The recovery rate of Washington Redskins' Robert Griffin III continues to marvel his orthopedic surgeon, Dr. James Andrews, as he reports the quarterback's recovery time is exceeding expectations.

Via ESPN:

"I've been real mum on talking too much about RGIII. He wants his recovery to be fairly private, but I can tell you he's way ahead of schedule. His recovery has been unbelievable so far.

"RGIII is one those superhumans. First patient I ever had like that was Bo Jackson. And recently I, of course, had Adrian Peterson, who is also superhuman. They have an unbelievable ability to recover, where as a normal human being may not be able to recover."

According to Andrews, all signs suggest that RGIII will be ready to open the season, but Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said on Wednesday during an owners meeting that it was "ludicrous" to put any sort of timetable on the recovery.

"All I can tell you, though, is when you've got a guy who's got the flexibility that he has and he's got the strength and he's got the desire to be the best at what he does, usually good things happen," Shanahan said.

"He's in there every day. He's working out six, eight hours a day. He's got great strength and great flexibility, and that gives him a chance to hopefully be ready for the season, right? I don't know."

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