John Madden disagrees strongly with Mike Shanahan's decision to sit Robert Griffin III for the remainder of the 2013 season.

"I like Mike Shanahan, and I'm not talking behind his back," Madden said, "but when you say something like that, you know that's not right. You're not going to sacrifice regular season games. There's only 16 of them a year. You're not going to sacrifice regular season games for an offseason program.

"I don't understand what they're doing. It's hard to take well we're watching out for RGIII's health and his welfare. You know, if you felt (that way) about his health and welfare, you probably would have done something about it a year ago, or maybe even earlier in the season, when he started the regular season without any preseason practice."

Madden also believes the Washington Redskins are compromising the integrity of the game.

"This is still regular-season football," Madden explained. "Draft order, that's one small thing, but you still owe it to the people that are playing, that are still in the playoff picture. And when you can affect that and you don't affect it with an all-out performance, then I think that affects the integrity of the game ... If you're in the regular season, there's only one way to play, and that's to play your best people to win the game, every regular season game."