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Griffin's sophomore season in the NFL is best forgotten; a haze of ugly throws, lumbering scrambles, knee brace adjustments and defeats. Lots and lots of defeats. Griffin clearly wasn't himself in his return from reconstructive knee surgery, a reality that led to Mike Shanahan's unusual decision to sit his starting quarterback over the season's final three weeks. Griffin doesn't want history to remember this as a benching. "The way I refer to it, and really what happened is coach brought me in his office and said he was shutting me down for the rest of the year," Griffin said. "So a lot of people say I was benched, but I was really shut down."
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Griffin continued: "Or if you want to have some fun, I was 'sent to the offseason.' So it's another unique situation. Never been a part of anything like that, never heard of anything like that in the history of the league. ..." Given the benefit of hindsight, Griffin believes being "sent into the offseason" was a positive thing. "It's truly been a blessing," he explained. "Last year, even though people would look at it and say why would that be a blessing, it was a blessing. It showed me who I am, and I think it showed a lot of players and a lot of people that cover this team what really happened." Just as long as you don't call it a benching.
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