There has been a lot of drama surrounding the Washington Redskins over the last two seasons, and most of it has had to do with Robert Griffin III. Earlier this month, ESPN’s Britt McHenry reported that RG3 has “alienated” himself from some of his teammates. During the Redskins’ bye last week, wide receiver DeSean Jackson defended Griffin.
So how is this information — whether true or false — getting out? Veteran receiver Santana Moss has an idea, and he is not pleased about it.
“I don’t think a lot of people realize what DeSean was trying to say,” Moss told Chad Dukes on 106.7 The Fan. “Basically, what he was saying is that, regardless of whatever whose opinion, if you express your opinion, then you’re expressing your opinion and that’s where it should stop. He was kind of ticked off because whatever was said got out to the media and people were saying things that maybe you and someone was talking about, or someone else was talking. That’s got to stop, man.
“You got these cats dry snitching and telling media in-house business. They’re gonna find out a lot of stuff. They’re gonna ask a lot of questions, so if you’re one of the guys they talk to, you can tell them a lot. But stuff that’s kept in-house, kept in that meeting room, in that locker room, you can’t go out and leak that out to sources or whoever.”
Here’s how Urban Dictionary defines dry snitching:
To indirectly tell secrets or offenses to a person of authority or any person meant to be kept away from a secret or offense, sometimes inadvertently.
If the telling of secrets or offenses is purposeful, minute details are usually left out as not to appear to be directly telling.
There’s a reason stories about the Redskins always come out whether the coach is Mike Shanahan, Jay Gruden or someone else. One or more people in the locker room are willing to share private information with the media. That doesn’t happen everywhere, but it has been happening in the nation’s capital for years.
“There’s always drama, man,” Moss said. “I’ve been here for 10 years and it ain’t been drama-free yet.”
The best way to put a stop to drama is winning, and the Redskins haven’t done much of that over the past decade.
H/T DC Sports Bog
