The mad-dash to snag up the cream of the UFA crop and resign the players that teams simply can’t live without has subsided in favor of something less aggressive and, frankly, something much less exciting.

Unless you’re a Saints fan, in which case I don’t envy your excitement one bit.

So what about this business of both Andrew Luck and RG3 supping with the Redskins brass in DC just days apart from one another?

I’m a big fan of the Palm, personally, which is apparently where Snyder and co. took RG3 Monday night and is likely where they’ll take Luck on Friday.

Still, you don’t have to criss-cross the country to get a decent steak and digital conferencing has only improved in time, so why the visits?

It sounds like a classic case of saving face to me.

There’s no harm that can come out of either guy meeting with team ownership at the team facility in Ashburn, obviously.

Still, the little conspiracy-theorist portions of my brain wonder if Jim Irsay and Dan Snyder are up to something behind our backs.

Realistically, this is much ado about nothing and on April 27th, Andrew Luck will get a blue jersey and RG3 a red one.

If you’re the Redskins, though and the Colts do end up drafting RG3 at No. 1, honestly, there won’t be a thing to complain about.

The only misfortune about this year’s draft is that Luck and Griffin happened to both be in it.

Any other year RG3 would be a no-brainer No.1 overall pick but the fact that such a prodigious talent like Andrew Luck holed up at Stanford for his senior season means that Griffin looks like an ultra-talented Robin to Luck’s Batman.

I’d like to think that the Redskins aren’t blowing money on airfare, hotel rooms and high-dollar meals simply because they can but that would be naive of me.

Two words: Albert. Haynesworth.

Are they lavishly shopping around between two of the great quarterback prospects of the last two decades? Hell yes.

Will it change anything? No.

Because there’s a 99.9998% chance that Indianapolis drafts the guy who is so like their dear Peyton and because they ultimately hold the master bargaining chip in the 2012 draft.

The Redskins will take whatever is leftover after Indianapolis picks first and they’ll love it. Because either way, the ‘Skins win big on draft day.

In the meantime, we’ll have a bottle of the ’45 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, a porterhouse, medium-rare and a large helping of Heisman winner, please.

Could we see this man in a Redskins uniform next year?Mandatory Credit: Jason O. Watson-US PRESSWIRE

So Robert Griffin III to the Redskins isn’t as easy as we thought after all.

According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Washington Redskins have scheduled several meetings with Stanford star Andrew Luck over the next few weeks. The gatherings will take place on campus, and are most likely just precautionary meetings.

Last week, Jim Irsay tweeted that he requested a workout with Griffin, but the former Baylor Bear’s agent declined. Many sources within the league are also hinting that the Colts are showing interest in RG3, although nothing is confirmed.

Washington offensive-coordinator Kyle Shanahan has already met with Griffin to help him “learn the playbook”, and plans to meet several more times in the weeks leading to the draft.

There is no word on whether the Colts will attempt to meet with Robert Griffin III again.

Would you want to see Luck in Washington?

Is the future of the Redskins in the hands of Jim Irsay? Credit: Brian Spurlock-US PRESSWIRE

In the world of sports, one is destined to hear or see something confusing at often times, causing them to ask themselves, in the words of the late-great Andy Rooney, “Did you ever wonder why?” Being a Washington Redskins fan, you all may, I mean do, know what I’m talking about. It seems like every day there is new drama we are dealing with, and sometimes we can’t decipher it. Each week, I will take the most mind-boggoling piece of Redskins news and ask myself and all who listen, “Did you ever wonder why?”

As the days go on, we become yet even closer to the 2012 NFL Draft, easily the most important draft for the Redskins in the past decade. Just as the thought of Robert  Griffin III in burgandy and gold begins to set in, numerous reports of the Colts “undecided-ness” in Andrew Luck surfaced. The Colts also asked for a private work out with Griffin, who utimatly declined to the invitation.

In this week’s edition, I will discuss and analyze some of the comments(tweets) made by NFL experts regarding the subject, and also Indinapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.

The first tweet of the day is from Mr, Jim Irsay himself, regarding the fact the RG3 ignored his request to come work out for the team:

A Luck private workout 2day..we want 2b as thorough n disciplined n process of #1 pick..we wanted 2do private with RG3,but his agent said no

I believe this was the right decision for Griffin, who obviously knows that Luck’s name will most likley be called first later this month. By declining the work-out requested by the Colts, it also gives Redskins fans something to smile about. It shows that he may be content and/or happy with his projected landfall in Washington, as he should.

Adam Schefter took to twitter to explain why the Redskins weren’t getting a private work-out either:

Redskins never requested — and will not request — a private workout with RG3, feeling they saw what they needed at his pro day.

When Schefter reported this, I’m sure most of the Redskins were pleased with it. Washington insists that they saw everything the needed to at the combine and Baylor Pro Day. Asking a future franchise-player to throw passes and run around for an our is pointless when it’s already been done. If the Redskins or any other team really want to look at Griffin again, you better rest your eyes get out your Baylor game film.

SI’s Peter King recently wrote a story regarding the draft, and made a very interesting comment:

News item: Indianapolis owner Jimmy Irsay says the Colts wanted to work out quarterback Robert Griffin III and were denied by the quarterback’s agent. Meaning of news item: Absolutely nothing.

Even thtakes those comment take away from the thought that Griffen truly wants to be in Washington and not Indy, you have to agree with King. RG3 is going to make a lot of money next year and there is no reason for him to risk injury in a pointless throwing session with a team that will most likely defer to select him.

In my personal opinion, the Colts have had thier minds on Luck for way to long to back out now, despite all the rumors that they are interested in both.

With all of that being said and the possibilities and confusion swirling, I have one question left:

“Did you ever wonder why” Griffin denied the Indy work-out? Was Peter King right, or is RG3 hinting on something?