Washington got its first preseason win under Ron Rivera on Friday night, but, as most NFL fans are aware, preseason games are rarely judged by who wins or loses, but by what the coach learns about his players. It seemed that the Washington coaches were interested in learning as much as they could.
At his post-game press conference, Ron Rivera mentioned that defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio had made a number of calls that he wouldn’t have made in a regular season game for the purpose of putting stress on Washington’s defensive players to see how they would react.