Redskins QB Griffin gets set for heavier preseason workload

The injury took place within the 1st quarter of the game against Cleveland, which Washington won 20-17. The running backs and receivers for the Redskins is talented but have to be given the opportunity to make plays for the team through Griffin. “I feel like it’s making me a better player, being able to change my mindset from being a right guard to a left tackle”. At 36 he knows this might be his final chance to succeed as a starter in the NFL, and he’s enjoying every minute of the ride. “We’ll have to figure it out”. Add the knee injury suffered by running back Silas Redd Jr., and the attrition has become a huge concern.

“We laugh about that”, Pettine said.

Manziel Mania will likely return Friday, even though the Browns’ backup quarterback didn’t throw a touchdown pass in the preseason opener at FirstEnergy Stadium.

“Once you make a play, your confidence will always grow”, Jones said. I forgot for a while that the helmets were revamped, and I think that’s a good thing; they worked just fine. The team is bigger and stronger, but the players are enduring as much punishment as they’re doling out.

In April, when the new Cleveland Browns uniforms were released, we praised them for being surprisingly good. Paul dislocated and fractured his left ankle when a Browns defender rolled on the back of his leg just days after Gruden named him the squad’s starting tight end. That shouldn’t get in the way of handing out some game balls because there were some good moments that have the Dawg Pound looking forward to Week 1. “So that was good for us as an offense”, Griffin said. Instead, the Redskins flashed some of that run-first offense, with Alfred Morris leading the way, plus plenty of safe sideline tosses for Griffin. His quarterback rating was about the same as Manziel’s while playing with second and third-string receivers and line.

Exhibition games and scrimmages may mean nothing in the big picture, but in this case, they’ve shown that McCown is a cut above the other quarterbacks on the roster – and Johnny Manziel is comfortably entrenched as the second-stringer. With veteran DeSean Jackson sidelined by a shoulder injury, the second-year wide receiver caught all three balls thrown his way. Obviously, Terrance coming off the injury and Crow probably having too heavy a load at practice, I am not going to hit the panic button after the first preseason game about our run game.

When asked about his play following the game, Gilbert told Tom Reed of Northeast Ohio Media Group that “was a bad play (getting beat by Gacon) and the rest of the game was flawless for me”.

“I thought, ‘Is he back there by himself?'” said McCown, who completed all five of his passes for 64 yards and departed after the first possession.