Lions | Crash coursing Ezekiel Ansah

The Detroit Lions are cramming as much football knowledge as they can into first-round pick DL Ezekiel Ansah. ‘It’s all new to him,’ coach Jim Schwartz said. ‘We did talk about how Ziggy was an inexperienced player, but he was very instinctive playing things like screens and reverses and some trap blocks and draws and things like that that you would think an inexperienced player would struggle on. He did well on all those things.’
Lions | Crash coursing Ezekiel Ansah

Redskins | Robert Griffin feels good about starting opener

Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III (knee) said he could envision himself starting the team’s regular season opener in September even if he is unable to play in any of his team’s preseason games. ‘I’ve thought about that and year, I would be comfortable with that,’ Griffin said over the weekend. ‘That’s all I can say. I have no control over whether I play in the preseason or not. I would be comfortable running out of the tunnel at FedEx Field with the smoke and everything.’
Redskins | Robert Griffin feels good about starting opener