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Redskins optimistic about Junior Galette's latest Achilles recovery

ASHBURN, Va., -- The sight they needed to see, or at least hoped they would, involved Junior Galette taking part in the spring workouts. It's not what Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden expected. Not with Galette coming off his second consecutive missed season because of an Achilles tear.

But Gruden and the Redskins know if Galette can somehow recover his game, he'd provide much-welcomed pass-rushing depth. And then some.

"He knows he's got a little ways to go," Gruden said, "but you can still see that he's got the quick twitch, which you really need off the edge.