ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -The unfamiliar face at Washington Redskins training camp is James Dearth, a veteran long snapper happy to have a job after an offseason of looking for work.
Dearth practiced for the first time Sunday and should feel right at home. It seems nearly everything about the Redskins special teams is new and changeable.
The team has a punter in camp who didn’t play last season because of an injury. The kicker who has only four games of NFL experience. This year’s punt returner will be different, and maybe the kickoff return man as well.
Special teams coach Danny Smith says he doesn’t look at all the newness as an “uncertainty.” Instead, he calls it an “unfamiliarity” and says it’s up to the coaches to choose the right players for the jobs.
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