Today's press conference

[skinsguy]

I'm listening to it right now. At the present moment he's talking about cell phones...LOL!!!

The basic point is that Gibbs basically stressed that neither he nor the trainers forced Arrington to come back before he was ready. Gibbs mentioned that Lavar was the one this past year who was eager to get back onto the field and Gibbs and staff wanted to take a conservative approach to getting him back.

Joe stressed that neither he nor the trainers want players to play hurt. He said in todays game, that is not a very smart thing to do. He also stated that Arrington's comments really surprised him and that they were going to sit down with the surgeon and discuss things. He also talked about how the workouts were not mandatory but that this is a critical time for the Redskins and the players need to be here.

He feels that Moss wants to be here but stresses that it was important for ALL the players to be at the volunteer workouts. He joked and said that players can make babies on their off week - LOL!

Said that Mike Barrow is making progress in his rehab. Continued to stress that Lavar is important to the team's success and the team's future. He also talked about drafting players and stressed character.

Overall...he said that this team doesn't appear to have as many problems as what other teams around the league might be experiencing. He feels losing two players is a far cry from the amount of players other teams have lost.