Washington Training Camp Pressers: Brandon Scherff, Landon Collins, and Taylor Heinicke

LIVE: OL Brandon Scherff speaks to the media after Day 3 of camp https://t.co/weAdlWQUAS

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) July 30, 2021

Brandon Scherff is addressing the media next. Said it’s great to have the fans in Richmond and are going to enjoy tomorrow, which is the team’s last day before heading back to Ashburn.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Scherff said he’s trying to help Sam Cosmi as much as possible. He looked up to a lot of veterans in his career, and he wants to provide that kind of leadership for Cosmi going forward.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Scherff has worked with Cosmi on opening and tightening his stance and understanding defenses better in terms of personal movement. Once Cosmi can get that down, it’ll help the game slow down and he won’t have to overthink.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Brandon Scherff said that when he talks to Sam Cosmi he reminds him that he’s going up against two of the best edge rushers in the league. Don’t be discouraged by one bad rep. Keep his head up and move onto the next one

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 30, 2021

Scherff on being a leader: if I can help someone improve, it’ll be a success.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Brandon Scherff said that he’s comfortable playing on the franchise tag, and reiterates that he wants to be here for the long term

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 30, 2021

Brandon Scherff says he wants to be here for the rest of his career. He and the team were unable to work out a long-term contract by the July 15 deadline.

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 30, 2021

So, I asked why does he think reaching a long-term deal has been so difficult to this point. He said he lets his agent handle that, etc.

All-Pro blocker, for a reason.

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) July 30, 2021

Scherff on the vaccines: “It’s a personal decision for me and for everybody. Nobody has made a big deal about it, we’re here to play football.”

— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) July 30, 2021

LIVE: S Landon Collins speaks to the media after Day 3 of camp https://t.co/CoPkchOJjC

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) July 30, 2021

Landon Collins on his return from the Achilles tear: I feel incredible.” pic.twitter.com/dbmeJi5EME

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) July 30, 2021

Landon Collins says he feels way better than before after his torn Achilles injury.

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 30, 2021

Landon Collins ascribes feeling much better than before to having that time to himself to focus on himself and getting his body back in shape

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 30, 2021

Landon Collins said his doctors told him 9-12 months for recovery from his injury

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) July 30, 2021

Collins said Curl did an “awesome” job last year and adds more versatility to what the secondary can do.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Collins said he and WJ3 talk all the time to build their communication.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Collins said Young and Sweat are special. They remind him of JPP and Olivier Vernon, who played together with the Giants.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Landon Collins had a good example today of how Washington’s pass-rushing duo of Chase Young and Montez Sweat affects the rest of the defense: pic.twitter.com/gqnlkmcuMm

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) July 30, 2021

Collins on McLaurin: “He’s great. Speed, speed, speed.”

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) July 30, 2021

Collins says there’s no distraction in the locker room due to the vaccines. Like we’ve heard a lot here……he says everyone has personal reasons and it’s their decision.

— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) July 30, 2021

Landon Collins is in the media room wearing a mask, a requirement for any unvaccinated player. Says it’s a “personal decision” for everyone and he doesn’t it seeing being a distraction. Brandon Scherff and Taylor Heinicke also were in here wearing masks.

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) July 30, 2021

LIVE: QB Taylor Heinicke speaks to the media after Day 3 of camp https://t.co/isG0QKAZcg

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) July 30, 2021

Taylor Heinicke is addressing the media right now. It’s pretty cool, he said, to be back in VA after having a successful career at ODU.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Taylor Heinicke wasn’t at a training camp a year ago and reflected on his progress to get here: “I was waking up at my sister’s house, looking for something to do.”

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) July 30, 2021

Taylor Heinicke said Ryan Fitzpatrick has helped him a lot. Heinicke said he struggled with some things the last few days and Fitz pulled him aside, told him he dealt with similar things in his career and showed him what helped him.

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) July 30, 2021

Heinicke on qb competition: “I don’t come in everyday thinking I’m competing against him. I’m trying to get better.” He says he thinks Fitz thinks same thing

— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) July 30, 2021

Heinicke said he knows Fitzpatrick wants him to succeed. He doesn’t go into each practice thinking they’re competing. They just want to push each other.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Heinicke says that he’s made mistakes in camp and people have come up to him with feedback. Asked specifically, Heinicke said he has trouble throwing left and working to improve it.

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) July 30, 2021

Heinicke said he’s his hardest critic. He knows he got a lot of praise last year, but he took a hard look at how he played in those five quarters and is dedicated to getting better.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Taylor Heinicke knows he received some extra attention after his playoff performance. He’s also aware he hasn’t played much in the NFL, and in his two starts he suffered injuries and the team lost both. Says he’s his own toughest critic but there’s motivation to show he belongs.

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) July 30, 2021

Heinicke said he took some time after the season to be proud of himself for how far he’s come. That said, he doesn’t want to hang hit hat on that. He wants to use what happened last year and build off it.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Heinicke says he’s gone back and watched the Tampa game a couple of times. He accomplished something and wants to be proud of himself. At the same time, that was then and there’s a journey to go.

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) July 30, 2021

Washington QB Taylor Heineke “I accomplished something I didn’t think was going to happen. I’m trying to be in this league for as long as possible.” @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/WsEqbkAoSQ

— Darren M. Haynes (@DarrenMHaynes) July 30, 2021

Heinicke said seeing McLaurin run his routes is a “thing of beauty.”

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Taylor Heinicke: “I don’t have the strongest arm so I have to always be on time.” Stresses that for him to have success as a pro, he has to lock in on the fundamentals on https://t.co/mn5fGKIN82.

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) July 30, 2021

Taylor Heinicke said he was “five or six weeks away” from giving up football. He gave himself two years to get back in the league and was prepared to walk away if he didn’t accomplish it.

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) July 30, 2021

Taylor Heinicke told himself that, if he ever made it two years without playing in an NFL game, he was gonna move on in a new direction and do something else. Fortunately, Washington called him about five weeks before that self-imposed window closed and now he’s here

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) July 30, 2021

Heinicke gave a word of advice to anyone pursuing a dream: keep working, because it’ll pay off.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) July 30, 2021

Heinicke says “There’s an ongoing joke in my family that I’m a college dropout.” Says he has two classes left.

— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) July 30, 2021

Taylor Heineke says “My parents call me a college dropout” because he went from taking grad school classes to signing with the Washington football team. @wusa9 @WUSA9sports pic.twitter.com/KYGMm5k54j

— Darren M. Haynes (@DarrenMHaynes) July 30, 2021