Robert Griffin III is back in the NFL, signing a one-year contract with a franchise a little over 30 miles from where he had his greatest success in the league.
The former and quarterback signed a one-year deal with the , general manager Ozzie Newsome said in a surprise announcement Wednesday. Griffin, 28, sat out the 2017 season after his release last March by the Browns, with whom he spent one injury-marred season, appearing in only five games.
Griffin’s response to the signing? “#PlayLikeaRaven” he wrote on Twitter.
In Baltimore, Griffin will get the chance to back up .
“He came in last week, worked out – had a real good workout – and we were able to come to an agreement late yesterday,” Newsome said in his Wednesday pre-draft news conference. “He will probably be here early next week to sign the deal.”
Griffin told ESPN last December that he had turned down offers from the Ravens and because the timing and situations weren’t right.
The Ravens, he said then, “offered me a contract right before the first preseason game to start against the Redskins. Selfishly, I could have said, ‘Yeah, I’ll take that. I want to go play against them,’ but I knew I wouldn’t have been ready with that offense, with those guys to go put my best foot forward. When I step on the field the next time, I want to make sure I put my best foot forward and make sure that, obviously, I stay healthy but I get a nice [rapport] with the team and with the athletes and the coaches.”
