Robert Griffin III’s wife has ‘personal beef’ with Washington for ruining QB’s career
Robert Griffin III took a social media trend a step further, but his wife is on board. In a recent Instagram reel , Griffin dressed in an old Washington Redskins uniform and wrote, “Preparing for my Netflix documentary about why they kept running me when I only had 1 leg against Seattle in 2012.” The post generated a lot of comments and feedback, but Griffin’s wife, Grete, backed him up in the comments. “I have personal beef with everyone involved, and I didn’t even know you then,” she wrote. The post calls back to Griffin’s early retirement from the NFL due to what he believes was injury mismanagement by Washington at the time. He was the No. 2 overall pick to the Redskins — now known as the Commanders — in the 2012 NFL Draft and quickly made an impact on the field. The former quarterback earned a starting spot and authored a historic rookie campaign, setting the all-time single season rookie record for passer rating and touchdown-to-interception ratio. At the end of his first season, he threw for 3,200 yards, 20 touchdowns and five interceptions as Washington won the division and returned to the playoffs. It all earned him a Pro Bowl nod and the Offensive Rookie of the Year. However, toward the final stages of his rookie year marked the beginning of the end for Griffin. In early December 2012, he suffered a grade 1 LCL sprain. Yet, after missing one week of action, he returned to the field for a playoff game against Seattle. However, as reported by USA Today , Griffin was not cleared to return to the field by his doctor, which was different than what head coach Mike Shanahan claimed. Griffin went on to further aggravate his injury and needed surgery on both his LCL and ACL. For the rest of Griffin’s career until he retired in 2020, he never hit the same level again. His wife Grete was not there for the situation in Washington, as the two got engaged in 2017 after meeting just a year prior. However, she is just as enraged with it for the sake of her husband. The two married in March 2018. They have three daughters together — Gloria, Gameya, and Gia. Grete has also become a stepmother to Griffin’s oldest daughter, Reese Ann, from his previous marriage
