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Ryan Torain News & Rumors

Ryan Torain stays positive and ready despite limited action
November 9
Washington Post
 
""Stay positive," "stay focused," and "keep working hard," are the go-to phrases for Washington Redskins running back Ryan Torain, regardless of what's happening. If he has a good game, he uses those lines. If he has an injury, those lines serve as his motto. A day after he was relegated to the backup role once again, Torain didn't change. On Sunday, Torain had only one carry and one catch, just three games after he had 19 carries for 135 yards and a touchdown against the St. Louis Rams and a week after he took over as starter for the injured Tim Hightower. In that start against Buffalo, Torain mustered eight rushes for 14 yards. Carries were hard to come by because Washington fell behind"
Once-dormant Torain is in mix again at running back
October 5
Washington Times
 
"The young NFL career of Ryan Torain has taught the running back, if nothing else, patience. There was the fractured elbow. Torn anterior cruciate ligament. Pulled groin. Strained hamstring. And, in August, surgery that inserted three screws to repair his broken left hand. "It's definitely been a long career of being patient with injuries," Torain said Tuesday at Redskins Park. "My time will always come." The hand injury buried Torain, last season's leading rusher for the Washington Redskins with 742 yards in 10 games, behind Tim Hightower and rookie Roy Helu on the depth chart. Even though Torain was healthy when the regular season started, he didn't play a single snap in the first three"
Ryan Torain makes most of opportunity as Redskins' feature back
October 3
Washington Times
 
"Ryan Torain finally heard the words he had been longing for all season long. The Washington Redskins running back got the news from position coach Bobby Turner midway through the second quarter Sunday. "He came over to me and said, 'Get warm, get ready, you're going in,' " Torain recalled. The 6-foot-1, 218-pounder took it from there."
Ryan Torain steps in, paces Redskins' win
October 3
Washington Post
 
"Midway through the second quarter against the league's worst rush defense, Washington coaches decided they'd had enough. Tim Hightower, the team's starting running back for the first month of the season, had managed just 13 yards on six carries. Bobby Turner, the Redskins' running backs coach, found backup running back Ryan Torain on the sideline and told him, "Get ready." Said Torain, "I've been waiting to hear that for a long time." In his first action of the year, Torain rolled up 135 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries in the Redskins' 17-10 win over the Rams on Sunday."
Torain bulls way back into Redskins' RB picture
September 2
Washington Times
 columnist Deron Snyder
"Ryan Torain wasn't the Redskins' No. 1 halfback coming out of training camp last season. He wasn't even on the 53-man roster, instead placed on the practice squad where he was available to any team that wanted him. But Mike Shanahan is glad there were no takers for another of his trademark, late-round runners, Torain being one he drafted for Denver in 2008. The fifth-rounder wound up as the Redskins' leading rusher last season after Clinton Portis was injured in Week 4. We know Shanahan has a knack for finding good halfbacks on the NFL's reject table. We also know that Tim Hightower has emerged as the likely starter after coming over in a trade. What we don't know is if Torain can overcome"
Recovered Ryan Torain ready to prove himself
August 31
Washington Post
 
"Ryan Torain's long wait is about to end. The third-year back entered training camp as the favorite to win the Redskins' starting job but then missed the last four weeks with a broken hand. Meanwhile, Tim Hightower – acquired during the second week of training camp to compete with Torain – has all but run away with the job, rushing for170 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries (an average of 6.8 yards per carry) in three outings. Torain, who last season rushed for 742 yards on 164 carries (4.5 yards per carry) and four touchdowns while starting eight of 10 games, always tries to do and say the right things. When asked for updates on his health, he always defers to Mike Shanahan with his"
Mike Shanahan: Ryan Torain expected to play Thursday
August 30
Washington Post
 
"Coach Mike Shanahan said that running back Ryan Torain, defensive end Adam Carriker and kick/punt returner Brandon Banks all practiced without limitation Monday. Shanahan expects Torain, who missed the first three preseason games with a broken hand, to play Thursday but hasn't made a decision on Banks because team trainers need to see how his knee responds. Shanahan said he will treat this week's game similarly to the third preseason game because the Redskins have a larger roster than usual and because there has been less time to evaluate the roster."
Redskins' Ryan Torain cleared to resume practice
August 17
Washington Post
 
"Running back Ryan Torain was cleared by doctors to resume football related activities and will begin taking handoffs, according to a team official. Torain has missed two weeks of action after breaking his left hand. The team still doesn't know when he will play his first preseason game, but he will be monitored in positional drills before a determination on his return date for full-contact activity."