The Washington Redskins run game all but disappeared on Sunday, with the loss of Clinton Portis and Ryan Torain the team is desperate to have one of the other backs on the roster step up. Keiland Williams and James Davis combined for 16 yards on nine carries last week, as a team the Redskins only gained 29 yards on Sunday. On Wednesday, rookie Shawnbrey McNeal became the 12th running back the Redskins have had on either the active roster or the practice squad this year when he was signed to the practice squad as running back Kestahn Moore replacement. <\/p>\n
Getting Ryan Torain back could help, because he has shown an ability to follow blocks well\u00a0and has cutback ability, last week the Redskins didn’t have a running back with a run longer than four yards <\/p>\n
News & Notes:<\/p>\n
\u2014 The Redskins worked indoors at a Northern Virginia facility on Wednesday because a rainstorm made the fields at Redskins Park too wet for practice. The Redskins do not not have a indoor facility at Redskins park and previously practiced in an empty hangar at nearby Dulles Airport on bad weather days. The team used a basketball court, instead of the floor of the hangar, which was descried as \u201ca little bit slippery.” <\/p>\n
\u2014 The Redskins added wide reciever\u00a0Maurice Price\u00a0to their practice squad to replace WR Terrence Austin, who was promoted to the active roster on Saturday. Price was undrafted out of Charleston Southern in 2007 and has never played in a regular season game.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\u2014 The NFL announced that\u00a0full refunds will be given\u00a0to general admission seats for all preseason and regular season games canceled by a work stoppage in 2011, the NFL refunds will not extend to Personal Seat Licenses or club and luxury seats.\u00a0 Teams will decide on an individual basis how to handle the PSLs and more expensive seats. On Wednesday the Redskins announced that the 2011 refunds will apply to all seats, general admission, suites and Premium Club among them. Season ticket holders can either receive a traditional refund or can apply it to future seats. The team noted that general admission prices have remained the same since the 2006 season and the price will not be going up in 2011<\/p>\n
\u2014 Guard Artis Hicks was benched last week in favor of Will Montgomery after two series. He said after the game that his ailing thigh\/groin was not an issue, and that he just didn\u2019t get the job done. <\/p>\n
\u2014 Running back James Davis\u00a0cut into\u00a0RB Keiland Williams\u2019\u00a0rushing attempts last Sunday because the Redskins wanted to see how Davis would perform in real game situations after keeping him on the practice squad for a month. <\/p>\n
\u2014 Pro Bowl voting for fans closes on Dec. 20, Redskins linebacker Lorenzo Alexander is fourth among special teams players, Chris Cooley is fifth in the NFC among tight ends, Brian Orakpo is third in the voting for outside linebackers, Mike Sellers is the second-leading vote-getter among fullbacks, DeAngelo Hall is second among cornerbacks, and LaRon Landry has a 49,000 plus vote lead among the strong safeties. <\/p>\n
\u2014 “I’m not going to say he’s definitely out, But I’d say it’s a longshot.” \u2013 Coach Mike Shanahan after practice Wednesday talking about the availability of safety LaRon Landry this weekend, Landry has missed the last two games because of an Achilles’ tendon injury <\/p>\n
\u201cI just feel like different situations cause that to happen, Things are a little bit unstable in Washington, and it didn\u2019t work out quite that well there. In Carolina, they have other issues to worry about other than receivers… I definitely was surprised, When things happen like that, other opportunities present themselves. Right now, for me to be here, is a blessing. Unfortunately, I wasn\u2019t up to speed with (the Redskins) but they had other things going on.\u201d \u2013 \u2013 former Redskins and current New York Giants WR Devin Thomas discussing being on his third team this season <\/p>\n
Mid-Week Injury Update:<\/p>\n
\u2014 The following player fully participated in practice on Wednesday: LBLorenzo Alexander\u00a0(hamstring), G\u00a0Derrick Dockery\u00a0(knee), DE\u00a0Jeremy Jarmon(hamstring), QB\u00a0Donovan McNabb\u00a0(hamstring), S\u00a0Kareem Moore\u00a0(knee), C\u00a0Casey Rabach(knee), WR\u00a0Roydell Williams\u00a0(foot). <\/p>\n
\u2014 ILB Rocky McIntosh\u00a0missed practice on Wednesday for personal reasons. <\/p>\n
\u2014 KR Brandon Banks (knee) was limited in practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u2014 DE Kedric Golston (groin) was limited in practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u2014 WR Santana Moss (knee) was limited in practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u2014 LB Brian Orakpo (ankle) was limited in practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u2014 RG Artis Hicks (thigh) was limited in practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u2014 CB Carlos Rogers did not practice on Wednesday due to both hamstrings being injured.<\/p>\n
\u2014 RB Ryan Torain, has missed the past two games with a pulled hamstring and did not practice on Wednesday, but\u00a0coach Mike Shanahan\u00a0would not yet rule him out of Sunday\u2019s game against the New York Giants <\/p>\n
\u2014 SS LaRon Landry who has worn a walking boot recently because of an Achilles injury did not participate in practice on Wednesday<\/p>\n
Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Bernie Marshall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"