All things Redskins training camp

[JoeRedskin]

More on the Moses/Scherff combo.

Brandon Scherff again worked at right guard, with Morgan Moses still starting at right tackle. Scherff appears to be making adjustments, as is Moses. J.J. Watt didn’t have the disruptive kind of day he had on Thursday. During 2-on-2 blocking/rushing drills, Scherff and Moses actually managed to combine to put Watt on his backside during one of their matchups.

Coaches really are intrigued by the possibility of this Scherff-Moses right side. Again, no final decisions are made. But they believe that they have a chance to develop into a formidable tandem. Yes, Washington spent a fifth overall pick on Scherff, and people will say that’s too high to take a guard. But Bill Callahan doesn’t care about that. He believes Scherff has similar capabilities to Zack Martin, whom the Cowboys drafted as a tackle out of Notre Dame, but then moved him inside to guard in 2014. Martin made the Pro Bowl and earned All-Pro status as a rookie guard. Callahan believes in finding the best five linemen.

Several veterans say that Scherff looks more comfortable at guard, where he is better able to better put his impressive strength to use. This isn’t to say that Scherff can’t develop the footwork to become a standout tackle in the NFL. But teammates say he appears to have less to worry about and is playing to his forte. Stay tuned.

Observations from Day 9 at Redskins training camp - The Washington Post

[SirLK26]

Redskins mailbag: What we’ve learned so far in training camp, shuffling the offensive line and more - The Washington Post

I don’t know that any starter is in a particularly vulnerable spot this early in the year. But Arie Kouandjio could eventually overtake Shawn Lauvao. The other day, Gruden oddly and unprompted slipped in “Arie Kouandjio is really coming along at left guard.” Kouandjio hasn’t seen any first-team action, however, and while he does a decent job against backups in one-on-one drills, he really struggles against the starter types.

That was a few days ago, maybe you saw something more recent Joe.

[JoeRedskin]

Nope. That is what I was thinking about. I was just wrong. It happens.

Not often, but it happens. ; )

[SkinsGuru]

Originally Posted by Skinzman

I saw something about this on TV recently (think it was on ESPN). Unfortunately I cant find it right now while doing a search for it. However, it stated that if RG3 gets rid of the ball in under 2.6 seconds, his accuracy is very high. Once it goes past 2.6 seconds for release, his accuracy drops a large amount.

yeah . . . but that is an average . . . most of the time if he has the ball longer than that he is running for his life or trying to dodge the pass rush or getting sacked as he releases the ball . .. the longer you hold the ball the more of that is going to happen

[Hog1]

Coaches really are intrigued by the possibility of this Scherff-Moses right side. Again, no final decisions are made. But they believe that they have a chance to develop into a formidable tandem. Yes, Washington spent a fifth overall pick on Scherff, and people will say that’s too high to take a guard. But Bill Callahan doesn’t care about that.
Me and Bill don't care...
How cool would it be to have a dominant line. It will fix many of our QB probs.....

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Coaches really are intrigued by the possibility of this Scherff-Moses right side. Again, no final decisions are made. But they believe that they have a chance to develop into a formidable tandem. Yes, Washington spent a fifth overall pick on Scherff, and people will say that’s too high to take a guard. But Bill Callahan doesn’t care about that.
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How cool would it be to have a dominant line. It will fix many of our QB probs.....

I would pitch in to buy RGIII a chair, cause he could sit behind that line and pick and choose what he wants to do.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Coaches really are intrigued by the possibility of this Scherff-Moses right side. Again, no final decisions are made. But they believe that they have a chance to develop into a formidable tandem. Yes, Washington spent a fifth overall pick on Scherff, and people will say that’s too high to take a guard. But Bill Callahan doesn’t care about that.
Me and Bill don't care...
How cool would it be to have a dominant line. It will fix many of our QB probs.....

Seriously, is anyone going to complain if Scherff is a perennial Pro Bowler at guard?? A quality player is a quality player, period.

And I still think this says more about the development of Moses vs Scherff not being able to handle RT... If both of these guys turn out to be studs it's a win/win for us.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Not sure who was saying it, but somewhere on the twitterverse, from one of the local insider types, were several comments about how AK was looking really good and taking some snaps with the 1's.

As to Scherff or Long to LG if Moses has really stepped it up and is ready to go as the starting RT -- okay. works for me. Having played line (a bazillion years ago), I would suggest it is a more difficult move from RG to LG than it is from RT to RG. Since everything works out from the center, all of a sudden your playing a mirror image of what you were doing before.

I see what you mean about the difficulties in moving to the other side of the line. My thought was simply about putting the best five linemen on the field together, since that is said to be Callahan's preference. I don't know if Callahan sees O-Linemen as generic pieces to be moved around until he discovers the best combination of players or what exactly he means by putting the best five OL on the field.

It's possible, in Callahan's mind, that Lauvao might be the best LG right now without being one of the top five OL. Or maybe he is one of the top five linemen. i don't know what Callahan thinks in that regard. But if Scherff, Long, and Moses are three of the top five generic linemen, I wonder if Callahan would move either Scherff or Long to LG.

[Bangee7]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

Logan Paulsen, Preston Smith, Frank Kearse join Redskins’ mounting injured list - The Washington Post

What the hell? This is getting ridiculous.

With the new strength & conditioning program, as well as the new warm-up process, was really hoping strained groins/hamstrings would be minimized.

It feels like we have as many as before.

And seriously, we can't keep ONE cornerback healthy???

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Seriously, is anyone going to complain if Scherff is a perennial Pro Bowler at guard?? A quality player is a quality player, period.

And I still think this says more about the development of Moses vs Scherff not being able to handle RT... If both of these guys turn out to be studs it's a win/win for us.

Yeah agree. Moses stood out on the one on on drills. I wouldn't put him in hall yet, but to take this step to starter would be huge for the team.

On the one on one online drills with Houston's dline, I thought spencer long held up better than anyone else within our interior.


Side note about training camp, the Richmond facility is outstanding. Every time I've been down there it been a great experience. Very very gud time for the kids. If you've never been down you are missing out. It's the perfect way to get you pumped for the season, I've been drinking nothing but Kool aid since.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Yeah agree. Moses stood out on the one on on drills. I wouldn't put him in hall yet, but to take this step to starter would be huge for the team.

On the one on one online drills with Houston's dline, I thought spencer long held up better than anyone else within our interior.


Side note about training camp, the Richmond facility is outstanding. Every time I've been down there it been a great experience. Very very gud time for the kids. If you've never been down you are missing out. It's the perfect way to get you pumped for the season, I've been drinking nothing but Kool aid since.

.....cool

[Chico23231]

Brawl Breaks Out At Joint Redskins-Texans Practice

Damn that's a brawl

[MTK]

Joint practice is over because of the fights. Should make for some good TV on Hard Knocks.

[Hog1]

"It looks like Brave Heart out there!"
.........lol

[calia]

Did I see JG brandishing a belt? (And, no, I don't mean Jay Gruden.)

Seriously, that's crazy. Fight breaks out between our O and their D, and then second later on the opposite field, our D and their O go at it. Never seen anything like that.

I will say this -- the tackle on the Redskins back that appears to have started it seemed like the guy was aiming for knees. Grainy video from my vantage point, so I could be wrong, but it seemed like the Redskins had something legitimate to be unhappy about.

Looks like lots of folks on the sidelines would have had a very good view of what happened, and it's hard to imagine someone wasn't recording it with a smartphone or something. I will bet videos start lighting up the internet.