Jay Gruden and Robert Griffin III Airing Their Dirty Laundry on Social Media

CINCINNATI — Former Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden is beefing with Robert Griffin III.

Gruden coached Griffin for one season in Washington (2014) and ultimately spent six years with the Commanders.

The duo has gone at each other on social media in recent days. Griffin called out his former coach on his podcast.

"There was a moment that happened in D.C. that is vividly remembered,” Griffin said. “Jay Gruden went to a press conference and he undressed me at that press conference in a way a coach should never undress his starting quarterback. It was after a game and I said in the press conference that ‘the best players in the NFL have the guys around them play at an extremely high level. No one is out there doing it on their own.’ Now the media pundits and everyone took that and say RGIII threw his teammates under the bus. And I had to eat that for a long time because Jay didn’t back me in the media the next day. He doubled down on it and actually picked me apart in the media."

Gruden quickly responded and later deleted a tweet responding to Griffin:

“You weren’t good enough,” he wrote in the deleted post. “Kirk was better. Cleveland didn’t want you. Baltimore [didn’t] either. Quit blaming me.”

He also told Griffin to "go race a pigeon."

Gruden was an offensive consultant for the Rams last season and didn't coach for an NFL team this year. Meanwhile, Griffin hasn't played in the NFL since 2020.