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- Updated: June 1, 2016
3:03 PM ET
BEREA, Ohio — Robert Griffin III has made “tremendous strides,” but Cleveland Browns coach Hue Jackson is not yet ready to officially name him the starting quarterback.
“There’s a lot of different hats that that man wears,” Jackson said Wednesday after the Browns final OTA practice. “And I have to make sure for our football team, for our city, for our opportunity to win that we make the right choice and not just the fast choice.”
Griffin has been active and involved at practice, clapping demonstrably after completions and sprinting between drills. His throwaways under pressure have even been noteworthy; some have hit the top of a 15-foot fence, with one clearing the fence and hitting a pine tree in a yard next to the practice fields. He’s been very involved in community activities, and also seems to have made a point to work on sliding, something he did not do at Washington.
When throwing the ball, he’s made some good throws and some not-so-good throws, but he has yet to go full speed against a live defense.
“It hasn’t’ been perfect all the time,” Jackson said, “but it’s been really good and I see glimpses of it being extremely good. And that’s what we’re chasing.”
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