Ron Rivera Presser: Kyle Allen tweaked his surgically repaired ankle in practice

LIVE: Coach Rivera speaks to the media after Day 4 of camp https://t.co/ouXenEiBJ2

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) July 31, 2021

Ron Rivera said David Sharpe and Brandon Scherff are going on the covid-19 list.

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) July 31, 2021

Rivera on having 6 players in the COVID protocol. Says makes this more difficult on the coaching staff for evaluation and the players to prepare.

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) July 31, 2021

Ron Rivera said players going into covid protocols makes it more difficult for coaches to evaluate players. There are domino effects -- Brandon Scherff gets pulled from practice, Wes Schweitzer goes to RG, etc. -- and this is the first show of competitive disadvantage.

— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) July 31, 2021

Rivera admits that the lack of vaccines on the Washington Football Team is going to make things more difficult. “What if this had been game day for the opener?”

— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) July 31, 2021

Ron Rivera has tried to appeal to players walking them through the scenarios of how not having players available because of the COVID-19 protocol can hurt the team and them, too. Because they're missing practice, possible gamedays, too

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2021

Ron Rivera on vaccines: "Tomorrow we're hoping we can get some more guys vaccinated. We'll see. it's a difficult topic. I've tried to broach it with a lot of our guys. ... It's a personal thing."

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) July 31, 2021

Ron Rivera on talking to players about the vaccine: "I just think it's a matter of these guys being educated and understanding. ... I've gotten the sense that there are some guys that have dug in so hard for so long that they're not going to back down."

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) July 31, 2021

Rivera says earlier this week some new Washington players got their first shot and he hopes more will do so tomorrow

— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) July 31, 2021

Ron Rivera said that the team will see what happens tomorrow regarding vaccines. Says he's had players that have asked for this, so they'll see if they show up and follow through

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2021

Rob Rivera is addressing the media after practice. Had a lot of praise for Terry McLaurin. He’s seen certain things to improve in camp, most notably how he adjusts in routes to make catches.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 31, 2021

Landon was balling out today with two picks. Rivera said he has more understanding of the defensive concepts. Praised the work Collins did in the off-season working with Harris behind the play to get mental reps

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 31, 2021

Ron Rivera said Kyle Allen tweaked his ankle — the one he had surgically repaired — today in practice.

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) July 31, 2021

Rivera on the QB2 battle. "Kyle (Allen) is starting to come on and get back into the mix." Added that Allen tweaked his ankle today.

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) July 31, 2021

Rivera is very confident in the depth behind Chase and Sweat. He’s been very impressed with James Smith-Williams and likes how Shaka Toney and Will Bradley-King are practicing.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 31, 2021

Rivera says he’s “very confident” in James Smith-Williams as the 3rd DE but he won’t rule out adding a veteran pass rusher down the road as needed

— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) July 31, 2021

When Ron Rivera was asked in Schweitzer would fill in for Brandon Scherff and then Ereck Flowers would fill in for him at LG, Rivera said that's one of the ways the team could handle it

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2021

Rivera said he thought the fields were "wonderful" in Richmond: "You can take a break on your fields and not tear them down, that's big." He says they'll discuss a return to Richmond.

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) July 31, 2021

Ron Rivera on holding camp in Richmond: "I like what we had out here. I thought the fields were wonderful and well-prepared. ... We'll sit down and we'll discuss it, but I did like the fields. I really did. I thought this was a very worth-while facility for us."

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) July 31, 2021

Rivera said DeAndre Carter had some really nice catches today and has been doing that all camp. The fact that he’s a dual returner also could give the team some flexibility on the gameday roster.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 31, 2021