In back-to-back rounds of the NFL Draft, the Redskins selected secondary players with known injuries. Not unheard of, but not wholly without risk either.

Speaking Saturday at Redskins rookie minicamp, Washington coach Jay Gruden couldn't provide much of a timeline for the return of either third-round pick Fabian Moreau or fourth-round pick Montae Nicholson.

"Not really an update on their timeline. We’re just going to play it by ear, let them rehab and get them back," Gruden said.

Nicholson had surgery for a torn labrum earlier this year, and is currently undergoing rehab. Moreau suffered a torn pectoral muscle at his UCLA Pro Day - terrible luck - and is in the same rehab scenario.

One or both players could help the Redskins this season.

Moreau has the potential to be a top-end corner, he's got elite speed, and could push for defensive snaps. Many draft experts suggested the former Bruin would be a late-first or early second round selection before the pec injury. Nicholson ran track at Michigan State and has prototypical size that Washington could use at free safety, but his draft position brought more question marks than most of the team's other selections. In college, Nicholson struggled to make solid tackles at times, and that reputation followed him through the pre-draft process.

Gruden knows the injured rookies will lag behind in their preparation for the season, but the team understands the situation.

"Right now for them it’s about getting mental reps. Trying to learn our system, learning the secondary, the corner spot, obviously the safety spot, very, very important. They’re behind, like I said, so they just have to pick it up on a chalkboard so when they’re ready to go, they can participate," the coach said.

The PUP list seems very much in play for Moreau and Nicholson to start training camp, and Gruden hinted that it could drag into the regular season.

"It will be a while," he said. "I’m hoping maybe training camp, maybe later. It might be the regular season. We don’t know yet."

Redskins fans might have some fatigue when they see stories about injured rookies. Josh Doctson, 2016's first-round pick, hardly played last year as a rookie. Expectations won't be the same for Moreau or Nicholson, but fans won't be happy if the absences for either player drag well into the season.

Then again, Gruden probably won't be either.

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