WP: Robert Griffin III: His military appreciation will play well in the NFL and would benefit the Redskins

Robert Griffin III: His military appreciation will play well in the NFL and would benefit the Redskins

The most important fact about Robert Griffin III is the numeral after his name. Look at it. It?s dead straight, and it tells you exactly who he is. Don?t let the broken-play dazzle of Griffin distract you, with his across-the body throws, and his high stepping in those knee-length white socks, pretty-legged as a Rockette. This guy is all about straight lines. He?s a man with a plan, and there?s not a trace of a bend in it.

Every single thing Griffin has set out to do, he accomplished. Every one. If you want to know why the Washington Redskins aren?t fearful he will be a bust, why they paid such a ransom for the second overall pick in the NFL draft in hopes of getting the Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor, despite the long history of teams who have been fooled by a young quarterback?s too-good-to-be-trueness, look at the numeral.

It?s less about inheritance than a family?s self-betterment from one generation to another, each laying down track for the next. His grandfather, the first Robert Griffin, was a construction worker who hauled himself out of the New Orleans projects. The second Robert Griffin spent 21 years in the U.S. Army working his way from enlistee to Sergeant First Class. He and his wife Jacqueline, also a former Sergeant, trained their son with an Army-inspired creed that hard work and good planning are moral values.

Two weeks ago, RG III was asked to describe himself to observers at the NFL?s annual scouting combine. ?Military kid, both my parents were in the military,? is what he answered. ?Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. Discipline was something that was obviously huge. If you say you?re going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes, sir; no, ma?am. You?ve got to have that kind of structure in your life.?

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