The Washington Redskins opened the pre-season with a 23-6 win over the Patriots.
Listed below are the key observations, thoughts and grades after the game.
Note: Due to lack of playing time starters were not graded.
Offence
WRs
Currently there are several players attempting to make the team at a very deep position. There probably 3 positions at WR open the Redskins have 8 players attempting to be selected.
-Aldrick Robinson who is on the roster bubble and he performed well. 3 catches for 45 yards and a TD. Coaches repeatedly said he is doing well in training camp and the off season. A great sign for a player trying to prove he belongs. Grade: A
-Ryan Grant the 5th rounder out of Tulane was impressive with 3 catches with 37 yards . He showed good hands and route running skills. This is no surprise as it was widely reported throughout camp. What few saw coming into camps was the separation he can get off the DB. This enables him to make a easy catch. Questions arose with his selection and he responded with a great performance. Grade: A
RBs
Alfred Morris and Roy Helu lock up the 1 and 2 spots. This means there are 4 RBs trying to get the 3rd RB position.
Lache Seastrunk: He had 63 yards on 12 carries he repeatedly found holes and exploded out them. His weakness was the urge to go east to west instead of North to South in situations. Several times he attempted to get the extra yard by going around linebacker and not falling forward. Grade: A-
Silas Redd: He had 9 touches for 45 yards and showed a Alfred Morris like technique of running through tacklers. Grade: A-
Chris Thompson: $ carries 5 yards and 2 ccatches for 12 yards he failed to leave a imprint running but with so few touches it's no surprise. Grade: B-
Evan Royster: 7 touches and 23 yards solid play. The problem is he has no flash but doesn't really explode through tacklers. He also fails to show any special teams contributions grade: B-.
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