Despite heat, Redskins fans make it to training camp for their day

Thousands of Washington Redskins fans gathered in Richmond, Virginia, for Fan Appreciation Day. (WTOP/John Domen)
Thousands of Washington Redskins fans gathered in Richmond, Virginia, for Fan Appreciation Day on Saturday. (WTOP/John Domen)
Fans came out to support the Redskins at their training camp under the scorching sun. (WTOP/John Domen)
Fans came out to support the Redskins at their training camp under the scorching sun. (WTOP/John Domen)
“Yeah, but we defected a long time ago,” Anthony Williams, a fan from North Carolina, said. “We came to see Josh Norman and the rest of the boys, support them on the 2016 campaign." (WTOP/John Domen)
Anthony Williams, a fan from North Carolina, said. “We came to see Josh Norman and the rest of the boys, support them on the 2016 campaign.” (WTOP/John Domen)
Kerry Claiborne, a fan from Charleston, South Carolina, said, “I want to see the defensive line against the offensive line, some of that one-on-one competition." (WTOP/John Domen)
Kerry Claiborne, a fan from Charleston, South Carolina, said, “I want to see the defensive line against the offensive line, some of that one-on-one competition.” (WTOP/John Domen)
At a minimum, lots of fans were expecting the Redskins to repeat as division champions. (WTOP/John Domen)
At a minimum, lots of fans were expecting the Redskins to repeat as division champions. (WTOP/John Domen)
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Thousands of Washington Redskins fans gathered in Richmond, Virginia, for Fan Appreciation Day. (WTOP/John Domen)
Fans came out to support the Redskins at their training camp under the scorching sun. (WTOP/John Domen)
“Yeah, but we defected a long time ago,” Anthony Williams, a fan from North Carolina, said. “We came to see Josh Norman and the rest of the boys, support them on the 2016 campaign." (WTOP/John Domen)
Kerry Claiborne, a fan from Charleston, South Carolina, said, “I want to see the defensive line against the offensive line, some of that one-on-one competition." (WTOP/John Domen)
At a minimum, lots of fans were expecting the Redskins to repeat as division champions. (WTOP/John Domen)

WASHINGTON — Washington Redskins fans of all ages and from all over the Mid-Atlantic came to Richmond, Virginia, for Fan Appreciation Day at the team’s training camp Saturday.

Some fans admitted it was a scorcher, but the chance to see their favorite team up close was more important.

Anthony Williams and Robert Carter came up from Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the defending NFC Champion Panthers. “Yeah, but we defected a long time ago,” Williams said. “We came to see Josh Norman and the rest of the boys, support them on the 2016 campaign.”

“Lifetime Skins fan, no changing,” added Carter.

Kerry Claiborne, a fan from Charleston, South Carolina, said, “I want to see the defensive line against the offensive line, some of that one-on-one competition.” She added, “I want to see some bombs, want to see D-Jackson out there stretch his legs a little bit.”

At a minimum, lots of fans were expecting the Redskins to repeat as division champions.

John Domen

John started working at WTOP in 2016 after having grown up in Maryland listening to the station as a child. While he got his on-air start at small stations in Pennsylvania and Delaware, he's spent most of his career in the D.C. area, having been heard on several local stations before coming to WTOP.

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