Mike Shanahan has insisted that the Washington Redskins are continuing to improve.
The NFC East champions have lost both of their opening games of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers.
Speaking at a press conference, the head coach said: "We've got a lot of confidence in [quarterback] Robert [Griffin III], and as I mentioned, anytime you start out a little bit slow and we're down as many points as we've been down and we get to a two-minute attack a little bit earlier than we would like to, you probably put people in the toughest situation you can.
"You want to win the game, you've got to get touchdowns quickly. I thought in the two games we did play, we did some good things. Not perfect by no means, but we're getting better. We are getting better as a football team even though it didn't look like it very much in the first half of either game.
"We've got a lot of confidence in our guys, as I've shared with you. Our guys are pretty strong mentally. What we've got to really worry about is Detroit and Wednesday's practice. I've got confidence in our guys that they'll be able to handle that type of pressure."
The Redskins face the Lions on Sunday.
Sian Cowper
