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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Robert Griffin III will be inactive for Sunday's game against the Falcons. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not only will Robert Griffin III not start on Sunday, he won't even be the Redskins' backup.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eleven-year veteran Rex Grossman, who last threw a pass in a regular season game in 2011, will back up Kirk Cousins, who will be Washington's starter on Sunday. RGIII will be inactive, according to Jeff Darlington of NFL Network.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 33-year-old Grossman, who took the Bears to Super Bowl XLI, has 56 career touchdown passes and 60 interceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI WIRE: Report: Mike Shanahan benching RGIII was intended to provoke his firing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Redskins players have been told Rex Grossman will backup Kirk Cousins on Sunday -- and Robert Griffin III will be inactive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2014 Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) December 11, 2013&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I asked player who told me that info if he believed health is truly the reason for RG3 benching: \"I believe that's the best way to sell it.\"\n\u2014 Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) December 11, 2013&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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