A prominent former quarterback with the Washington Football Team is coming out with a new book — and promising an inside look at the team’s now-well-documented poor workplace culture and problems with sexual harassment.

“Every experience that I’ve ever had has made me a better husband, a better father, and a better player,” says Robert Griffin III in a Twitter video announcing the book. “But I want you to take this journey with me as I walk you through one of the most dysfunctional franchises in all of sports.”

Surviving Washington, which will be published by Simon & Schuster in August 2022, will detail Griffin III’s meteoric rise as the team quarterback and franchise star in 2012 — and the story behind his career-ending injury in a January 2013 playoff game.

Griffin III arrived in D.C. after the Washington Football Team selected him as the second overall pick in the NFL draft in 2012. He was fresh off of winning the 2011 Heisman Trophy, which is awarded to the most outstanding college football player in the country (Griffin III played for Baylor University, in Texas).

In Washington, the accolades kept rolling in for the player fondly referred to around town as ‘RGIII.’ The Associated Press named him Rookie of the Year. He was named to the National Football Conference’s Pro Bowl team. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd devoted a whole column to the idea that then-president Barack Obama could learn something about media relations from the quarterback, for some reason. This website referred to him as “pretty damn good” in his debut game.

But the rookie RGIII juggernaut came to a painful halt in a January 2013 playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. Griffin III appeared to sustain an injury in the middle of the game, but was allowed to re-enter the fray, a fact that drew significant criticism for then-head coach Mike Shanahan. In the fourth quarter, his knee gave out, and he had to undergo reconstructive surgery for his LCL and ACL ligaments.

That episode seems to be a central part of Griffin III’s new book. In the announcement video, he says he will “detail the medical mismanagement I received during my time in Washington.”

Before and after his injury, RGIII’s career as a Washington celebrity was also illustrious. D.C. rap legend Wale performed at his wedding — and Griffin III and fiancée Rebecca Liddicoat released their own strange music video, too. He RSVP’d yes on Twitter to a Marine Corps ball invitation, only to decline because it was just before a game. He was the subject of a potentially offensive Virginia license plate, as well as multiple controversial comments — his own and otherwise — about race and politics. And a local radio station even changed its call sign to wish him a swift recovery from his playoff game injury.

Griffin III stayed with the team until 2016, but his career in Washington was checkered with injuries, and  never regained the magic of his first season. In 2013, he lost his starting place in the final three games to second-string quarterback Kirk Cousins, who took over as the team’s starting quarterback for the full 2015 season. Tensions between Griffin III and head coach Shanahan, who was later fired, were well-known, and purportedly the result of preferential treatment of RGIII by owner Dan Snyder.

There’s another promise from Griffin III’s announcement video that should prove especially interesting: the former player promised his take on the Washington Football Team’s poor workplace culture, an unspooling scandal that has resulted in a $10 million fine from the NFL and even Congressional scrutiny.

“I’m going to open your eyes to the sexual harassment that permeated the walls of that building, and give you a deep dive into the power struggle between one of the most powerful coaches in all of sports, and an owner that many of you want gone,” Griffin III says in the video.

Griffin III was released from play by the Baltimore Ravens last year, and now works as an analyst for ESPN.