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Coach's Turn: Jay Gruden At The Mic

Aug 05, 2015 at 08:32 AM

After the team's first off day, head coach Jay Gruden addressed the media from the podium before heading out for his sixth day of practice.

Gruden spoke about facing the Texans in joint practice Thursday and provided some more clarity on the third down running back situation.

Here are some of the highlights via @Redskins and local beat reporters:

Jay Gruden on the #Texans joint practices and last year's vs. #Patriots. "It helped us evaluate our players. That's the No. 1 objective…"
— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) August 5, 2015

Gruden called it "a great day" for Robert Griffin III on Monday, especially to do so well in 2-minute offense. They…haven't been good there
— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) August 5, 2015

Gruden said the joint practices with the #Texans will give him a good gauge of his players' progress.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) August 5, 2015

Gruden says most of their plays are designed with Garcon as primary target, but coverage dictates whether ball goes there or not.
— Mike Jones (@ByMikeJones) August 5, 2015

Gruden on challenge of getting Garcon the ball more, "This isn't X-Box, you can't just hit the X button. You've got to read the coverages."
— Mike Jones (@ByMikeJones) August 5, 2015

Jay Gruden says Chris Thompson is "starting to emerge" as a 3rd down back. He looks healthy, that's for sure. If so, big help
— John Keim (@john_keim) August 5, 2015

I asked Gruden about 3rd down pass-catching options at RB. Impressed by Chris Thompson, who worked with the 2s last practice with Jones out
— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) August 5, 2015

Gruden said "we're going to let the preseason games really be the factor" in decision whether to keep 2 or 3 quarterbacks on 53-man roster.
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) August 5, 2015

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