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Injury updates:
DNP today: Chris Baker, Shawn Lauvao, Trent Williams. LTD today: Trent Murphy.
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 19, 2014
Trent Williams:
Gruden: Trent Williams is "pretty sore. It'll be a long road for him."
— Tom Schad (@Tom_Schad) November 19, 2014
Robert Griffin III:
Gruden: "We're trying to put everything behind us. ... Somehow we've made it more about him than about the team, and that's my fault."
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) November 19, 2014
Gruden on RG3 comments: "I made this too much about one guy ...and that's unfortunate."
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) November 19, 2014
Gruden: Griffin is "at a stage in his career where we need to see improvements."
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) November 19, 2014
When asked about how the bounty given up for Griffin affects his playing status, Gruden said that's a decision to be made after the season.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) November 19, 2014
Gruden: "Robert has to continue to evolve as a quarterback. That's all there is to it. All these young quarterbacks are going through it."
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) November 19, 2014
Moving forward:
Gruden: "What the team needs is to focus on who we're playing and on us and not on all this other stuff."
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) November 19, 2014
Gruden: "We just want what's best for our football team moving forward, and try to squash all the Twitter and media things moving forward."
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 19, 2014
Gruden says he, Allen and Snyder are all on the same page about the approach to fix onfield and off-field problems.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) November 19, 2014
Critiquing players in pressers:
Gruden said he won't be singling out individual players for critique anymore. "It was a mistake on my part," he said.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) November 19, 2014
Gruden's criticism of Griffin was "a mistake on my part." "Sometimes the first thing that comes to your mind isn't the smartest thing."
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) November 19, 2014
Gruden says he shouldn't have elaborated on Griffin's fundamental flaws. Says it wasn't smart on his part.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) November 19, 2014
Jay Gruden says his public criticism of RG3 was a "mistake on my part " and "Corrections should be made in house"
— Liz Clarke (@lizclarketweet) November 19, 2014
Gruden reiterated that what he said Mon. about RG3 had already been told to player. "I won't be dropping any bombs" in pressers, he said.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) November 19, 2014
Gruden says in public critiques he needs to just address it as offense, defense, special teams struggles not individual (RGIII)
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) November 19, 2014
Coaching errors:
Gruden accepted more blame. The sloppy play, the false starts, the penalties, lining up wrong, is a direct reflection of the coaching.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) November 19, 2014
Gruden says he and McVay need to be questioned just as equally as Griffin for offensive struggles.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) November 19, 2014
Gruden says he and coaches need to continue to preach accountability and that's what's required to eliminate mental errors.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) November 19, 2014
Focus on San Francisco:
Gruden: "Honestly, we are planning on San Francisco right now." Said the team had a good day of practice. #FocusOnSanFrancisco #WASvsSF
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 19, 2014
Fixing false start problem:
Gruden said it'll be important to change up the snap count Sunday vs. the 49ers. Team had several false starts vs. the Buccaneers.
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 19, 2014
Work Ethic:
"He does what he’s supposed to do," Gruden said of Griffin’s off-the-field work ethic. "He could do more probably. But [in] this day and age, with the iPads that you have and the ability to take things home, I feel like he does a lot at home."
"He’s got every blitz, everything on his iPad, all the practices on his iPad and he studies and watches himself and comes back with some ideas the following day," Gruden said. "Whether he’s here or not, there’s a lot work you can do. [Offensive coordinator] Sean [McVay] can send him emails. There’s a lot [of] different ways to communicate now than it was back in the 80’s when Steve played. …But he puts his work in, in my opinion."