Maybe like nine hopelessly optimistic Cleveland Browns fans, buoyed and delusionally high from the Cavaliers’ NBA Finals comeback, really had talked themselves into Robert Griffin the Third being their long-term solution at quarterback.
The rest of us reasonable, rational folks believed it was only a matter of time before a man with discarded cardboard paper towel tubes for bones and dental floss for ligaments would get injured again.
Just not all of us expected it to come in Week Fucking One.
(I had a concussion in Week Two that he tried to play through in Week Three.)
Here’s the hit he took against the Eagles.
#BrownsvsEagles #RG3 arms goes LIMP after getting WALLOPED possible RIBS or Shoulder INJURY for #Browns QB WATCH!! pic.twitter.com/oFU0DFHOAu
— SuperhumanSports330 (@OUeatSleepParty) September 11, 2016
Griffin remained in the game, but now the reports coming out of Browns camp are telling a much different story.
As @PSchrags alluded, Cleveland source says Browns' QB RGIII has a "potentially serious" shoulder injury. Testing today.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 12, 2016
Word I'm hearing out of Cleveland is that RG3 is hurt. And could be out for a while. More to come. @NFLonFOX
— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) September 12, 2016
#Browns RG3 "could be out awhile'' with a left shoulder injury, source confirms https://t.co/gTqe8LV33W
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) September 12, 2016
Yea.
That was unsurprising. Let’s look at some more photos from his Browns debut.
At least he’s still got love.
UPDATE: HAHAHHAHAHAHHA
Browns announce RGIII (shoulder) has been placed on injured reserve and will miss a minimum of eight games. pic.twitter.com/SN50h0d6GY
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) September 12, 2016
It gets worse.
Browns' QB RGIII has a fractured coracoid bone in his left shoulder and he will be re-evaluated in 3-4 weeks. Could be out for season.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 12, 2016