One of the veteran voices in Washington that the new coaching staff, especially Ron Rivera, will call upon a lot this coming season is defensive lineman Jonathan Allen, who slots in as one of the core players on the potentially dominant front-seven.
So on a day when Rivera let his feelings be known about the team’s effort levels and production in practice, Allen took the mic and talked to the media about how he thought things went. His basic sentiment? Agreement. Allen said that he knows guys are a step slow here and there since they haven’t played football in eight months, but that’s no excuse for not flying around. Basically, he’s tired of losing and wants things to change.
J Allen says “I’m tired of losing. We’re tired of losing.” @granthpaulsen
— John Keim (@john_keim) August 22, 2020
Allen said he couldn't care less about the outside expectation for the defensive line. He has his own expectations for himself and the unit. That's all he care about.
— Zach Selby (@ZachDSelby) August 22, 2020
Expectations for this unit are definitely high, but they won’t be able to reach any of them if they don’t practice hard and take care of the little things when they can. That’s something that Rivera has been stressing his whole career, and Allen seems to be on board in Washington.
