Zac Boyer is a sports writer at The Washington Times. Before joining in October 2013, he covered the Washington Redskins for The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Va. for parts of three seasons and spent the previous five years at the Hartford Courant. A University of Connecticut graduate, he can be reached at zboyer@washingtontimes.com.
An independent neurologist vetoed the Redskins' permission for Griffin to play in a preseason game on Saturday, finding that the quarterback has not completely recovered from a concussion.
Galette, signed on the second day of training camp, will miss the entire season after he tore his left Achilles tendon in one of the last plays of practice on Wednesday.
Galette, signed by the Redskins on the second day of training camp, was held out of the first two preseason games as a precautionary measure as he recovered from a torn left pectoral muscle.
Reed strained a hamstring in the Redskins' training camp practice on Aug. 10 and missed both preseason games. He could return to the field in the preseason game against the Ravens on Saturday.
Bates, an undrafted rookie who played his final season at Louisiana Tech, has three sacks through two preseason games and has gradually worked his way into the rotation at outside linebacker.
Breeland participated extensively in seven-on-seven work and made a cameo in team drills, while Jackson stepped in to join the punt returners during special teams drills but sat the rest of the afternoon.
The tight end, now playing for his fourth team in four seasons, was traded to the Redskins for a fifth-round draft pick on Friday and is the third player at the position to join the team since training camp opened.
Griffin left the Redskins' game against the Lions on Thursday and was later diagnosed with a concussion, but he was allowed to participate in the entirety of the team's "Fan Appreciation Day" practice on Sunday.
The offensive line looked bad and the quarterback conundrum got an early start to the season, but the running game looked fine in the Redskins' preseason game on Thursday.
Griffin left Thursday night's preseason game with a concussion, and his status for the next preseason game, Aug. 29 against the Ravens, remains in question.
After defeating the Browns in their preseason opener a week ago, the Redskins will host the Lions, with the starters again expected to play roughly a quarter on Thursday.
Griffin stood by the proclamation he made about being the best quarterback in the NFL on Tuesday afternoon, not long after the Redskins finished their final practice prior to Thursday's preseason game against the Lions.
After nearly three weeks and 14 days of practices, the Redskins departed Richmond on Monday morning, knowing that there's still much more work to be done once they return home.
Hall injured one of the toes on his left foot late in the Redskins' training camp practice on Sunday, and he said Monday morning that he'd like to be healthy enough to face the Lions on Thursday night.
The Redskins' lease at FedEx Field, which opened in 1997, runs out in 2026, but Allen, the team's president, said Monday that the process of securing a new facility can often take a significant amount of time.
Hamm spent much of last season on the Redskins' practice squad, but injuries to Niles Paul and Logan Paulsen have opened the door for he and the other two tight ends who entered training camp as backups.
Riley had surgery on his left wrist in January, and he said the non-stop training camp schedule has been the reason why he sat out of practice on Saturday afternoon.