During the first few padded practices of Washington Commanders training camp, there’s been a noticeable uptick in intensity as players begin to re-acclimating to the violence that’ll bludgeon and break bodies over the next five months.
of camp and shrugged their shoulder pads. A few receivers complained when defensive backs jockeyed them down the field. Linemen rammed each other, and even though theof helmet contact, the sounds of pads crunching and men grunting underlaid the whistles and cheers and music as the baseline of the game.
At one point, backup defensive tackle Benning Potoa’e beat backup left guard Aaron Monteiro. Monteiro called for a rematch, and Potoa’e beat him again. Minutes later, coach Juan Castillo praised an offensive lineman loudly, and defensive line coach Jeff Zgonina seemed to take offense, yelling to his player, “Right back in the quarterback’s lap!”“Everybody's geeked up,” Cosmi said of putting on the pads. “We all feel good, and we're firing off the ball.”
After one play, linebacker Khaleke Hudson, who has impressed, seemed to take exception to a block on the perimeter by center Nick Gates. Hudson shoved Gates, who pushed Hudson’s helmet, and middle linebacker Cody Barton threw a punch. The fight broke up quickly.One rule of the Commanders’ new-look practices: No standing around
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