Robert Griffin III did what no team throughout the entire 2011 season could do to the New Orleans Saints.
Go into the SuperDome, and come out with a win.
And he did it in his first-ever NFL regular season game.
The No.2 overall pick back in April’s draft demonstrated why the team sacrificed a heap of picks to move up in the draft and grab him. Griffin threw for 320 yards by completing 19 of 26 passesand two touchdowns to no interceptions.
These are impressive stats, but in particular going on the road and doing what he did, that’s pretty impressive.
The 40-32 victory wasn’t as easy as it looked either. Drew Brees and New Orleans still showed that they can score a lot of points, and do so quickly. Even with the saints down 16 points late in the fourth quarter, New Orleans was able to score twice, but Griffin orchestrated a late scoring drive of his own.
That’s pretty tough to do.
One thing is for sure, and that is that the NFC East division looks like it just got a whole lot tougher than it was to start the season. And even going into the season we expected this one to be very ifficult to get through. But with the Redskins looking the way they did in Week 1 against the Saints, the Eagles, Giants, and Cowboys might be in for a dog fight.
The Eagles looked arguably like the worst team in the division, and they come into the season as the favorites.
These NFC East game this season will be fun to watch.
Now, obviously one game does not a season nor a career make, but if Griffin plays like this all season, and continues to even improve, than Washington could be a darkhorse contender for the NFC East, and making a run at the postseason. Griffin came into a much better situation than did No.1 draft pick Andrew Luck. Washington is a much better team around their quarterback than Luck with the Colts.
The Redskins will go on the road to take on the St. Louis Rams in Week 2 of the 2012 NFL Season in a game in which they will probably favored