“I’m fixin’ to clown Baker now,” Francois said. “I’m fixin’ to get on him on Twitter, any type of social media, that I caught the pass to let us go home. We could’ve still be out there doing two-minute [drills], but the man with the hands had to come through.”

Francois has never fielded a punt before, unless a video game counts, but he received assistance from specialists like Rashad Ross after watching the punts sail over the head of Baker, who jokingly claimed the machine was rigged.

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“The Jugs machine was very, very high, and it was going in all different directions,” Baker said. “I’m happy Ricky was able to come in and save the day.”

The Redskins will now head back to Ashburn, where they will practice Wednesday, following an off day, to prepare for their second preseason game against the New York Jets. Francois believed the Redskins had a strong training camp, but the team will need to continue building over the next month before the start of the season.

“Camp was better than it was last year,” Francois said. “We was far ahead in the playbook, we was far ahead in the teaching and learning. We’ve got a lot to do. Being in the first preseason game, we killed ourselves with [penalties]. So we’ve got to get better at that before we go inside the season. But total, we had a great camp.”