Redskins GM Bruce Allen said it was “too early to tell” whether Robert Griffin III would be ready for training camp. (The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen said Monday that it’s “too early to tell” whether star quarterback Robert Griffin III will be ready to participate in the team’s training camp in late July, hedging on previous bullish comments from head coach Mike Shanahan.

“It’s great to hear the building is on schedule, ahead of schedule, and I’ve heard all those same phrases for our quarterback,” Allen said at a tour for reporters of the team’s under-construction training camp site in Richmond, Va, according to The Washington Post’s Mark Maske.

“It’s too early to tell right now. He is doing everything that the doctors want him to do. He’s a great worker. I think that’s why there’s so much optimism that he’ll be ready at the beginning. But it’s really too premature to speculate on where his medical condition is until we give him a physical when training camp starts July 25.”

Griffin was plagued by injuries late last season. In the Redskins’ 24-14 playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks, tore his ACL, LCL and meniscus in his right knee. He had surgery on Jan. 9 to repair those ligaments.

In an interview in April, Shanahan predicted that Griffin would “set a record for coming back.”

“He’s over at the facility, rehabbing all of the time. He’ll set a record for coming back because that’s how hard he works,” Shanahan said, according to Pro Football Talk. “He is ahead, but there’s a process. It takes time. Robert will do it the right way and we’ll find out in July exactly where he’s at. He will not come back until he’s 100 percent.”

The Redskins open the season against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football on Sept. 9.

Robert Griffin has a partially torn ACL and MCL, according to a report. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III has a partially torn ACL and MCL in his right knee, an MRI taken Monday revealed, according to a report in The Washington Post. The report cites “several people with knowledge of the test results.”

Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan — who has drawn criticism for his decision to leave Griffin in Sunday’s 24-14 wildcard loss to the Seattle Seahawks — said on Monday that the results of the MRI prompted the Redskins to send Griffin to Dr. James Andrews for further examination, where he might have to undergo exploratory surgery.

The Washington Post reported that the visit will determine whether the injuries are old or new, since Griffin tore an ACL in the same knee while playing for Baylor in 2009.

“That’s what we’re trying to find out,” a person familiar with the tests told the Post, referring to the newness of the injuries.

Shanahan admitted Monday that the MRI had left the team worried about Griffin’s status for next season. A torn ACL typically requires a rehabilitation period of nine to 12 months.

Griffin was hurt in the first quarter of the Redskins’ loss on Sunday, but he stayed in the game. But in the fourth quarter, he twisted the knee in gruesome fashion while trying to recover a bad snap.

Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan said during a Monday news conference that quarterback Robert Griffin III will see a orthepedic surgeon to determine the severity of a knee injury sustained in the Redskins’24-14 playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Washington Examiner reports.

Shanahan said that Griffin will fly down to Birmingham, Ala. to see Dr. James Andrews on Tuesday. Andrews was on the sidelines of the playoff game and was the one who originally cleared Griffin to return to action after he suffered the injury to his right knee in a Week 14 win against the Baltimore Ravens.

Many complaints about the Redskins playing surface have been made. The NFL’s game operations procedures makes every home team certify that the playing surface meets certain conditions. NFL.com reports that the Seahawks complained about the field at FedEx Field that injured Seahawks linebacker Chris Clemons. The team fears Clemons tore his ACL.

Shanahan said, “You’d like a perfect field. It wasn’t a perfect field.”

When adversity strikes you respond in one of two ways….You step aside and give in..Or you step up and fight.—
Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) January 07, 2013

Robert Griffin III practiced again after suffering a concussion. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Washington Redskins’ quarterback Robert Griffin III followed Wednesday’s practice with another on Thursday, according to several sources.

Griffin’s status for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings remains uncertain after he was knocked out and suffered a concussion last Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. Griffin will undergo more medical tests to gauge his ability to return following his second concussion in less than a year.

If Griffin is not cleared to play, Redskins fans are already debating who should play quarterback against the Vikings: rookie Kirk Cousins or veteran Rex Grossman. Cousins completed five of nine passes with a touchdown and two interceptions against the Falcons.

Head coach Mike Shanahan isn’t tipping his hand on the team’s backup plans.

From NBC Washington:

“You have to look at both ends of it,” Shanahan said regarding preparations at the quarterback situation.

 Shanahan didn’t indicate how the remaining reps were split between Cousins and Grossman. And while most of us are familiar with Grossman’s game — rare moments of brilliance sandwiched around long stretches of mediocrity — all we’ve seen from Cousins came in the quarter-and-a-half of work he got in Griffin’s absence last Sunday.

Former Washington Redskins QB, Donovan McNabb thinks that Robert Griffin III will not be successful in Mike Shanahans’ offense, according to ProFootballTalk.

“I don’t think it’s a good fit,” McNabb said today on ESPN’s First Take.

“If this doesn’t work this year, if we don’t see a splash like a Cam Newton splash, this could be it. . .  How long does he have with RG3? The seat is hot right now.”

“Here’s a guy coming out who’s very talented, mobile, strong arm, we’ve already heard he’s intelligent, football mind,” McNabb said. “Are you going to cater the offense around his talent, and what he’s able to do, or are you going to bring the Houston offense with Matt Schaub over to him and have him kind of be embedded in that?”

“We talk so much about Mike Shanahan and the things he was able to do in Denver,” McNabb said. “Well, I have a couple of names for you that Mike Shanahan — quarterbacks he’s coached — and the lack of success that he’s had.”

McNabb played one unsuccessful season for the Redskins under coach Shanahan in 2010. The former Pro Bowler got off to the worst start of his career before being benched for Rex Grossman. In 2011 he played just six games with the Minnesota Vikings before losing his starting spot to rookie Christian Ponder. He is currently a free-agent.

This season Griffin scored 37 touchdowns and threw the ball for 4,293 yards for Baylor. He is one of the most talked about players coming out of the combine and was the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner, Consensus All-American, Davey O’Brien Award winner, and the Manning Award winner.