I was digging around for various views and comments on practice from multiple observers and came up with a few comments I thought notable. I've grouped them by relevance to particular phases of the game as well as by observer. I'll put links to the articles at the end of this post.
From Rich Tandler:
—Brian Orakpo again dominated in 11 on 11, on more than one occasion he was in RG3’s face before the QB could even set his feet after dropping back.
—Ryan Kerrigan just dominated Tyler Polumbus for a stretch of several plays. Think a kid with a rag doll or King Kong with Fay Wray.
We may have a monstrous dynamic duo at OLB or our OL truly is scary bad...or a combination of both. The injuries are starting to worry me there.
Adding a little context to Graziano's comment on RG3:
"Of course, what you want to know is how he looked while actually practicing. My first impression was that he looked like a rookie -- a beat too slow with his decision-making in some key spots and a little bit off with throws in part as a result of that. This is what you'd expect a rookie quarterback to look like less than one week into his first training camp, and so there's no reason to be overly concerned about it. He throws a great-looking ball, obviously, and when he runs with it he looks fantastic. The issue is getting used to the speed of the NFL game. He's got plenty of time for that, and to hear him tell it, he's got help from his teammates on the defensive side of the ball. "
I thought this might be a large part of the difficulties Robert is having this early on. Getting used to the dramatic difference between the speed of the game in the NFL versus the college game is a well known tough hurdle for any rook. Of course some fans seemed to expect RG3 to look like Rodgers or Brees within a week or two and I'll dismiss most really unfavorable comments about Griff this early as the result of "WTF?" expectations.
Another from Graziano about Royster:
"Evan Royster looks very good in the competition at running back. Tim Hightower sat out team drills because of his recovery from his knee injury, so Royster, Roy Helu and Alfred Morris got the reps. Royster made one excellent leaping one-handed catch, and skittered through the defense for a big gain on another play"
I re-watched some highlight vids of Royster breaking tackles aginst the Iggles and Vikes from last season-he may wind up beating out Helu as #1 RB, IMO.
Returning to the OL, Licht and Goff's injuries do worry me, I'll not try to hide it. I'd like to think the reports about our DL are harbingers of great play to come but I'm going to reserve that for play against a opponent with a healthy OL.
Jst one more from Graziano:
"London Fletcher intercepted a pass and ran it back for a touchdown. Just the way he's done it since the time of leather helmets. Seriously, that guy doesn't age."
Yeah, we know. London is in a class by himself.
Article links:
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/60827/impressions-from-redskins-practice
http://www.realredskins.com/rich-tandlers-real-redsk/2012/07/practice-report-o-line-shuffle-continues.html
http://dcprosportsreport.com/2012/07/30/skins-injuries-piling-up/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+http%2Fwwwdcprosportsreportcom%2Ffeed+%28DC+Pro+Sports+Report+feed%29
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