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Robert Griffin III said recently that he isn’t worried about chatter that Marcus Mariota could be coming to Washington in the draft and he expanded on those thoughts in a conversation with Jeff Darlington of NFL Media.

Griffin said that he’d “welcome” any competition the team brings in, but that Redskins General Manager Scot McCloughan told him that the plan is to maximize Griffin’s potential by putting “the 10 best players around you” during the 2015 season. What McCloughan and the team plan to do beyond 2015 remains unknown, however.

They have until May 3 to exercise their option on Griffin’s contract for the 2016 season. Doing so would put them on the hook for around $16 million for a quarterback whose rookie year remains the best of his three NFL seasons and there’s been no word from the team about what they’ll do since McCloughan said it was still under consideration in March. Griffin said that he’s not losing any sleep over the forthcoming decision.

“I wouldn’t be bummed,” Griffin said. “Either way, we’re going out there to prove it this upcoming year — not next year. I just want to win. I want to win games and have fun doing it. The rest will take care of itself. They can pick up the option — or they can decide not to pick up the option. It’ll work out either way. I’m focused on this year.”

If Griffin rebounds and the Redskins have a winning season, there won’t be much for Griffin to worry about on the contract front in 2016 whether or not his option is exercised. If those things don’t happen, though, the bright future laid out in front of him in 2012 will seem like a distant memory.