Bet on Briles…Snyder Needs Baylor, RG3 Coach Now!

It’s funny, but I can’t tell you how many times I’m watching a sporting event and notice something going on and the game’s announcers will repeat, almost verbatim, what I just said.

Now, nearly two months after telling numerous friends, family and colleagues across the globe that the Washington Redskins should go all out for former RGIII mentor and current Baylor head coach Art Briles, reports are starting to come out that they may be just what happens.

Adding more fuel to the speculation that Briles could very well land in the nation’s capitol, is the fact that the elder RGII, the father of Washington’s franchise quarterback, is now openly lobbying for Briles to become the team’s next head coach.

According to recent reports, the elder Griffin has politicked Dan Snyder to hire Baylor coach Art Briles, who coached the younger Griffin to a Heisman Trophy, to replace Shanahan.

One source who has known the Griffin family for at least six years recently compared the elder Griffin to the late Earl Woods, Tiger Woods’ father and a man who many believe lived in the reflective glory of his son’s accomplishments.

It’s RG3 if you ask me!

Passing on 'RG3' as the No. 1
overall NFL Draft pick could be an
epic mistake for the Indianapolis Colts. 

Okay EyeOn Sports football lovers, I know Stanford’s Andrew Luck has been deemed the consensus overall No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft for at least the last two seasons, but for me, I’d take Baylor’s Heisman Trophy-winning Robert Griffin III, the aptly nicknamed, RG!

While I do believe that Luck is the more, NFL-ready quarterback right now – and one that should go on to have a very productive career, passing on Griffin III could be a mistake of epic proportions, particularly seeing how important it is to have a mobile quarterback in today’s high-speed, high-impact era.

Eye On Sports would take Heisman Trophy winner
Robert Griffin III with the No. 1 overall draft pick.

What makes RG3 even more attractive to me – and many NFL folks around the league – is the stunning success that Carolina Panthers phenom Cam Newton unfurled in his very first season in the league.

Not only that, but Griffin is also known as a studious kind of guy that loves learning and has a work ethic that is second to none, questions that critics tried to put on Newton prior to last year’s NFL Draft.

Like Newton, Griffin genuinely believes e should be the No. 1 overall pick in the draft and made that fact very clear at last week’s Super Bowl media functions.

Call me crazy, gridiron gang, but if I were running the Indianapolis Colts, I’d take Robert Griffin III with the top overall pick in a heartbeat!

RG3 Show Going to Next Level!

Okay NFL fans, Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III is apparently taking his super-talented act to the NFL – and we’re fired up here at Eye on Sports to see RG3 at the next level.

On Tuesday, reports said Griffin III was set to inform Baylor coach Art Briles that he has decided to turn pro. The Heisman Trophy winner will then choose an agent and begin preparations for whatever NFL workouts he will participate in prior to the NFL Draft.

This approaching Sunday is the deadline for underclassmen to formally petition for the NFL draft.

Griffin is projected as a top-10 pick, but I’m going on record to say he should probably be the No.1 overall selection.

Grifin led Baylor to a school record with 10 wins this season, including a record-breaking 67-56 victory over Washington in the Valero Alamo Bowl.

Griffin threw for 4,293 yards with 37 touchdowns and only six interceptions while rushing for an additional 699 yards and 10 more touchdowns.

RG3 to Indy?

Prior to Jim Irsay’s strange move to fire knowledgeable GM Bill Polian and his son Chris as part of a ‘rebuilding’ campaign, the Colts’ organization seemed to be leaning toward taking Heisman Trophy-winning Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, the aptly named RG3.

Now, with a new GM apparently on the way and the Colts’ draft plans undoubtedly up in the air, no one knows what the Colts are going to do with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft.

While former Stanford star Andrew Luck is clearly the most NFL-ready college quarterback in the country, I’m going on record right now to say the Colts should draft griffin II instead of Luck, while holding on to Peyton Manning for a couple of more seasons while he helps groom the highly athletic Griffin into an NFL quarterback.

 Maybe it’s me, but I’m thinking Griffin would be an absolute terror for defensive coordinators everywhere after learning how to succeed as a passer in the NFL and combining that with his well-documented fleet feet!

Oh, Say Can You See? - It’s RG3!

For pretty much two years now, it’s been generally assumed that Stanford standout quarterback Andrew Luck would be taken with the No.1 overall draft pick, but not any more Eye on Sports followers.

2011 was the ‘Year of RG3’ and now, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Baylor stands poised to leapfrog Luck to become the Indianapolis Colts’ choice

as the No. 1 overall draft pick.

Griffin's father, Robert Griffin II, told the media on Saturday night that it's a matter of when, not if his so will announce his decision to go pro rather than going back to Baylor for his senior season.

"I met with my son (Friday) and his schedule is pretty much he will attend the Sugar Bowl here in New Orleans, then next weekend he will meet with five agents and select the right agent to represent him and plan a good pre-draft process," Griffin II said. "After that he will sit down with three of his coaches at Baylor on Wednesday or Thursday (Jan. 11 or 12) and make it official."

Griffin III already obtained his bachelor's degree in political science in December 2010 and is just 12 credits short of his master’s degree. Baylor beat Washington 67-56 on Thursday in the Valero Alamo Bowl to finish the season with a fine 10-3 record.

Reports say the Indianapolis Colts have spent significant time checking out Griffin on tape and in person and are very high on the athletic superstar signal-caller.

My personal feeling is that Luck is more ready to play in the NFL right now, but Griffin has the bigger upside with his far superior athleticism and equally impressive arm strength. Indianapolis should nab RG3 with the No. 1 overall pick, let Peyton Manning play out his career and then hand the keys to the franchise to Griffin in two seasons!