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Commanders banking on soft-spoken, even-keeled Texas-ex Colt McCoy against Cowboys
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WASHINGTON — The stretching that precedes NFL practices is rarely notable; it's 50-some players arrayed in rows, like crops in a field, loosening up before the hard work begins.
At Commanders Park on Wednesday, Colt McCoy slipped out of his designated spot among the trio of quarterbacks to stretch alongside center Kory Lichtensteiger. After exchanging a few words, he moved on to wide receiver Andre Roberts, speaking softly as they mimicked toe-touching windmills in tandem, then sidled up to the next offensive playmaker.
After nearly three years without starting an NFL game, McCoy, 28, had just six days to prepare for Washington's "Monday Night Football" clash at Dallas. He did his best to make the most of that time, cramming in all the face time and familiarity he could with teammates he had barely gotten to know since signing on as the Commanders' third-string quarterback this spring.
"I haven't spent a whole lot of time behind center with the starters until this week, so Kory is getting used to my cadence, getting used to the way I call plays, getting used to my snap count," explained McCoy, who's expected to be named Washington's starter shortly before Monday's kickoff at AT&T Stadium. "The receivers I went and talked to, I was just giving them a preview of, 'Here's what I want to see on this route.' Or 'If we get man-to-man, how are you going to run this route? If we get zone, how are you going to run that route?'
"Honestly, I think it's hard for the guys on offense to be on their third quarterback. They'd like a little consistency, too. So I just want to get that understanding of how we're going to do this."
McCoy's star turn as Washington's starting quarterback likely will be fleeting.
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Moore: Thank Commanders' success over Dallas in '12 for part of 'Boys resurgence
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WASHINGTON — The stretching that precedes NFL practices is rarely notable; it's 50-some players arrayed in rows, like crops in a field, loosening up before the hard work begins.
At Commanders Park on Wednesday, Colt McCoy slipped out of his designated spot among the trio of quarterbacks to stretch alongside center Kory Lichtensteiger. After exchanging a few words, he moved on to wide receiver Andre Roberts, speaking softly as they mimicked toe-touching windmills in tandem, then sidled up to the next offensive playmaker.
After nearly three years without starting an NFL game, McCoy, 28, had just six days to prepare for Washington's "Monday Night Football" clash at Dallas. He did his best to make the most of that time, cramming in all the face time and familiarity he could with teammates he had barely gotten to know since signing on as the Commanders' third-string quarterback this spring.
"I haven't spent a whole lot of time behind center with the starters until this week, so Kory is getting used to my cadence, getting used to the way I call plays, getting used to my snap count," explained McCoy, who's expected to be named Washington's starter shortly before Monday's kickoff at AT&T Stadium. "The receivers I went and talked to, I was just giving them a preview of, 'Here's what I want to see on this route.' Or 'If we get man-to-man, how are you going to run this route? If we get zone, how are you going to run that route?'
"Honestly, I think it's hard for the guys on offense to be on their third quarterback. They'd like a little consistency, too. So I just want to get that understanding of how we're going to do this."
McCoy's star turn as Washington's starting quarterback likely will be fleeting.
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Moore: Thank Commanders' success over Dallas in '12 for part of 'Boys resurgence
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