LANDOVER, MD - SEPTEMBER 14: Quarterback Robert Griffin III #10 of the Washington Redskins is carted off the field after being injured in the first quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at FedExField on September 14, 2014 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Quarterback Robert Griffin III #10 of the Washington Redskins is carted off the field after being injured in the first quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at FedExField on September 14, 2014 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III did not sustain a fracture when he dislocated his ankle in Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars and could return later this season.

Griffin underwent an MRI on Monday morning that showed no fracture, according to Redskins coach Jay Gruden. But there is no timetable for his return, either. That won’t be known for “a few more weeks”, Gruden said during a press conference Monday at Redskins Park.

Results of the MRI will be sent to the office of Dr. Robert Anderson, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based surgeon who specializes in foot and ankle injuries. Griffin will be in a cast for several weeks and – once the ligaments in his left ankle heal – Washington’s starting quarterback will take the next step in his rehabilitation process. But that exact timeline remains in doubt.

“The rehab process, you just don’t know how it’s going to be as far as recovery time,” Gruden said.

For now the team turns to backup quarterback Kirk Cousins, but Gruden answered “yes” when asked if he was optimistic that Griffin would return this season. Gruden said the team did not consider placing Griffin on injured reserve, which would have ended his season.

Griffin was injured in the first quarter of Sunday’s 41-10 win over the Jaguars. He rolled to his right and felt pressure from several Jacksonville defensive players. Griffin tried to stiff arm linebacker Paul Posluszny. But when he planted, his left ankle gave way on the FedEx Field turf. Griffin managed to get a throw off anyway to wide receiver DeSean Jackson for 19 yards. But he yelled in pain as he landed and had to be carted off the field.

Dr. James Andrews, the famed orthopedic surgeon who is a team consultant and performed Griffin’s second ACL surgery on his right knee in 2013, examined Griffin at the game on Sunday.

If Griffin is out eight weeks that would put a possible return date in line with the Nov. 16 home game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. If the injury requires three months of rehabilitation that would mean a return around the Dec. 14 game at the New York Giants. There would be just three games left in the regular season, however. But if Cousins is playing well at that point, does the team automatically turn back to Griffin at quarterback?

“Well, we’ll cross that bridge when that comes,” Gruden said. “Right now we’re gonna prepare with Kirk Cousins as our starter and Robert’s gonna rehab and all decisions after that will come after that. But right now we’re going to do the best we can and get Kirk ready to go and beat Philadelphia [on Sunday].”

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