Santana Moss has said that Josh Doctson may be the best receiver on the Redskins team. After finally getting healthy enough again, having been limited to just two games in the last season due to injuries to his Achilles, it was expected that the second-year receiver would play a vital role in terms of the Redskins’ offense this year, and that he would help stop the gap that the offseason departures of DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon created. While he may eventually be able to do so, the first week of the Redskins’ 2016 first-round pick saw him doing little more than being a decoy, albeit coming in at over 6-feet and 220 pounds.
Jay Gruden Feels that He is Ready
Jay Gruden, coach for the Redskins, has stated that he doesn’t feel that Doctson’s readiness is an issue, but that the player simply has to perform more. He went on to say that Doctson would need to play well in order to be able to earn more time on the field.
Doctson has not practiced much, according to Gruden, either this year or last, but Gruden feels that once he has been able to establish himself as an everyday player he would start getting the reps he deserved and could then prove that he is a top receiver. He also said that Doctson would need to earn this, as anybody on the team would.
Anticipation for Doctson to Start Play
Santana Moss, the former receiver for the Redskins, is one of the many who are excited to see Doctson start earning more playing time, including punters who enjoy online betting on the Redskins. Moss doesn’t have an issue with the manner in which Doctson is being treated by Gruden, either, and has even said that he is impressed by the coach’s tough-love approach.
Moss complimented the manner in which Gruden did not hold his tongue, and that this trait had been noticeable from his days with the team, when Gruden took Robert Griffin III to task. He admired his manner then, because Moss felt that Gruden was making sure that Griffin didn’t start seeing himself as any more important than the rest of the team, and that the earned his players’ respect by demanding more of all his players, and getting it, too.
Players Need to be Able to Take the Heat
Moss went on to say that, as a player in the league, you need to have the right psychology, toughen up, and get stern, not letting words hurt you or affect the way you play. He stated that he had no doubt that Doctson was aware that he had recently had a run of bad luck, but that eventually, if he put the work in, he was sure to get back into the game. He then said that after he had watched the game, and seen how Doctson caught the ball, and the manner in which the player ran routes for the whole preseason, he was of the firm opinion that Doctson may well be the best receiver currently on the Redskins team.