Further blurring the line between sports and politics, ESPN The Magazine writer J.R. Moehringer has written an extensive and engaging profile of RG3 framed as a letter to President Barack Obama.

Careful to note Griffin’s apolitical nature Moehringer should be able to avoid Rob Parker’s fate.

An excerpt:

Like you, Griffin started with an entrenched core of ardent believers, which grew and grew. In the past year, his popularity has exploded, radiated outward in ever widening circles, and recently the NFL announced that Griffin’s jersey is the best-selling single-season jersey of all time.

Think of that, Mr. President. Think of the legends Griffin surpassed in reaching that milestone. Montana, Favre, Marino, Aikman — this young man has outsold them all. As a purely factual matter, Griffin hasn’t done enough in his short career to outsell Tiki Barber, but numbers don’t lie; the public, like the heart, wants what it wants. So the question is, why do they want it? Yes, Griffin was Offensive Rookie of the Year. Yes, he completed 66 percent of his passes, threw 20 TDs against five picks. Nice. Fine. But Griffinmania can’t be about stats, any more than “Obama Girl” was about your time as senator. Fans and nonfans, red states and blue, are rocking the red-and-yellow because they see in Griffin things that aren’t quite there, at least not yet. They see Griffin as more than a football player, in the same way that your fans (and critics) see you as more than a president.

 

Pure Shakespeare.