ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -On the seventh day, Albert Haynesworth rested again.
This time, he had some company.
The fitness of the Washington Redskins defensive lineman remains unresolved one week into training camp. Haynesworth did not attempt the team’s conditioning test Wednesday morning for the second straight day, and won’t be allowed to practice until he passes the test.
He’s been hampered in recent days by a sore left knee and isn’t expected to try the test again until the problem subsides.
“The knee’s still getting a lot of treatment,” coach Mike Shanahan said. “He’s in here early, getting treatment three times a day, he’s got a lot of work on that treadmill, so hopefully he passes it in the near future.”
Haynesworth’s last attempt came Monday, when he pulled up after 150 yards of sprints because of irritation in the knee.
round watching practice. Shanahan gave several older veterans – including Clinton Portis, Larry Johnson, London Fletcher, Joey Galloway, Santana Moss and Phillip Daniels – a day off from contact.
“We try to give them a little bit of a break,” Shanahan said. “I’ve done that throughout my career with older players, and it seems to protect them a little bit.”
After practice, Haynesworth did some individual work hitting the block shed.
Haynesworth is the only Redskins player required to take the conditioning test because he stayed away from the team’s offseason conditioning program.
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