Robert Griffin III rips ex-Redskins WR Santana Moss for claim he gloated about Mike Shanahan firing

Robert Griffin III said Tuesday on Twitter that former Washington Redskins teammate Santana Moss lied and betrayed him after the now-retired receiver claimed Griffin gloated about Mike Shanahan's firing.

Griffin tweeted Tuesday morning: "Santana Moss, I treat you like a brother & have always had your back. To openly lie about me is a betrayal.....

"Been lied on a lot over the years."

In an interview with Chad Dukes of 106.7 The Fan earlier this week, Moss said Shanahan was “robbed of having more years” to coach in Washington and felt it was unfair that the franchise chose Griffin over Shanahan when the quarterback and coach "weren't seeing eye-to-eye." He said Shanahan's 2013 firing, after the coach benched RG3 for the final three games of the season, was a message from Griffin to the rest of the locker room. 

Moss said: “I’m not sure if that was his whole plan, but when the whole thing went about, we hear that Mike Shanahan’s not coming back the next year, then we hear the quarterback like, ‘Hey. Mm hmm.’ Like, basically saying that you got me out of here not playing last year, the last few games, then that’s what happens. You get fired.

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"You can’t do that. One thing I just shared with you, God don’t like ugly. The little credit that (Griffin) did take for saying, ‘They didn’t like what I was doing’ or ‘They benched me and not allowing me to play,’ that’s what happens.”

Griffin contended on Twitter that he was "in an impossible situation (with) a coach who never wanted me." He added that he played "the good soldier" and never fit "this negative narrative that has been pushed about me."

Griffin, selected second overall by the Redskins in the 2012 NFL draft, was released by Washington at the end of the 2015 season. He then signed with the Cleveland Browns but was cut after a season plagued by injuries and inconsistent play, and now remains a free agent.

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