Ya, the knee MRI for Hatcher is definitely a bit worrisome, given his age and lack of football mileage. I guess the fact that it is June, at least gives him time to get into fighting shape.
Trent, I'm sure will be fine. He's proven that he can fight through dings. Don't know about Lavaou and his history regarding dings...
Jason Hatcher, the Redskins biggest free agent acquisition on defense this year, will not participate in the team's three day mandatory mini-camp due to pain and swelling in his knee. Coach Gruden said that Hatcher will be getting an MRI on the knee today as a precaution. The team is downplaying the injury, but this is standard operating procedure, and we will know more about the extent of the injury over the next few days. The Redskins have a break from practices until Training Camp officially starts July 24th in Richmond, VA, and Gruden thinks he should be ready to participate by then.
"We’re going to continue to look at his knee and see how he’s doing and make sure we’re taking the proper precautions and get him ready for training camp," Gruden said. "I don’t know when he tweaked it. He just said he had a little bit of pain and a little bit of swelling. So we’re just going to make sure we do the proper procedures as far as getting him checked out—an MRI, an X-Ray."
"There’s no concern," he said. "We’re going to get him checked out and we’ll go from there. But I feel like he’ll be ready for training camp and that’s the big thing."