice; he could come in and be the quarterback that the team has been craving for. 

The salary cap is high on him, but it would not be a problem if the team is really committed to trading for him. 

This will be a long term project thing for Griffin III, since the team is nowhere near ready to take it to the next step in becoming contenders.

Houston Texans: The next best destination for Griffin III would be the Houston Texans. 

The team has great front seven, a solid secondary, reliable offensive line and a talented receiving core. 

The thing the team still needs is a franchise quarterback that can elevate the team from becoming a borderline playoff team to a team that could contend for the AFC South title with the Indianapolis Colts. 

Working with a quarterback-minded head coach like Bill O’Brien would be perfect for Griffin III.

Buffalo Bills: This is the best possible place for Griffin III. This team has everything that a team needs to be successful team: a great defense, talented young receivers and a dominant running back in LeSean McCoy. 

The team is just lacking one more important piece in the playoff puzzle: a franchise quarterback. 

The team has solid quarterbacks but none of the quarterbacks are in Buffalo’s future. 

So adding someone like Griffin III could be the last and final piece the team needs to become contenders in the AFC East. 

Final Statement: Anyone that wants to take Griffin III also has to think about his injury history. Since coming into the league, Griffin III has been injury prone.

If the team keeps him attempts to trade him next season, his salary will be $16.1 million which is all guaranteed and will absolutely scare off a lot of teams. 

So the time to move on from Griffin III and trade him is now. 

This story will most likely be a trending topic this season. So we will have to wait and see what happens next in this story.