It wouldn’t be the start of football season without the head coach yelling at the players to stop standing around, would it? That’s exactly what happened on Tuesday morning in Washington, according to NBC Sports Washington’s JP Finlay, as practice came to a close.
“Practice is ending and Ron Rivera is dressing down his team for standing around confused during portions of drills,” Finlay wrote on Twitter. “Delivered a loud ‘get in your book and study.'”
Before you think too much about the fact that Washington players needed to get yelled at for being lazy on the very first day of padded practice, know that this is probably more of a coach asserting his dominance rather than laziness on the field. With his first real practice in Washington, Rivera is making sure that he can set the culture that he wants strongly in practice, so it grows into discipline when games come around.
Rivera talked to the group after practice. Went over details/situations that needed to improve in practice. Also told off guys: “get in your books and study.” Hammered home details.
— John Keim (@john_keim) August 18, 2020
With one padded practice down, we all can feel the joy of watching videos and seeing pictures from the first full day. Football seems to be back, finally, in Washington, and hopefully, it’s here to stay.
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