actually, Washington fired shanahan and hired Jay Gruden who ran a different offense, which stressed Griffin staying in the pocket (what Griffin supposedly wanted). he just could never do it. It was painful watching him standing in the pocket, missing open wr's and taking all those sacks. Mike Shanahan warned griffin that it would take time to learn how to play from the pocket. Hence Kyle Shanahan running the zone-read offense , which suited Griffin's skillset. You're right about him getting hurt alot though.