Things are really looking up for Robert Griffin III in Cleveland.
The Browns' new quarterback has been elected as one of their captains for the 2016 season by his teammates, the team announced Wednesday .
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“I’m extremely happy, not satisfied but happy with where I am, the opportunity that has been blessed upon me and being here with these guys is truly a blessing," Griffin told reporters following practice. "I can’t speak enough about how this locker room has been awesome. I’ve been able to grow as a player and as a leader in this locker room.
“Everything that I have been through personally in the league, it makes you have that emphasis on controlling what you can and focusing on what you can and when you get an opportunity make the most of it."
Griffin's statement could be taken as a slight dig at the Redskins, with whom Griffin spent his first four seasons in the NFL. His relationship with the team soured quickly; he was said to not be a team player, and was eventually benched for Kirk Cousins.
That lack of sportsmanship doesn't seem to be the case in Cleveland, where teammate Joe Haden called Griffin "a super team-first guy."
"A dude that wants to just bond," Haden said, via ESPN.com . "He wants to have a friendship, he wants to have a bond between all of his teammates. Like me, wants to be liked. Doesn't feel like there's (any) reason to have anybody walking around and not talking to everybody. That's really special. I think that's why the team picked him as a captain."
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Browns coach Hue Jackson was surprised at the results, saying that since Griffin hadn't been with the team very long, he expected a Browns veteran to get the vote.
"The testament of Robert being named captain is that it came from his teammates. They voted on it. Coaches had nothing to do with this; this was all his teammates. So obviously he's embedded within the organization and his team, his teammates. I think he's shown them he's somebody they can depend on and look to."