With updates from the afternoon practice (not in full pads).
Studs
DT Cornelius Griffin. Destroyed Devin Clark on one play and knocked Edwin Williams to the ground on another. He should beat these two, but it still was an impressive show of strength. He beat Casey Rabach twice in one-on-ones. First, it was with leverage and a strong base; next he used a good rip move to get inside him.
WR Malcolm Kelly. Continues to look more comfortable in practice, which means he’s starting to be more effecitve running routes and catching passes. Made a few grabs this morning, including one over the middle on a tipped ball. Managed to reach back for it and not break stride.
RG Randy Thomas. Had a strong day. In the one-on-ones, stoned Phillip Daniels twice. It was classic Randy: good strong base, good punch.
DT Albert Haynesworth. In the one-on-ones he completely knocked Derrick Dockery off-balance, causing him to lean completely to his left. Haynesworth also loves making comments after these battles, sometimes complaining about the linemen (see below) or other times just telling guys how much they need to get to the quarterback.
RB Clinton Portis. Had a long run in 11-on-11 work; might have scored in a real game.
DE Jeremy Jarmon. Does a great job with getting his hands into the chest of the offensive linemen, enabling him to control them. It’s how he drove Mike Williams backwards. And then Chad Rinehart.
LB Chris Wilson. Did a decent job in coverage during one-on-one work. As an end, got underneath Mike Williams’ pads for a pressure in nine-on-nine. He actually pulled up before getting to the quarterback so the play could continue.
CB Justin Tryon. Has responded well to his bad outing. Is he the next Taylor Jacobs? The guy who plays well in practice, but can’t take it to the game? Tryon was beaten on a double move by Trent Shelton for a long pass. However, he had excellent coverage on a pass over the middle to Devin Thomas, almost intercepting it and ahd good coverage vs. Keith Eloi as well on an out.
Duds
LT Jeremy Bridges. Still not best suited for this side, but that’s the spot Washington is in because no one else is either. Brian Orakpo got around him easliy. Renaldo Wynn also beat him, getting inside. Rob Jackson got him in the one-on-ones by stepping out then slicing inside; Bridges lunged too much. In the afternoon, Wynn beat him twice, once prompting Bridges to hold onto him.
DT Anthony Montgomery. Did not stay low enough on too many plays, which allowed Derrick Dockery to stand him up a couple times. In the one-on-ones, Monty had one tough matchup vs. Will Montgomery (though Albert Haynesworth yelled to Will Montgomery to stop holding, ”They’ll call that [bleep] in the game!” Anthony Montgomery did have good leverage vs. Rueben Riley on his next rush.
OL D’Anthony Batiste. Allowed Jackson to get underneath his pads on a rush to the outside. Jackson showed good body lean on the play. Batiste had problems on other snaps, too.
CB Doug Dutch. Was beaten bad enough by Marko Mitchell in a one-on-one drill that even though Mitchell had to slow up on his go-route to wait for Jason Campbell’s pass, Dutch was still several yards away.
RT Devin Clark. Struggled on the right side; was too off-balanced after getting swatted by Rob Jackson during nine-on-nine work.
CB Byron Westbrook. Once more, like Saturday, was beaten by Antwaan Randle El on a deep ball. Badly.
Redskins new policy. No tweets during practice by the media? Sigh. But, oddly enough, they are allowing their own blogger to continue tweeting. A sign of the times.
Play of the day
Jason Campbell threw a deep corner route to Antwaan Randle El, who appeared to have Kareem Moore beaten. Randle El had to make a slight adjustment and reached back for the ball around his hip. The ball bounced up and as Randle El fell to the ground, the ball hit his hand and popped up again and Moore grabbed it for an interception. The pass traveled approximately 40 yards in the air.
