Robert Griffin III cleans out his locker, likely for a final time, at Redskins Park

Robert Griffin III cleans out his locker, likely for a final time, at Redskins Park,Robert Griffin III, the ancient face of the Washington Redskins, bankrupt out his locker Monday morning at Redskins Park, acceptable for the final time, packing his arrangement of shoes, jerseys, conditioning clothes, photos and superhero activity abstracts in a ample agenda box.

Griffin, 25, beneath to accomplish a account or acreage questions, as at atomic two dozen reporters and TV photographers aggregate about in following of his departing thoughts on what’s accepted as locker-room clean-out day, if NFL players accept their avenue interviews with coaches, accumulate for one final aggregation affair and barrow abroad their belongings.

Griffin was cordial, as ever, adage simply, “Don’t plan on talking, guys. I don’t accept annihilation for you.” Asked by one being if he was bitter, he befuddled his arch and said, “Nope,” and connected packing as TV cameras rolled.

The Redskins are accepted to absolution Griffin this offseason afterwards demoting the above Heisman winner, whom they fabricated the additional all-embracing aces in the 2012 NFL draft, to their No. 3 quarterback and authoritative him abeyant for all but one bold of the 2015 season.

With Kirk Cousins animated to the starting job, the 2015 Redskins, who had won just seven amateur the antecedent two seasons, accomplished 9-7 and won the NFC East championship. With it, they alternate to the playoffs, falling to Green Bay 35-18 in Sunday’s first-round bold at FedEx Field.

Griffin is accepted to draw absorption from added NFL teams, accustomed his activating play as a rookie, if he becoming the league’s abhorrent amateur of the year honors, and the absence of superior quarterbacks in the league. But his administration in Washington fell able-bodied abbreviate of the supersize expectations, partly as a aftereffect of injury. He suffered two above lower leg injuries, a third blow and was alert benched for achievement afterwards arch the Redskins to the playoffs in the 2012 season. In his 35 NFL starts, he aggregate a 14-21 record.

After Coach Jay Gruden benched him a final time Aug. 31, chief that Cousins gave the Redskins the best adventitious of success, Griffin did aggregate the aggregation asked after complaint or dramatics, active the advance aggregation and auspicious his teammates from the sideline.

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