Robert Griffin III replaces Randy Moss on Monday Night Football Countdown
Randy Moss will NOT appear on ESPN’s Monday Night Football Countdown this season. Instead, the Hall of Fame wide receiver will work on Sunday Night Countdown while former Heisman winner Robert Griffin III is slated to join the show.
Andrew Marchand of the New York Post was the first to report the change in personnel for the pregame show. While NFL reporter Dov Kleiman tweeted that staying on the Sunday Night show was Moss’ own decision.
RGIII — as he’s known to most football fans — did not play in the NFL this past season after spending the previous three backing up Lamar Jackson in Baltimore. Before that, Griffin III spent a year in Cleveland and started his career in Washington, where his play tailed off after a successful first season that saw him win Rookie of the Year as well as make a Pro Bowl.
The beloved Baylor Bear and collegiate superstar stays in the world television, where he’ll do the network pregame show for Monday Night Football games this coming season.
RGIII still eyeing NFL return
Robert Griffin III is about to head into year two of broadcasting for ESPN but even 19 months removed from playing the game, the former Heisman winner hasn’t given up on one day rejoining an NFL roster. This week, the former Baylor quarterback revealed that he’s keeping himself in playing shape, just in case.
“I am ready to go right now,” Griffin told Christopher Williams of KWTX in Waco, Texas. “Train every day. I throw and work out. I know what it takes to get my body ready and I am doing those things. Yes, it is a little bit tougher when you are flying around everywhere doing stuff for TV, but when you really want something, you make it work.
“So, if I get that call this year, next year, or five years from now I will be ready to play.”
Robert Griffin played two great seasons for Washington after going No. 2 overall in the 2012 draft. He tore his ACL in 2013 and dislocated his ankle in 2014, essentially ending his career as a starter in the league. The dual-threat quarterback would not be deterred, however. He returned to the field for five games in 2016 for the Cleveland Browns. He then joined the Baltimore Ravens, serving as a mentor and backup for Lamar Jackson.
“I still love to play,” Griffin also told KWTX. “But right now I am just focused on doing the best as I can as a storyteller and giving back to football as much as I can.”