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Good news: It looks like Robert Griffin III is finally learning the importance of avoiding big hits and instead throwing the ball away when a play breaks down.

Bad news: No one outside the confines of the field -- or the practice facility -- is safe when Griffin decides to throw it away.

Before you get all lathered up, this is an encouraging development, even if a nearby garage has to pay the price. One of the big knocks against RG3 during his time in Washington was that he took too many needless hits, those hits accumulated, and injuries ensued.

Now the hope is that first-year coach Hue Jackson can revitalize Griffin's career, and that undoubtedly entails living to play another snap. In the meantime, Twitter had a good bit of fun with Mary Kay Cabot's tweet because, well, it's Twitter and it's June.

Taking the long view, the expectations are that Griffin will be named the starter to begin the regular season but Jackson's in no hurry to do so.

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RG3 gets a second chance in Cleveland. USATSI

"I don't think (I'm ready yet),'' Jackson said last week. "I'm seeing the improvement out of the whole group that I'm looking for, but we still have a little bit more that I need to see to feel very comfortable and confident in saying 'this is our guy.' They're all competing extremely hard and extremely well and when the time is right, trust me -- you guys will be the first to know what that is that we're going to do.''

Jackson comes to Cleveland with a history of getting the most out of his young quarterbacks, and the hope is that he can do that with Griffin, the 2012 offensive rookie off the year who floundered in his final three seasons with the Redskins. But Jackson has to overcome more than RG3's recent struggles; the Browns have had 24 starting quarterbacks since the team returned to Cleveland in 1999.