Jay Gruden Conference Call: Injury Updates and More

Jay Gruden held a conference call with reporters to give some updates on old and new injuries, and talk about what went wrong vs the Giants.

By Scott Jennings@ScottJenningsHH Sep 27, 2014, 12:59pm EDT

Some brief injury updates from yesterday, and what the team needs to do going forward. The players will get a few days off to get their minds and bodies right in preparation for the Monday Night Football game against Seattle next week.

Trent Williams:

Gruden said Williams "didn't even have to have an MRI." He has patella inflammation. No swelling. "He should gradually improve." Good news.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014

Gruden said Trent Williams didn't need an MRI. no instability in his knee.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Gruden on Trent Williams leading team in penalties: "It's disappointing because outside of those two penalties, he really played well."
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Gruden said Trent Williams did a great job on JPP despite the hold and false start.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) September 26, 2014

Niles Paul:

Paul has a concussion and will go through the league protocol.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014

Giants game:

Gruden: "There were a lot of disturbing things in that game. But we'll learn from it."
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) September 26, 2014

Gruden credits eli manning for getting rid of the ball quickly to beat rush.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Gruden says "I hope this is a wakeup call. ... A slap in the face that 'hey, you're not as good as you think you are.'"
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Gruden: "I think sometimes you need a beating like this to let people know you have a lot of work to do."
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Kirk Cousins:

Gruden: Cousins stared down receivers, had eyes in wrong spot and poor anticipation of where DBs were on the INTs.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) September 26, 2014

Gruden: "It's not just Kirk. His mistakes are magnified obviously but other guys had mistakes that were equally important and devastating."
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014

Gruden: "We're not going to hold Kirk's head under the water." says QB has things to work on, but so does everyone else.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

#Redskins HC Jay Gruden on @ESPNRadio980 says Kirk not really at fault for the first turnover because they had a 3-man route concept to left
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania980) September 26, 2014

Jason Hatcher and Brian Orakpo injuries:

Gruden said that Hatcher and Orakpo not being full strength was a big factor last night. #Redskins
— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) September 26, 2014

Gruden said he didn't believe Hatcher could really trust his hamstring last night, while he thought Orakpo's hand affected his pass rush.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014

Gruden said Jason Hatcher didn't have the same "pop" off the line because of hamstring. Also said Orakpo's finger hampered him.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) September 26, 2014

Secondary issues:

#Redskins HC Jay Gruden "When you're in bump-and-run, it's called bump-and-run for a reason" and says that was major problem.
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania980) September 26, 2014

Gruden will continue to leave the defense to Haslett. Says struggles yesterday had more to do w youth at CB and injuries guys were playing w
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

#Redskins HC Jay Gruden says "I don't think schematically was really the issue" and says he'll consult Jim Haslett on some poss. changes.
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania980) September 26, 2014

Player recovery time:

Gruden will give players a couple days off to get their minds and bodies right. Gruden said they need to make sure this doesn't happen again
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Gruden said he's not worried about his team's mental state after last night's loss. "We have to work a little bit harder than the next guy."
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) September 26, 2014

Penalty problems:

Gruden: "We don't have the personnel right now to line up and beat anyone handily." says penalties must be eliminated.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

#Redskins HC Jay Gruden "We've done everything we can" to get penalties fixed. Says they can't beat anybody playing sloppy.
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania980) September 26, 2014

Geathers drew a flag for trying to jump over O-lineman on special teams. Gruden: "I've heard coach Kotwica telling him he can't do that."
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Gruden acknowledged that all the penalties are killing the #Redskins. Will really hurt in a close game. Must be more accountable.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) September 26, 2014

Keenan Robinson car accident:

Gruden said Keenan Robinson was just going home after the game when a driver tried to pass him and hit his car. He's OK, Gruden said.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014

ILB Keenan Robinson is fine despite getting swiped by a drunk driver on his way home last night.
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Tracy Porter:

Tracy Porter played his first game, played some in second half and was "a little bit sore" but believed to be OK
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Tracy Porter came out of yesterday's loss to the #Giants "a little bit sore." Played a ton in the 2nd half in his 1st game of the season
— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) September 26, 2014

Trenton Robinson:

Gruden said Trenton Robinson has a high left ankle sprain and may miss a couple of weeks.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014

Jarvis Jenkins:

Gruden said Jarvis Jenkins is "day-to-day" and that he's sore with bruised ribs on his left side.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014

Jordan Reed:

Gruden on Reed: "We're very hopeful that he can come back sooner than later, but hamstrings ... his was a bad one." Seattle is possible.
— Zac Boyer (@ZacBoyer) September 26, 2014

Reed didn't sound optimistic about Seattle, but Gruden says "There's a chance."
— Mike Jones (@MikeJonesWaPo) September 26, 2014

Jay Gruden followed up his own comment on Reed's status with "So you're saying there's a chance" So he's seen Dumb and Dumber, which is nice
— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) September 26, 2014