RG III and the Jets: Not the craziest idea
The drum beat is faint now, but it will grow progressively louder in the coming weeks and months:
RG III ... RG III ... RG III.
The New York Jets will be looking for a quarterback in the offseason, maybe two, and it appears that Robert Griffin III — benched this week by the Washington Redskins — will be available. Let's be clear: Several dominos have to fall before RG III-to-the-Jets can be considered anything more than fantasy-football chatter — mainly, we don't know who will be calling the shots for the Jets — but he could fit the profile for their 2015 plan.
Griffin has only one year remaining on his contract (an affordable $3.3 million guaranteed), assuming the Redskins don't exercise the fifth-year option in the spring. For the Jets, it would be a Percy Harvin-like trade: Not much downside in terms of financial risk — essentially, a one-year audition.
Dallas is wearing their Blues today.