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Practicing with the Patriots:
Gruden: "Today was a good day. It was a learning experience. Any time you get a chance to go against a different defense, you learn a lot."
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) August 4, 2014
#Redskins Jay Gruden: "It was excellent for both sides of the ball." on this morning's workout with the #Patriots.
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania980) August 4, 2014
Gruden on today's practice vs. Patriots: "I didn't expect perfection by any stretch, but I felt good about the knowledge of the system."
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) August 4, 2014
Bacarri Rambo:
Gruden asked about Rambo says, "He is where he is." says preseason will be key for him to show "if he has improved his offense."
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) August 4, 2014
Gruden on Rambo: "He's where he is. He's playing. He's trying to get better." Needs to see if he improved his tackling. Yes, he said "if."
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) August 4, 2014
Running game:
#Redskins Jay Gruden: "I think our running game was pretty good, pretty solid." Says his WR's did not do great job on bump coverage.
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania980) August 4, 2014
Offensive Improvements:
Gruden says he saw from today key improvement to-do on offense is to do better beating press coverage and QB decision making.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) August 4, 2014
Gruden said WRs need to do better job get off bump coverage; QB has to make better decisions and still need to work on protection.
— John Keim (@john_keim) August 4, 2014
Gruden likes the physicality of Patriots CBs because that is what the WRs need to do better against.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) August 4, 2014
Aldrick Robinson:
Gruden: "Aldrick has had a great camp. He's made big play after big play."
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) August 4, 2014
Gruden on Aldrick Robinson (70-yard td catch): Aldrick has had a great camp. That doesn't go unnoticed.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) August 4, 2014
Keenan Robinson:
Gruden felt good about Keenan Robinson's job of calling out defensive plays today vs. Pats.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) August 4, 2014
Gruden said he felt the communication was good defensively vs. Patriots' hurry-up offense, but wants to improve overall stamina.
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) August 4, 2014
Defensive Line Conditioning:
Gruden was disappointed some of the defensive linemen appeared tire. Said the team needs more running after practice to improve stamina.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) August 4, 2014
Jay Gruden says #Redskins will run more after practice tomorrow. Saw some D-lineman get tired today vs. #Patriots 4/5 plays into drives.
— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) August 4, 2014
Wide Receivers:
#Redskins Jay Gruden: Says overall WR's did a good job in spots getting releases. Mentioned that Aldrick & DeSean had a few good releases
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania980) August 4, 2014
Depth Chart:
Gruden on depth chart: "We had to do it for the media." Said there's a lot of competition. If anything was close, the veteran went first.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) August 4, 2014
Lache Seastrunk:
Gruden said everybody, health-wise, is fine. Seastrunk looked to have tweaked an ankle late in team drills, but Gruden said nothing's up.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) August 4, 2014
Jason Hatcher's return:
Still no exact return date for #Redskins DE Jason Hatcher. But he's "very, very close. I can tell you that," Jay Gruden said.
— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) August 4, 2014
Andy Dalton's new contract:
Gruden on Andy Dalton's deal: "Very happy for him. It's much deserved. ... The future's very bright for him and the Bengals."
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) August 4, 2014
Gruden said "Much deserved" of Andy Dalton and his new contract. Said he's proud to have worked w him and helped him get started in league.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) August 4, 2014
Playing time for the starters for Thursday's game:
Gruden doesn't know what the first-teamers will do in Thursday's game against Patriots. Number of snaps, series still undetermined.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) August 4, 2014