Audio courtesy Sky Kerstein
Midweek media day out at Redskins Park.
Head Coach Mike Shanahan
On if quarterback Robert Griffin III should have gotten some preseason snaps:
“I don’t know if anybody remembers, but Dr. Andrews said that there was no way he could play during the preseason. Does anybody remember that? We have to go back to this? Dr. Andrews said he could not play during the preseason. There was no chance for him to play.”
On if he thinks limited preseason action has caused slow starts for running back Alfred Morris:
“I’ll be honest with you, I thought Alfred was as good as I’ve seen a running back throughout all of camp, even in the preseason games. Anytime you do have a fumble on the first play, then you have a pitch on the goal line and there’s a safety, guys lose a little bit of confidence. And even starting out the game last week in the first half, you could see he wasn’t normal. And I tried to tell him, ‘Hey, don’t worry about it, you’re too good of a runner,’ and then he started running a little bit better. And you know that happens, especially with young guys – we have some conscientious people, they want to play extremely hard. And when they do make a mistake, sometimes they’re so conscientious they lose a little bit of that edge. I think you’ll see Alfred will do a lot of great things this season.”
For his full comment, and those of a handful of Redskins players and Lions receiver Calvin Johnson, please click the links below.
09-18-13 Mike Shanahan Practice RAW
09-18-13 Robert Griffin III Practice RAW
09-18-13 Pierre Garcon Practice RAW
09-18-13 Barry Cofield Practice RAW
09-18-13 David Amerson Practice RAW
09-18-13 Josh Wilson Practice RAW