Robert Griffin III Says He's The 'Best Quarterback' In The Nation

In a recent interview with SI.com, Baylor QB Robert Griffin III said he's the best quarterback in the nation. Griffin told SI.com's Don Banks: "I hate to talk about myself like that, but if I had to straight up tell a head coach or an owner why they should take me, it's because I'm the best in everything I've done. I'm the most accurate. I have the strongest arm. I may not be the tallest, I may not be the heaviest. But I'm the best quarterback in the nation, and if they pass on me, then I understand. But I'm going to go out and be the best quarterback for somebody else." The momentum does seem like it's headed Griffin's way. By the time the draft rolls around, some teams are likely to have him rated higher on the draft board than Luck, who has been described as the best passing prospect since Peyton Manning, and was considered an eventual No. 1 overall pick for his last two seasons at Stanford.

Source: Sports Illustrated

 

What do you want him to say? "yeah I'm okay but that Luck kid is better than I am!" Seriously. He's selling himself. Right now I'd say he's better than Luck but with Luck you basically know what you're going to get overall. RGIII is still a bit of a mystery.

 

Cleveland whats this kid

 

Can't say I'm shocked, I think most football players think they are the best

 

Sorry but this it the problem with kids coming out of College. All mouth. Most have watched Chad and TO run their mouths and such to a point they think talking can make them a better player. If you want to impress coaches and teams do it on the field and shut your mouth. A little humility goes a long way.

 

yes, he obviously needs to be confident, the danger comes when he is OVERconfident, which may give us some red flags

We don't want him to be so overconfident that he doesn't come into the league with the sincere realization that it is a huge step from college qb to nfl qb and he still has a LOT of work to do.

We don't want another Jamarcus Russell or Todd Marinovich.

 

I agee you need to have that kind of confidence if your gonna be playing in the pros

 

nothing wrong with what he said.

on top of that hes actually intelligent and well spoken, its not like chris johnson saying "im da bestest runin back i da world i lyke ta carry da foot ball and runz wit it cuz i can runz fasta dan any1 in da hole wurld"

 

what's wrong with that? half the kids in America talk/write like that ..............

 

I'm a go out on a limb here and say its less than half...

 

Confidence is one thing but bragging is another. If you have confidence it will show and everyone will see it when you play.

 

i agree. there is a difference between confidence and arrogance and the quotes in this article hint at arrogance ........... now, it's hard to get someone's full intent of what they're saying with written quotes. I would prefer to hear them talking, read their body language, etc. to get the full intent, but just based upon the words, it sounds pretty freaking arrogant and that 'could' pose a problem if he doesn't think the jump to the nfl is going to be very difficult for him.

 

I think I am the greatest writer in the world. Its not arrogance its confidence. You HAVE to believe in yourself, nobody else is going too there is nothing wrong with him admitting he thinks hes the best. YOU HAVE TO THINK YOU ARE THE BEST cause everyone else is going to tell you otherwise your whole life.

 

You might have confidence in your writing and that's fine and it will show once you write. But once you start telling everyone you are the greatest you start sounding arrogant. And that makes me wonder if he will be a cancer for who ever drafts him. Who are you getting Vince Young , Jamarcus Russell or Steve McNair?

 

talk about reading into something too much

 

true. the NFL world is kind of slow right now though so we're just trying to find stuff to talk about ................. :scratch:

 

I mean seriously its not like he said hes the next Peyton Manning he just said hes the best QB in the nation, he thinks hes better than Luck, WHO CARES THATS CONFIDENCE.

LOL this topic blew up I didn't realize news was this slow.

 

I'm ready for spring training and the NFL draft :icon_cheesygrin: