Roughly 24 hours after being drafted by the Washington Redskins, Brandon Scherff went to dinner with his new offensive line coach, Bill Callahan. At one point in the conversation, Callahan mentioned “The Hogs,” the iconic offensive lines that propelled Washington to Super Bowl titles more than two decades ago. The coach told Scherff he wanted to bring back that mentality.
“Just get back to the old days — the ground-and-pound football, which will open up all the passing lanes,” Scherff said. “I think that’s what they want to start doing and that’s what we will start doing from Day 1.