Punter Tress Way is the longest-tenured player on the Washington Commanders. Washington’s punter since 2014, Way is one of the NFL’s best punters, a popular teammate and a fan favorite.
On Friday, it was Way’s turn to meet with the media after practice. It was a much-talked-about practice Friday as tempers flared between Washington’s offense and defense.
Where was Way when this all went down?
“I think if you guys go back and look at the film of whenever it got really chippy in there, I was over on the other field as far away as possible as you could be,” Way said.
“I don’t want any smoke of some of those big dudes, but that’s camp, man. You got guys out there getting fired up. Guys are trying to win jobs, compete for jobs, the tempo violations. I mean, it’s this unspoken thing, the tempo violation, but it’s football. I haven’t been in a football scrum in a while, and I don’t plan to be, but you never know things could transpire. We’ll see what happens.”
Friday’s practice even had star wide receiver and team captain Terry McLaurin get heated with cornerback Benjamin St-Juste as McLaurin came to the defense of tight end Cole Turner.
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You can always count on Tress to bring some humor.