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Redskins have receivers of all shapes and sizes, if they can get used to them

PHOENIX — Things change quickly in the NFL, faster than the change-in-direction atop a comeback route. For the Redskins, one of the most notable areas of change this offseason has been at wide receiver, with the free agency losses of Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson.

“Outside looking in, it’s a major impact,” coach Jay Gruden said Tuesday from the NFL owners’ meetings in Arizona. “Those two guys had 1,000 yards apiece. DeSean is the fastest receiver in the game and one of the biggest play receivers of all time, quite frankly. Pierre, the toughness he has, consistency he has, his work ethic, the balls he catches and the runs after catch, it’ll be hard to top.