Robert Griffin III trademarking RGIII

Robert Griffin III is taking care of business off the field even though he hasn’t signed a contract or taken a snap in an NFL game yet.

Griffin created Thr3escompany, LLC after he declared for the NFL draft and filed for a trademark for “RGIII”.

Following his declaration for the NFL Draft, Griffin hired an attorney. Thereafter, he created his own company, Thr3escompany, LLC and submitted applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a total of four trademarks – RGIII, RG3, Robert Griffin III, and Unbelievably Believable. The first three trademark filings were made for “Shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, pants, shorts, footwear, hats, caps, athletic uniforms.”  


That was a smart move considering all the fake RGIII material that will be surfacing around the Washington, D.C. area and other NFL cities. There were fake Andrew Luck jerseys being sold before he was even drafted.

Luck’s tutor says the Colts would be making a mistake by taking Griffin

Even with owner Jim Irsay saying that it’s “up in the air” about whether the Indianapolis Colts select Robert Griffin III or Andrew Luck, I’d bet good money that the Colts select Luck with the first overall pick of the NFL Draft on April 26.

It almost seems like a foregone conclusion, but there are some that think the Colts should select Griffin over Luck. ESPN’s Merill Hoge and NFL Films’ Greg Cosell are amongst those in support of Griffin.

Andrew Luck’s private quarterback coach, George Whitfield thinks if the Colts don’t select Luck they’ll be making a mistake. Remember that Whitfield also worked with Carolina’s Cam Newton before the draft and he ended up being the top pick in last year’s draft. So he might know what he’s talking about.

“If they over-think this, they’re going to make a mistake they’ll regret for years,” said George Whitfield Jr., Luck’s private quarterbacks coach.

“He’s constantly being categorized as being safe, the sure thing, almost to the point where it’s a negative like there’s a ceiling, no apparent way for him to get better,” Whitfield said. “It’s like they’re describing a girl you’ve never seen as smart, witty, funny, consistent, without saying anything about her physically. It almost feels like they’re looking at him as the guy with the least amount of negatives.

“Let me tell you: He’s far from a finished product. He’s very far along, but there are still things he’s working on mechanically and there are lots of things he’ll get better at by being in the NFL. People are now seeing him throw those intermediate and perimeter passes, and those are throws he’s been dying to make. You don’t think David Shaw (Luck’s coach at Stanford) didn’t want to make more of those perimeter throws or go downtown more during the season? But look at Stanford’s skill position guys. You can only spend within the budget you have.

“But he’s athletic. He’s cat quick. He’s strong. People are saying he’s a prototypical pocket passer, like they’re putting him in this category. But there’s a lot more he can do.”

In my opinion, I think the Colts will select Luck and although I think both will contribute to their teams, Griffin is set up more for immediate success if he lands in Washington as expected. It’s just unfair that Luck is going to be looked upon as the savior since I don’t think he’s cut out for that role. He’ll be good, I just don’t think Colts fans should expect the best out of him just yet.

    

McNabb says that RG III won’t fit in Washington

Donovan McNabb still hasn’t found an NFL home. His time with the Washington Redskins ended up in a crash and burn scenario, that McNabb has yet to recover from. It also sounds like he has sour grapes from his experience with Mike Shanahan and the Redskins.

McNabb was asked whether Robert Griffin III would be able to excel with the Skins and McNabb sounded as if Shanahan ruined his career.

 Asked on ESPN First Take if Griffin is a good fit with the offense the Shanahans run in Washington, McNabb answered, “No.

“Here’s a guy coming out who’s very talented, mobile, strong arm, we’ve already heard he’s intelligent, football mind,” McNabb said of Griffin. “Are you going to cater the offense around his talent, and what he’s able to do, or are you going to bring the Houston offense with Matt Schaub over to him and have him kind of be embedded in that?”


What McNabb fails to realize is that his career was on the downside before he got to Washington. You think Andy Reid would’ve traded him if he knew McNabb could still be productive? Exactly. He is right in some regards about Shanahan in how he hasn’t won jack since John Elway rode off into the sunset.

“We talk so much about Mike Shanahan and the things he was able to do in Denver,” McNabb said. “Well, I have a couple of names for you that Mike Shanahan — quarterbacks he’s coached — and the lack of success that he’s had.”


“We had John Beck, who was 0-4,” McNabb said. “Rex Grossman: 6-11. Jay Cutler, who was his prize possession: 17-20. Jake Plummer, a guy who had success, led them to the AFC Championship against Pittsburgh, as we know, and then benched him the next year, because he wouldn’t do what he wanted him to do. Brian Griese, who was supposed to be the heir apparent to John Elway, hasn’t had a lot of success.”


“I don’t think it’s a good fit,” McNabb said. “If this doesn’t work this year, if we don’t see a splash like a Cam Newton splash, this could be it. . . . How long does he have with RG3? The seat is hot right now.”


“I was misused,” McNabb said. “Absolutely, I was misused.”


Somewhere the truth lies in the middle. Shanahan isn’t the genius many make him out to be and McNabb was pretty much toast by the time he got to Washington.

In a weird way it’ll be up to Robert Griffin III to prove that McNabb was right about Shanahan and his offense or that McNabb was just living off past glory and washed up.

To me, Shanahan never adjusted his scheme to fit McNabb’s talent and McNabb probably never read the playbook or bothered to learn the offense.