On Thursday night, Dustin Hopkins missed both of his field goal attempts in the Football Team’s first preseason game. Washington fans, remembering a lot of costly misses by Hopkins from last season, took to Twitter and other social media in a bit of a panic. Reporters were quick to question head coach Ron Rivera about Hopkins’ status at the post-game press conference.
Coach Ron Rivera was unflappable in his support for Dustin Hopkins, saying that “there’s not a concern” with the two misses. Rivera elaborated, saying that the special teams kicking unit is a new operation with the integration of rookie long snapper Cameron Cheeseman, and that the trio — long snapper, holder, kicker — need to continue to work together to perfect the timing of the snap-to-kick functions.