Alexander said he spoke Monday to members of the Redskins’ special teams, urging them to clean up the errors. Smith spent the week emphasizing fundamental play in practice, he said.
“I go back,” Smith said. “And you beat your head against the wall: ‘Did I put them in those situations enough? Have we practiced those situations enough? Why did he do what he did in those kinds of situations?’ I had a player come in to me Monday morning and say, ‘Danny, I owe you an apology.’ You don’t owe me an apology. Block the SOB, okay? That’s all I want you to do.”
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Smith and his players said they know the spotlight will be on them in Sunday’s home opener against the Cincinnati Bengals at FedEx Field.
“It’s little mental errors here and there,” Paul said. “But I feel like we’ll be back on track and back to where we’re supposed to be at. . . . It’s no special schemes [by opponents] or nothing like that. It’s just everybody not being on the same page. It’s little things happening here and there. I think we’ll be fine.”
They also expect the Bengals, and every other opponent, to be diligent about seeing if they can do what the Saints and Rams did.
“I don’t think there’s any doubt about that,” Smith said. “They will do it until you protect it. When you protect it, they go somewhere else. That’s what this business is all about.”
Notes: Wide receiver Pierre Garcon will be listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game, Shanahan said after Friday’s practice. Shanahan said Garcon pushed hard during Friday’s practice, but his foot remained sore and he was unable to participate in full team drills.
Shanahan added that cornerback Josh Wilson will be listed as probable after suffering a concussion last weekend, and safety Brandon Meriweather, who has missed two games after aggravating a knee injury, will be listed as questionable. . . .
The NFL fined wide receiver Josh Morgan $7,875 for his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for throwing the ball at Rams cornerback Cortland Finnegan late in last Sunday’s loss at St. Louis, a person familiar with the situation said Friday. Morgan said Wednesday he had been fined but he didn’t know the amount.
Redskins linebacker Lorenzo Alexander was fined $15,750 for unnecessary roughness during the Rams game. Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins was fined $15,750 and defensive lineman Robert Quinn was fined $7,875, both for unnecessary roughness.
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