The Washington Redskins must decide by Wednesday whether to activate safety Kareem Moore from the physically unable to perform (PUP) list so he can play this season, or to keep him shelved for the remainder of the year.

Redskins defensive backs LaRon Landry, left, and Kareem Moore in training camp in August (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Moore, who missed all of training camp and the first six weeks of the regular season while rehabbing his surgically repaired left knee, began practicing with the team Oct. 26. Coaches have been monitoring his progress as he works his way back into football shape.

Defensive coordinator Jim Haslett said last week that Washington might have activated Moore if starting free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe and starting strong safety LaRon Landry both were hampered by injuries last week.

But both players suited up Sunday (Atogwe didn’t play, but could have in an emergency), and Moore didn’t get the call-up.

The Redskins also have veteran safety Reed Doughty and rookie DeJon Gomes on the roster, which makes for a crowded position. But if Atogwe remains hobbled by knee and toe injuries, Moore – who last season started 11 of 12 games and recorded 64 tackles and an interception – could provide some depth.

“We’ve got to make a decision on putting our roster together,” Shanahan said. “We’re evaluating all the injuries right now and what we need to do to keep our best players.”

Washington Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan agreed with Chris Cooley that the tight end was a casualty of the lockout and said that in hindsight, Cooley probably should have been placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list at the start of training camp to give his surgically repaired left knee more time to heal.

Cooley had arthroscopic surgery on the knee at the completion of the 2010 season, but because of the NFL lockout, he and all other players were prevented from setting foot on team property and couldn’t have contact with coaches or even the team doctors and trainers.

Cooley said had he been able to rehabilitate under the supervision of the team’s medical staff, he and the Redskins would have entered training camp with a better understanding of how far off he was from making a full recovery.

“I agree with him 100 percent,” Shanahan said. “I think anybody that has an offseason surgery and needs your training staff, the rehab process and you’re not able to go through that process. I think it really hurts.”

Had the Redskins known that Cooley still needed more time to recover, instead of allowing him to practice during training camp, they could have placed him on the PUP list. While on the PUP list, Cooley wouldn’t have been able to practice or play in preseason games, but could have continued to work with the Redskins’ trainers while strengthening his knee without taking up a roster spot. If Cooley wasn’t ready to be activated off of the PUP list when the regular season began, he could have spent the first six weeks of the season on the PUP list and then been evaluated in practice during a two-week span before the Redskins decided whether he was ready to play or if he would then be placed on injured reserve.

“To be honest with you, we probably should’ve went in that direction to start with,” Shanahan said. “We really thought Chris was feeling good, he indicated to us he felt he’d be ready to go. If you look back, if he had a normal offseason, I think he would’ve been on the PUP list. But coming back the way he did, us thinking he was able to go and he felt like he was ready to go, we didn’t go in that direction.”

“Now if he was on the PUP list, could he go full-speed right now? I can’t answer that question. But I’m not sure that wouldn’t have been in his best interest and our best interest if we had to do it over again and we knew for sure that he was as bad as he was.”

The Redskins did elect to place safety Kareem Moore on the PUP list at the start of training camp because he too was rehabbing from an offseason knee surgery. Washington kept him there as the season opened, and this week he started practicing so coaches can evaluate whether he is healthy enough to return or not.

The Washington Redskins have yet to announce who their starting quarterback will be when they take the field for the first game of the season in a few weeks, and as of right now, the situation is probably as complicated as ever. All Summer we heard about how the coaches loved John Beck, but when he was injured for their first preseason game, Rex Grossman shined. So with Grossman’s performance, one could assume that it was his job for the timing. According to Jason Reid, that might not be the case because the Coaching Shanahans simply love John Beck. 

They could have pursued an accomplished veteran to challenge Beck despite potential difficulties a newcomer may have experienced in their complex offensive system. They could have named Grossman the starter at the outset of training camp and given Beck, who has only one season in their offense, more time. Instead, they’re all in on Beck. The Redskins have added lower-tier quarterbacks who pose no threat to him. That leaves Grossman as the only obstacle between Beck and Washington’s top spot, and the judges who matter are rooting for Beck.

So there you have it. Unless something happens that forces the Shanahans to reconsider the stance they seem to be fairly entrenched in, John Beck is probably going to be your starter.

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John Beck continues to struggle with a groin injury at Washington Redskins training camp. The Redskins’ quarterback was once again limited in practice on Tuesday, playing in 7-on-7 drills, but sitting out 11-on-11. His reps went to Rex Grossman and Kellen Clements.

Beck’s status for Friday’s preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers remains unclear, coach Mike Shanahan said afterwards. Via Ryan O’Halloran of CSN Washington:

“Usually with that area, you don’t want to make him go unless he’s ready because if you put him in there, we might set him back for a few weeks,” coach Mike Shanahan said. “It’s getting better. That’s a good sign.”

Beck, for his part, was put behind Rex Grossman on the Redskins’ first depth chart. He admitted to O’Halloran that he was hoping the injury would have healed on Sunday, but it continues to linger.

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The Washington Redskins received some good news and bad news on the injury front for Monday’s practice at training camp. First, the good news: rookie Ryan Kerrigan finally got on the field. The Redskins’ linebacker had not practiced since suffering a hyperextended knee injury on July 29, but was finally on the field on Monday.

Via Ryan O’Halloran of CSN Washington:

Rookie outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan practiced fully Monday morning for the first time since hyper-extending his knee on July 29.

Wearing a bulky brace, Kerrigan participated in 11-on-11 drills with the first-team defense.

“I’m sure he’s not 100 percent but it was nice to see him back in the swing of things,” coach Mike Shanahan said.

The bad news, though, is that free safety O.J. Atogwe missed practice with a hamstring injury. It may not be that serious, but it’s yet another nagging injury to add to the ever-growing list.

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