Redskins counting on rookie to add power to running game (The Associated Press)

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Alfred Morris has been one of the NFL's top running backs since Washington drafted him in the sixth round in 2012.

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But at 5-foot-9 and 219 pounds, Morris doesn't overpower defenses the way that Hall of Famer John Riggins, Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers and NFC rushing champion Stephen Davis did during most of the Redskins' best seasons in the 1980s and 1990s.