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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) #8212;Santana Moss(notes) sat on the floor near the back door ofRedskins Park with his left hand wrapped. John Beck(notes) and Trent Williams(notes) sat onfacing couches talking about sprained ankles. London Fletcher(notes) stood in thelocker room and answered questions about his tender hamstring.And Jonathan Compas(notes), on his first full day as a member of the WashingtonReds football results kins, shook hands as he took up residence at his locker, a temporary metalstall placed in the center of the room to accommodate a fresh set of new bodiesfor a team more than a little banged-up. #8220;That #8217;s what people have been telling me, #8221; Compas said. #8220;That they #8217;vebeen injured, yeah? #8221; No kidding. By now, it seems as if everyone should know the list. Threeoffen football results sive starters have been placed on injured reserve in the last two weeks,and two more are missing substantial time. If Compas had breakfasted with thestarting quarterback, he #8217;d already have the full scoop. #8220;Good football teams can recognize when there is a challenge, where thereis adversity, and say, #8216;We #8217;re not going to let it bother us, #8221; #8217; Beck said. #8220;Because football results it is different. When I was having breakfast this morning, we weretalking about it, how, #8216;OK, we have a handful of guys that are down. That #8217;sodd. #8217; That usually doesn #8217;t happen, but we believe in the guys that we have andwe believe that we can play very good football, and that #8217;s our plan. #8221;The Redskins (3-3), having lost two straight, are having to fight that #822 football results 0;What next? #8221; feeling and keep the faith. Usually, for injured teams, thatcomes in the form of three standby mantras, all uttered Wednesday by middlelinebacker Fletcher: #8212; #8220;Nobody #8217;s going to feel sorry for us. #8221; #8212; #8220;A football game #8217;s still going to be played on Sunday. #8221; #8212; #8220;Whoever #8217;s in has to play well. That #8217;s just the way it football results is. #8221;While all NFL teams are dealing with injuries, it #8217;s unusual to have thismany in such a compressed time. Here are the latest developments from Wednesday: #8212; Moss, who had screws inserted into his broken hand during surgery, saiddoctors told him he #8217;ll be out three to six weeks, a bit more optimistic than thefive to seven weeks originally announced. #8220;It happens. I hate football results to be the guy that it happens to, #8221; said Moss, whosestring of 61 straight starts comes to an end. #8220;I hate to not be out there. Ifeel like you let somebody down when you can #8217;t be out there with the guys thatdepend on you. #8221; #8212; Fletcher, who has never missed a game in his 14-year NFL career, has astreak of 214 straight games in danger because of his hamstring. He did notpr football results actice Wednesday. #8220;It #8217;s a long way between now and Sunday, #8221; he said. #8220;Just continue to tryto get better and see how I feel. #8221; #8212; Having placed tight end Chris Cooley(notes) (knee/finger) and running back TimHightower(notes) (knee) on IR earlier this week, the Redskins filled the roster spotswith offensive lineman Compas and tight end Dominique Byrd(notes). They have football results played in17 NFL games combined.Compas adds depth to a line that is missing left guard Kory Lichtensteiger(notes)(out for the year with a torn right ACL) and left tackle Williams (sidelinedwith a high right ankle sprain).The surprise was the Redskins didn #8217;t add a running back to the 53-manroster, leaving rookie Roy Helu(notes) and oft-injured Ryan Torain(notes) as the onlytailbacks. Rookie E football results van Royster(notes) remains on the practice squad, and running backTristan Davis(notes) was signed to the practice squad Wednesday. Guard John Malecki(notes) wasreleased from the practice squad to make room.Coach Mike Shanahan said fullback Darrel Young(notes) could play tailback, ifnecessary. #8212; Shanahan said Cooley was placed on IR on the advice of doctors, who feltthe tight end needed to giv football results e his left knee some rest and #8220;not over-push it likehe has been doing. #8221; The injury leads to questions about Cooley #8217;s future inWashington, but Shanahan said he hopes to have all his injured players #8220;backand playing at a real high level. #8221; #8212; Rex Grossman(notes) was released after being hospitalized since Monday withpneumonia. He planned to come to Redskins Park on W football results ednesday night to review filmand is expected to be ready to back up Beck for Sunday #8217;s game against theBuffalo Bills at Toronto. #8212; Starting safety Oshiomogho Atogwe(notes), who missed last week #8217;s loss to Carolinawith a knee injury, was limited in practice.Beck represents the only lineup change by design, preparing for his secondRedskins start after Grossman was benched. As much as football results anyone, he presents anupbeat and optimistic vibe, and he continues to handle things just a little bitdifferently. Asked for a quick review of his first start #8212;a 33-20 loss to thePanthers #8212;he answered politely: #8220;You know what? I don #8217;t want to be rude, butI #8217;m really trying to move on to this week. #8221;But wouldn #8217;t he use what he learned from that game to move on? football results #8220;Yeah, #8221; he said. #8220;OK, sorry. I #8217;ll answer it. #8221;He then spoke about big third-down plays made by young players and a decentgame from the patchwork offensive line. #8220;I feel like it #8217;s a big difference when we step into this week, #8221; Becksaid. #8220;Because last week was so new. You #8217;re trying to get comfortable with eachother, but it #8217;s not going to football results happen overnight. #8221;At least Beck can count on the support of his coach. Asked about thequarterback #8217;s performance against Carolina, Shanahan put to rest the notion thatthe switch from Grossman might be temporary. #8220;It #8217;s the first of many games for him, #8221; Shanahan said. #8220;I #8217;m lookingforward to seeing him just grow as a quarterback and get that game experience. I football results think he #8217;s a natural leader, and now we get to see him in live situations, sothat #8217;s something I #8217;m looking forward to. #8221;Joseph White can be reached at http://twitter.com/JGWhiteAP Follow Yahoo! Sports' NFL coverage on Twitter. Updated 9 hours, 48 minutes ago football results
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