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• ASHBURN, Va. Authentic Percy Harvin Jersey . -- Robert Griffin III crashed Mike Shanahans news conference, slipping in the back door to take an aisle seat in the Washington Redskins auditorium. Soon, the franchise quarterback had a microphone in his right hand, ready to ask the next question. Shanahan, who is hard to rattle, couldnt help but laugh. "You got me by surprise there," the coach said. "Who is this guy?" "What did you do for New Years?" Griffin asked. "I tried to put a good game plan together. I wasnt sure how healthy you were, so it was hard without you calling me," answered Shanahan, still chortling away. "You got me good." Griffin has hardly behaved like a rookie all season, so theres no reason to think itll start now as he prepares for his NFL playoff debut. He was as loose as anyone Wednesday, whether it was playfully shoving Jarvis Jenkins into the defensive linemans locker or simply radiating the smile that has rarely been missing during his initial run through the NFL grind. It was the first practice for Sundays matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, the Redskins first home post-season game in 13 years. If the excitement was getting to either half of Washingtons rookie backfield -- Griffin or running back Alfred Morris -- it wasnt showing. "Ive been playing football since I was 5 years old. I just go out there and go have some fun. Thats what I do. So Im not going to think about, Its the playoffs," said Morris, who added that he doesnt really care for the attention hes getting for a 1,613-yard regular season bettered only by Adrian Peterson. The performances of Morris and Griffin has cornerback DeAngelo Hall proclaiming: "These arent ordinary rookies." "I havent seen a moment this year where theyve been caught up in the moment," defensive tackle Barry Cofield said, "or theyve seemed like the moments been too big for them." To a man, the Redskins say the entire team shouldnt be caught up in playoff nerves because theyve been playing win-or-else games for nearly two months. Every victory in the season-ending seven-game streak was necessary to get to 10-6 and win the NFC East. Notable stat: Washington is 7-0 since Griffin was selected as a team captain. Also, it helps that the Redskins have a routine week to prepare for the Seahawks. Griffin will take that over the weekslong wait for college bowl games. "For bowl games, most of the time youre doing way too much thinking," Griffin said. "Trying to devise the perfect play for the perfect defence. And you get in a game and they do something totally different because theyre doing the same thing for the past month. So (this is) like a regular-season game, but with a playoff-game atmosphere." Griffin gave the latest update on the sprained lateral ligament in his right knee, which caused him to miss one game and has limited his explosive running ability in the two games since he returned. Hes still sporting a brace, which he adjusted while stretching at the start of practice. "A lot of people talk about the limp with the brace," Griffin said. "But any time you wear a brace like that, its to protect you, so its going to cause a natural limp. Youre not going to be able to bend your knee. ... But at the same time you can still generate power." Griffin said hes "pretty close" to the point where hes being limited by the brace more so than the actual injury, but that the doctors wont let him go without the extra protection. "So I try to do as much as I can without the brace," he said with a smile. "And then whenever they find out that I dont have it on, I have to throw it on." The bum knee has prompted Griffin to refine his play without much of a drop-off. He had a 102.4 passer rating in his first game after the injury, and he ran for 63 yards on just six carries in the regular-season finale against the Dallas Cowboys. "If anything, the injurys shown me a lot, just from a quarterback perspective," Griffin said. "This games not easy, but it did show me some things that I can do to make the game easier for myself, easier on my body. Ironically Ive done a better job of protecting myself since the injury, sliding, getting down, getting all the possible yards I can and getting out of bounds. "And sometimes things have to happen like that for you to really, really grasp that, and its shown me a lot. I dont think Ive ever rushed for 10 yards a carry in a game, and I did that in this past game, so that was kind of funny." 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"Guess were going to have to start taping ankles away from the ballpark, too," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. Patton is part of an outstanding bullpen that has kept Baltimore in contention for a playoff berth.CHICAGO -- Reds first baseman Joey Votto returned to Cincinnati to have cartilage removed from his surgically repaired left knee. Manager Dusty Baker said Saturday that Votto felt soreness in his knee after participating in a sliding drill. Votto underwent a 6-minute procedure Friday night. Cincinnati plays the third of a four-game stand against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. IIf rehab goes well, Votto is expected to return to the Reds in about 10 days. Seahawks Womens Jerseys. . The 2010 NL MVP had arthroscopic surgery to repair torn cartilage on July 17 after getting injured sliding into third base. Before that surgery, Votto was batting .342 with 14 homers and 49 RBIs. He was leading the NL in doubles, walks, on-base percentage and extra-base hits. ' ' '

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