Two surprise names were just added to the small list of Redskins who won't practice in this weekend's minicamp: Second-year tight end Tyler Ecker and rookie safety Kareem Moore.

Ecker, who somehow missed all of his rookie year with a hamstring injury, must have been hurt when he heard the Redskins just about handed his his hoped-for backup spot to second-round draft choice Fred Davis.

Neither front office boss Vinny Cerrato nor coach Jim Zorn mentioned anything last weekend about Moore being unable to work this weekend while discussing fellow sixth-rounder Colt Brennan's hip surgery. Missing the only minicamp is not a good way to start a rookie year, especially as a second-day selection fighting just to make the team.

The other absentees this weekend aside from Brennan will be linebacker Rocky McIntosh and cornerback Carlos Rogers. McIntosh, who tore an ACL in December, is supposed to be ready for training camp in July. Rogers, who tore two knee ligaments in October, is scheduled to return a little less than a year after he was injured.

-- David Elfin