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Four months after his dramatic firing from ESPN, the former NFL star Robert Griffin III insisted that it was all water under the bridge.
Griffin, 34, was release the network in August after signing a multi-year contract in 2021. He replaced him Jason Kelce as an ESPN co-host Monday night countdown at the start of the 2024 NFL season.
In an exclusive interview with Us WeeklyGriffin explained how he turned a public ordeal into a private lesson.
“There’s no bad blood for me,” said Griffin, who spoke to Us through his partnership with USAA ahead of the Army-Navy football game on Saturday, Dec. 14. “Listen, at the end of the day, the reception after what happened from the fans showed me that I’m doing it the right way, telling the players’ stories the right way.”
Griffin also said that his former co-hosts — Scott Van Pelt, Ryan Clark and Marcus Spears they all remained on board after his departure—expressed gratitude on their way out the door.
“My teammates and their reaction let me know that I was a good teammate for them,” Griffin boasted. “And that’s all you can go with.”
During his tenure at ESPN, Griffin also served as a color commentator for the network’s coverage of college football.
“You know, you don’t get these opportunities?” Griffin said. “You have to earn these opportunities. I am grateful to ESPN for giving me the opportunity to showcase my game calling skills from the booth as well as in the studio on Monday night countdown. That’s something I never take for granted.”
Looking ahead, Griffin will be a part Netflix’s inaugural NFL coverage on Christmas Day. On Monday, December 9, he was announced as a member of the streamer’s massive broadcast team — which also includes names such as Drew Brees, JJ Watt and Kay Adams — who will prepare fans for the Chiefs-Steelers and Ravens-Texans holiday game.
Before taking his talents to Netflix, Griffin teamed up with USAA to help local military and veteran families ahead of Saturday’s Army-Navy game at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, home of the Washington Commanders, for whom Griffin previously played.
Griffin he helped mentor and coach almost 100 military kids and caregivers from the Elizabeth Dole Foundation at the first Family Soccer Camp at the Prince George Sports Complex on Wednesday, December 11.
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On Friday, Dec. 13, Griffin will help gift two restored vehicles to local deserving military families in need of reliable transportation — one Army family and one Navy family — at a ceremony where the cars will be presented to the families.
For Griffin — whose parents both served in the U.S. Army as sergeants — the collaboration was easy.
“It’s a special bond that military brats and families have because they understand the sacrifice,” Griffin explained. “Being able to partner with USAA in the backfield of Northwest Stadium where I’ve made a ton of soccer memories in the DC area, giving back to the kids means the world to me.”
Griffin added: “To make an impact in that area on these people in their lives, to me it lasts forever.” It is one thing to say: ‘I’m doing all this, I’m doing all that,’ but it’s another thing to actually go out and do it.”
