Warriors in the Pros: Colt, Veikune

Washington head coach Jim Zorn talked about Colt Brennan's progress as the Redskins wrapped up OTAs today.

Zorn On Colt Brennan:

"It's an interesting thing, cause Colt is progressing. And one of the things that's happening with Colt is that he's hearing some of the things talked about, and then he's thinking about those things. I walked up when he was on the line of scrimmage, and I said, 'Listen, we're talking about all this technique and all the mechanics of this stuff, but eventually you've just gotta play. You've just gotta drop back and play.' We're not trying to create 'I look down on my first step. I rocker back on this or that.' It's all about knowing those things and him just doing them naturally, and that's what we're trying to get to. So he's got a ways to go, but he's progressing very fine and this is a step up for him, because he didn't even get to practice last year at this time."

And via 4uhfan, The Orange and Brown Report has an article about how important David Veikune might be to the Browns defense this season.

To the best of my knowledge Veikune is not Tongan for "savior." But the young man from Hawaii, the club's third second-round draft selection, is most assuredly a key addition to the 2009 Cleveland Browns and possibly its most critical individual defensive performer.

Solidly-built at 6-2 257 and athletic enough to drop comfortably into coverage, the Alaskan-born Veikune was not only the first defender drafted by the new regime of Mangini and GM George Kokinis, but appears to be the only draftee with much chance of starting on that side of the ball. Given how chronically weak has been the New Browns' D, especially against the run, it would therefore seem reasonable to acknowledge David Veikune just may be carrying considerable hopes upon his unproven rookie shoulders.