Speaking to the media for the final time before training camp begins, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III once again expressed a belief that he’ll be able to return to practicing in full once camp begins in late July.
“[It will be] just a matter of how my body feels when I get back on July 25th,” he said Tuesday after the team’s first session of mandatory minicamp. “I’ve said it a bunch of times – I’m pretty confident I’ll be ready.”
Griffin was again seen working off to the side with other players not cleared for full practice. He reportedly followed a similar regimen as he had the last few weeks; throwing to receivers, planting on his surgically repaired right knee, and doing light sprinting.
With training camp as Griffin’s target date for a return, the Redskins quarterback says there’s only one phase left in his rehab process before he’s ready to be back with the team.
“The next big stage [of rehab] is just cutting,” Griffin said. “I’ll start cutting next week and then after that it’s just everything over and over.
“I’ll continue to work out in the weight room over the next four or five weeks, continue to keep sprinting, and just get more and more comfortable, and then whatever I feel like I have a deficiency at, I’ll make sure I fix that.”
Griffin will have the next six weeks to prove to the training staff that he’ll be healthy enough to practice fully in training camp. He’s scheduled meet with team orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in the coming weeks (per 106.7 The Fan), and will take a physical on July 25th, the first day of camp.