Ron Rivera Presser: Montez Sweat and everyone else has to make their own decision about getting the vaccine

Coach Rivera speaks to the media after the final day of minicamp https://t.co/UKNqWYu6Tl

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) June 10, 2021

Ron Rivera said he has no choice but to respect Montez Sweat’s decision not to get the vaccine because he can’t force him to take it.

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) June 10, 2021

Rivera says he’d still try to talk to Sweat about getting vaccinated but “I’m no going to go at anybody snd denigrate because we have a difference of opinion. The young man has to make his own decision.”

— John Keim (@john_keim) June 10, 2021

Rivera says of the vaccination that he listened to players give both sides. Says there’s a lot of reasons. Says wants everyone to get vaccinated to get herd immunity but “you have to respect everyone’s desires.”

— John Keim (@john_keim) June 10, 2021

Head coach Ron Rivera is addressing the media now. He likes what the team did in all three phases. There were some really good things, he said, that happened in the secondary.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

Rivera spoke on how deep the WR position is. We have some really good football players at that position, he said. Added that it's going to be tough to sort through the competition in training camp.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

Rivera wants to keep the WRs as fresh as possible, so that's why there might be a few different groups rotating throughout team drills.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

Rivera has noticed how well Fitzpatrick works with the WRs and offensive line. He mentioned how Heinicke delivers a good ball and also has a good rapport with his pass-catchers.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

Rivera said he doesn’t want the backups to go into a game never having worked with the first unit before, so we’ll see them getting reps in camp anyway. https://t.co/PptZ0O4dzF

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) June 10, 2021

Rivera says he learned from last summer when there was no real QB competition. Why he wants to see one this summer. Says he’ll create more game-like situations and maybe rotate guys to work with different groups.

— John Keim (@john_keim) June 10, 2021

Rivera wants people to practice safe and smart, but he loves the energy that he sees from the WRs and DBs. They were jawing at each other for the entire minicamp.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

Rivera has noticed the comfort level in Scott Turner has risen in Year 2 as being an OC.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

Dustin Hopkins made a bet to Ron Rivera that if he split the uprights on a 50-yarder they would get out of doing a mock conditioning test.

Winner winner chicken dinner. https://t.co/8d7HMPwLIM

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) June 10, 2021

Rivera wants to create situations in training camp that are as game-like as possible to create the most competition.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

Nate Kaczor is addressing the media now. The No. 1 characteristic he's looking for in a return man is efficiency. After that, he wants to see explosion to get downfield

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

ST coach Nate Kaczor has used DeAndre Carter, Isaiah Wright, Steven Sims, Dax Milne, and Danny Johnson as PR’s this spring. Knows Humphries can do too. no 1 job: efficiency; catch the ball. Then: explosion.

— John Keim (@john_keim) June 10, 2021

Kaczor said DeAndre Carter is a solid all-around returner. He has a good personality and is a fun player to be around.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021

Nate Kazcor on Camaron Cheeseman: He’s off to a good start, not perfect but good. Nate says he’s wired the right way and very aware. Developing chemistry with Hop and Tress is the primary goal

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) June 10, 2021

Kaczor said Cheeseman is not perfect, but he is off to a good start. He's wired the right way and is developing chemistry with Dustin Hopkins and Tress Way.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) June 10, 2021