Friday, August 4, 2017

Redskins No 2 pick: Practice at Alabama ‘little bit rougher’

RICHMOND — If Ryan Anderson had

elected to stay at Alabama for his final year of eligibility, the Redskins rookie linebacker estimated he would have most likely been finishing up his conditioning test and preparing for training camp. Indeed, Alabama’s fall camp started Thursday.
But Anderson, Washington’s second round pick, is with the Redskins now and has been in training camp for a week — picking up just how different the NFL is than Alabama.
“Practices there are a little bit rougher than here,” Anderson said of his alma-mater. “We do a lot of banging around there, so it definitely prepared me physically and mentally for this grind I’m doing now.”
Come again? Did Anderson really just say Alabama was tougher than the NFL?
Not quite.
There’s a competition level in the NFL that is leagues above than what Anderson has experienced.