Nearly eight months of speculation and non-stop injury updates are over. Robert Griffin III has been cleared to play in the Washington Redskins' season opener. Redskins coach Mike Shanahan announced after Thursday's preseason game that RGIII officially was cleared by Dr. James Andrews after an examination. It's worth noting that Shanahan did not name Griffin the starter for Week 1 yet. Shanahan cited some "concerns" that he would talk to Griffin about, but the Washington Post reported that the team just wants to see another good week of practice out of RGIII. Shanahan presumably wants to keep some mystery to the decision, but there isn't much left after Griffin took nearly every first-team rep in practice this week, according to NFL.com's Albert Breer. Source: NFL.com
