It didn't seem like three weeks and one day, but time marches on.
The Washington Redskins hold their final practice of 2013 at the Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center this morning at 10:30. General Manager Bruce Allen will be speaking around 10AM.
There will be no helmet walk for kids after practice today, and probably little or no autograph signings, as the players have been instructed to leave immediately for Redskins Park in Ashburn after practice is over.
This is to get the team up to their regular season facility to make final preparations for their Monday night matchup at home against Pittsburgh. Then the team will go into "week-by-week" prep mode, mirroring regular season weeks, before their August 24 game vs. Buffalo and their August 29 preseason finale on the road against Tampa Bay.
After that is the roster cutdown to the final 53-player roster, and then they play for real.
COMMENT: Lots of hay has been made this week about RGIII, his desire to compete, possible friction with him and head coach Mike Shanahan. And I believe that's all it is, hay. Media types at three-week long marathon events, spending hours upon hours a day at the facility, are looking for any nugget of a story, especially if they smell a big one and can scoop everyone else.
Shanahan will never do anything to squelch the competitive desire of his quarterback. Ever. Remember, he once had a guy named John Elway as his quarterback, and though there were times they didn't see eye to eye and got into, as Shanahan called them earlier this week, "knockdown, dragout fights", the tandem took home two Vince Lombardi trophies together in 1997 and 1998.
Shanahan also knows it's a special thing to have an ultra-motivated quarterback who is also multi-talented. After Elway retired in Denver, he turned to Bubby Brister. Brister was motivated, but he was NO Elway, NO RGIII.
Ignore the rhetoric. Shanahan and Griffin leave Richmond in fine shape, and in September, if RGIII is 100 percent and the Redskins start off strong, few will remember RGIII's comment, his impromptu press conference, and the thousands of words written about all this.
WHAT DO YOU THINK: We want to hear from you! Tell us in the comments section here your thoughts on the RGIII/Shanahan situation, plus who will be the Redskins' 3rd string quarterback? Which wide receivers and running backs make the cut? Did UVA product Chase Minnifield do enough to make the squad? Tell us! And THANKS for making our blog a part of your Redskins Training Camp experience!
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