Redskins.Com: Redskins Come Out Sharp After First Day Off

[MustangSteve]

After five straight days of at-times grueling training camp practices – some held under the hot summer sun, some under rain showers, and others filled with bone-crushing hits – the Washington Redskins on Tuesday were allowed to rest for a day.

 

When they got back to the grind Wednesday morning, Redskins head coach Jay Gruden said it would’ve been easy for the team to come out to the Bon Secours Redskins Training Center practice fields with a dull and sluggish attitude, but instead, the Redskins were more than ready to go.

 

ruden said the team’s offensive, defensive and special teams units all had a strong practice on Wednesday, giving the organization plenty of momentum heading into its first preseason game Aug. 7 against the New England Patriots.

 

“I thought it was great,” Gruden said. “Usually after a day off, players have an off day. Today was not the case. I thought we ran around pretty good.”

After wearing full pads on Monday for the first time all season, the Redskins on Wednesday practiced in just shells and shorts. On a mild, sunny day in Richmond, Va., the team was able to make several quality plays, left tackle Trent Williams said.

 

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This very time last season the Redskins were walking through slow tempo practices, ignoring huge holes and weaknesses on all 3 sides of the ball, and some player was getting shoved into Coach Shannahan's doghouse, Griffin, Davis, Haynesworth, always someone. All of that up there ^ is the recipe for disaster.

 

One year later this team is having full speed, high tempo practices, players are now getting praised for their efforts instead of degraded, weaknesses as a team and a player have been addressed, and all of that will translate to the field on Sundays.

 

"Right now is when Champions are born" and right now will decide how good a team you really are during the season. Every thing we are seeing now should have been mandatory the last several years. Is it just me or do any other fans feel something special is in the air at Redkins Bon Secour?

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Didn't realize that the quality of TC practice last year was that poor. I guess a 3-13 record bears it out. Anyway It's good to see that  practice is taken more seriously.