In this time of seemingly never-ending Redskins locker room drama, it’s refreshing to see a former player who conducted press conferences in costume as alter-egos Sheriff Gonna Getcha, Coach Janky Spanky and Kid Bro Sweets offer PR tips to Robert Griffin III.

After Griffin attempted to explain, via Twitter and Facebook, that his postgame comments Sunday were misconstrued and he would never throw his teammates under the bus, former Redskins running back Clinton Portis responded with the following advice:

..@RGIII you can't win in the media bro! Gather the locker room & finish strong!! pic.twitter.com/M1RnXsiYyp — Clinton Portis (@TheRealC_Portis) November 17, 2014

Portis expounded upon that wisdom Monday afternoon during an appearance on ESPN 980’s “The Drive With Cooley and Czabe.” His message more or less jibes with Jay Gruden’s comments to Comcast Sports Net’s Brian Mitchell and Chick Hernandez: the less players say to the media and through social media, especially with regards to teammates, the better.

“I think he has to win the locker room back,” Portis said of Griffin. “That’s all he’s got on his side. When I said you can’t win in the media, there’s no need to discuss it through the media. Don’t take to Twitter about correcting your comment. Go in and talk to the players. Don’t address the players that you’re in the locker room with on the daily through social media. Go in and see how those guys feel, figure out who got a problem with you and address that.”

..@CHICKatCSN @RGIII don't give anyone ammunition to speculate who you're addressing, talk to those players directly — Clinton Portis (@TheRealC_Portis) November 17, 2014

Portis suggested that a lack of straight talk among players in the locker room is the biggest problem with the 3-7 Redskins.

“I think it’s just the division,” Portis said. “When you have to go amongst media to converse, you have to have open conversation in the locker room, whether good or bad. You have to figure out the players that’s at each other. You can’t let it linger. You have to stop the situation and just get it done with. No need to let it linger…you’re drawing this process out and you shouldn’t.”

In recalling his own time with the Redskins, Portis said he would regularly approach teammates to tell them when he needed them to play better. He also said he wouldn’t give Griffin a big contract until he shows he can do more with the offensive talent around him.

“I think for RGIII, you have to go out and develop a relationship with every guy on your offensive side of the ball, first, because you have too much talent in Alfred Morris, Pierre Garcon, DeSean Jackson, [Jordan] Reed and Santana Moss,” Portis said. “These guys are too talented to not be able to make plays.”

Listen to Portis’s entire segment here.