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Robert Griffin III is high on the Commanders in 2022

May 14, 2022 by Redskins Wire

Former Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III made headlines last week when he reiterated his desire to play again and mentioned the Dallas Cowboys as an attractive possibility.

This week, Griffin was back at his day as an ESPN analyst providing analysis on all 32 NFL teams, including his former team in Washington.

In an appearance on NFL Live Thursday, Griffin named the 2022 Washington Commanders as a “surprise Super Bowl contender.”

“I’ll say it: the Washington Commanders have ‘surprise Super Bowl contender’ written all over them,” Griffin said, via Bijan Todd of NBC Sports Washington. “The reason they went and got Carson Wentz is because, if he plays like he did last year, they will at least be in playoff contention because it was better than the quarterback play they had last year.”

Why does Griffin think Washington is a Super Bowl contender?

“They’re loaded at wide receiver—Scary Terry (McLaurin), they got a healthy Curtis Samuel and Jahan Dotson that they just drafted from Penn State,” Griffin III said. “And that defensive line: Chase Young, Montez Sweat, Daron Payne, Jonathan Allen, Phidarian Mathis, who they just drafted, right? That defensive line has to show up.”

Griffin is a terrific analyst. And he still has his pulse on what’s happening in Washington. The Commanders have talent, and just as Griffin stated, Wentz should be better with numerous weapons around him. As for the defense, Washington can’t be any worse than last season, right? If the Commanders’ front four plays to their potential, the defense should be a top unit.

It’s all about the ifs for Washington, as Griffin noted.

“But if they can get all those ‘ifs’—and it’s a lot of ifs to go together—their roster is stacked, and it’s the best roster Washington has had in at least the last 10 years,” Griffin III said. “They don’t bring in Carson Wentz if they’re not trying to win a Super Bowl. They’re paying him a boatload of money. If they can get just an inkling of that MVP season out of him, that’s gonna put them in the playoff contention — not just playoff contention but contention to win a Super Bowl.”

The NFC is wide open, while the AFC is loaded. It’s not far-fetched to believe the Commanders could take a big leap in 2022. Their former quarterback certainly sees big things on the horizon.

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