BEREA, Ohio -- Guard Jason Pinkston is grateful to be alive after his life-threatening blood clot and is set to return to football next season.

"I'm feeling pretty good, can't complain," Pinkston said in his first interview since being hospitalized Oct. 19 with a clot in his lung. "I'm working out, playing basketball just waiting to get back to next year."

Pinkston, who looked like his old, healthy, smiling self, added, "I feel normal, like nothing ever happened."

He admitted the episode "was pretty scary. [The doctor] said if I would've stayed in that game versus Cincinnati [Oct. 14], if I would've gotten hit or taken a shot or something like that, I could've probably died then, so I'm all happy about it that I'm still here."

Pinkston played sparingly during the Bengals game but was short of breath and became ill on the sidelines. He was rushed to the hospital five days later after his symptoms worsened. That's when the clot was discovered.

Doctors told him they're still not sure why he suffered the clot, but they were able to rule out a long-term condition. Pulmonary embolisms such as the one Pinkston suffered often begin in the leg and travel to the lungs.

"I could be one of the people it just happened, or I got rolled up in the game or something like that," he said. "They weren't too sure. All of my tests came back good. No cancers or anything like that, so, I mean, I'm excited about that."

He said the plan is for him to return to football next season. In the meantime, John Greco is playing well in his spot at left guard.

"Yeah, I still have to get an MRI or a CT scan before I start activities again," Pinkston said. "Since I'm not going to be doing that for the rest of the year, I don't have to get it until later on. They just have you on blood thinners for six months or so, so I'm coming down to two or three months left. . . . Other than that, I've been good, just relaxing and just watching the Browns win."

He said he's grateful to be able to resume his career.

"I mean, that's scary, especially not knowing," he said. "I was pretty sick with bronchitis that whole week and a little bit before, so I thought I was just sick."

While in the hospital, Pinkston was inundated with good wishes from teammates, coaches and fans, and it meant a lot.

"[My teammates have] been very supportive," he said. "A lot of visits to the hospital when I was there, so it's been good. Everything's been really good."

RG3 questionable: Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is listed as questionable for the Browns game with his sprained right knee and was limited in practice for the third straight day. Coach Mike Shanahan said it will come down to a game-time decision.

He said he might tell Griffin and fellow rookie Kirk Cousins on Saturday night which one is starting.

In the 20 minutes of practice open to the media, Griffin worked in both individual and group drills, according to reports.

"He keeps on improving every day, so he's much better today," Shanahan said.

There are conflicting reports on whether Griffin has taken any first-team reps this week. Players told Fox Sports' Jay Glazer on Friday that Griffin has been held out of 11-on-11s and that Cousins has taken all the reps.

Other players have told reporters that Griffin participated in some full-squad sessions.

Griffin suffered a mild sprain of his lateral collateral ligament during Sunday's 31-28 overtime victory against the Ravens. Cousins replaced him and threw a touchdown pass before running in a two-point conversion that forced overtime.

"[Cousins] has to be prepared to go either way," Shanahan said. "Anytime you get reps, a quarterback has always got to be ready to go, especially in a situation like this. You have to be prepared mentally to go."

In other Redskins injury news, linebacker London Fletcher, a Cleveland native, is questionable with an ankle injury and left tackle Trent Williams is questionable with a thigh injury. Both were limited Friday. Rookie running back Alfred Morris sat out practice with an illness but is probable.

For the Browns, all nine players on the injury report practiced and are listed as probable. Three of them, Josh Cribbs (knee), Juqua Parker (knee) and Joe Thomas (back), had been limited Wednesday and Thursday.