{"id":4294,"date":"2024-08-15T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4294"},"modified":"2024-08-15T23:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:24:29","slug":"the-entire-internet-is-making-the-same-joke-after-robert-griffin-iii-continued-tweeting-like-nothing-happened-right-after-being-fired-from-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4294","title":{"rendered":"The Entire Internet Is Making The Same Joke After Robert Griffin III Continued Tweeting Like Nothing Happened Right After Being Fired From ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5703445\/2024\/08\/15\/espn-fires-robert-griffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Athletic<\/a>, ESPN fired NFL Countdown host Sam Ponder and analyst\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/robert-griffin-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Griffin III<\/a>. The moves are for \u201cfinancial reasons\u201d and are similar to those of many other networks.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite the bad news, RGIII continues to do what he loves: report NFL news. In his latest tweet, he gave opinions about the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>\u00a0acquiring pass rusher\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/matthew-judon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Judon<\/a>, and many online joked and showed support for the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Matthew Judon is JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtlantaFalcons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AtlantaFalcons<\/a>. He had 12+ sacks in 2 of the last 3 years and 4 sacks in 4 games played last year. The Falcons were 21st in sacks and 27th in ints last year. Judon will make them improve in both IMMEDIATELY. Love this trade. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KvklpPW0Nh\">pic.twitter.com\/KvklpPW0Nh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RGIII\/status\/1824142901187891641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>can you break ur firing??<\/em>\u201d said one commenter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Bro got fired and posted this,<\/em>\u201d said another about Griffin<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Bro, you are undervalued at ESPN. Can\u2019t wait to see unfettered and independent RGIII or see you go to Fox,<\/em>\u201d said another in support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>One of the few times I\u2019ll ever say this- but espn screwed up. Don\u2019t know the behind the scenes but bright things ahead!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0added a fourth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>My son and I enjoy listening to your broadcasts. You are one of the stars in the business. All my best as you take a position of greater importance and impact. Go Noles,<\/em>\u201d stated a fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Griffin has been with ESPN since 2021 and had many fans.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-robert-griffin-iii-will-likely-find-a-new-job-soon\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert Griffin III Will Likely Find A New Job Soon<\/h2>\n<p>Griffin turned a successful yet short NFL playing stint due to injuries into an amazing career as an NFL and college football analyst.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why it was so surprising that he was let go from ESPN with two whole years left on his contract. He was also one of the most beloved by the public throughout the station.<\/p>\n<p>However, he is expected to find a new network soon to continue informing his nearly three million followers across both Instagram and X.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0The Athletic, ESPN fired NFL Countdown host Sam Ponder and analyst\u00a0Robert Griffin III. The moves are for \u201cfinancial reasons\u201d and are similar to those of many other networks. However, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4296,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294\/revisions\/4296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}