NFL Rumors: Offensive Coach says Robert Griffin III is ‘Done’

Despite an impressive start in the league, injuries have left Robert Griffin IIII looking like a completely different player. Although the Washington Redskins quarterback is just 25-years-old, an anonymous NFL offensive coach believes that the once-explosive player is "done."

"There's no coming back," the undisclosed offensive coach told ESPN.com's Mike Sando. "He is done. The reason is, the injury slowed his legs, and his ego will not allow him to hit rock bottom and actually grind his way back up the right way."

Sando, who was researching quarterback rankings, reported that a personnel director said, "To get better in this league, you have to have a degree of humility. When [Griffin] looks in the mirror, he is seeing things that everybody else is not seeing. That is why I was surprised when they gave him the fifth-year [option] and said it was an easy decision."

Sando's rankings was developed from "a panel of eight personnel directors, six general managers, four head coaches, five offensive coordinators, five defensive coordinators, three salary-cap managers, two ex-GMs, two ex-head coaches, and one offensive assistant coach," NFL.com reported.

Not everyone, however, believes that Griffin's career is over.

"I know how hard it is for a quarterback to go into a system for the first time," one NFL general manager said via Sando. "With Griffin, I'm taking into account the new offense, the new personality at head coach, coming off an injury. He showed his rookie year that he could be a (top tier QB). He is a young guy. I'm going to give him the benefit because of that."

Red Skins former coach Mike Shanahan offered his opinion back in May, stating that he believes it will take "some growing pains" for Griffin to adjust to the Jay Gruden's offensive system.

In Sando's list, Griffin fell to 28th out of the 32 quarterbacks. He was ranked 19th in Sando's previous rankings.

Griffin has a great rookie season in 2012. In the playoffs that year, Griffin tore his ACL and has since battled with injuries. Over the past two seasons, he has been very inconsistent.

The 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year will have a lot to prove. He will be entering the final year of his rookie contract and earn a base salary of $3.27 million. He will also get the final installment of his rookie-signing bonus worth $3.45 million.

Griffin's fifth-year option is worth $16.155 million for the 2016 season.