While many of the position coaches who will have a say on what the Washington Football Team looks like in 2020 are new to most fans, running backs coach Randy Jordan is one of the few holdovers from the previous staff. When Ron Rivera took over as the head coach, he chose to keep Jordan around, hoping that his familiarity with the current roster in Washington would help push that position to new heights.
Judging by the talent that currently stands in the Washington backfield, he won’t have to push very hard, as long as everyone is able to stay healthy.
On Friday afternoon, Jordan sat down with media members in Washington to discuss this abnormal offseason, as well as what to expect going forward. Here are some of his top quotes.
Redskins RB coach Randy Jordan says that working for Ron Rivera has been "awesome." Jordan is one of the few holdovers from the previous coaching staff pic.twitter.com/1fwGBJrJeU
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan said that being from NC, having family from there, they were excited about the possibility of him working with coach Ron Rivera, because of what he'd done with the Panthers.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Jordan said the differences in the new offense is the amount of routes the RBs will run. The RBs will be flexible in Scott Turner’s offense, and that excites Jordan on what the group can do.
— Zach Selby (@ZachDSelby) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan said he's known Bryce Love since HS when he was recruiting him to come to North Carolina over Stanford.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan said that the lack of preseason games will hurt Bryce Love, because of the lack of reps. They'll do the best they can getting him up to speed
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan says that Antonio Gibson is an athlete. Describes him as clay. Talks about the explosiveness, hitting the home run, but has a background of playing QB and WR, so he sees everything from multiple positions.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Jordan said Bryce Love has some of the same skills as his Stanford teammate Christian McCaffery. He can catch out of the backfield and is a skilled runner. Jordan is excited for Love to finally get on the field after spending the past year recovering from a torn ACL.
— Zach Selby (@ZachDSelby) July 31, 2020
Jordan said Jennifer King, who has been assisting him this offseason, has been a big help for him because of her knowledge of the offense and her previous athletic experience.
— Zach Selby (@ZachDSelby) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan said that not every RB is going to run all of the routes. They're going to be mindful of doing things in players' wheelhouse, but the players should also know exactly what their tasked with.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan said when God made Adrian Peterson, he said, "You're a football player." He just has God-given ability that you can't coach in terms of how he's maintained for so long.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Jordan said of Guice his best ability is his availability and dependability. He's gotten himself in great shape so far, and Jordan said he has the rare ability to run, block, catch passes, get those tough yards.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan said of Derrius Guice and what he's seen so far, Guice gave people an appetizer. He wants the steak, he wants the lobster, he wants all the things Guice has to offer.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
WFT RB coach Randy Jordan has multiple times called Antonio Gibson "clay." The team is molding him as a WR/RB hybrid but says he is pure athlete
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan said that Peyton Barber gives the team some thump like a Adrian Peterson. He gives the team depth at the position. Can't have enough depth and his experience is invaluable.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan on the possibility of Antonio Gibson taking more snaps at WR because of Kelvin Harmon's injury and Cody Latimer not being available, said it's nice that they have someone in house that they can move over, if the need be.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan told a brief story where he was quizzing Antonio Gibson on his responsibility on a play, and he gave the answer as if he were the F receiver. Jordan jokingly said, "woah, woah, remember you're a HB." Says Gibson is locked in on the WR tasks.
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 31, 2020
Randy Jordan just called JD McKissic a "firestarter." Can light a match and spark a fire at any point on the field. That's such a badass term
— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) July 31, 2020
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