The clock, said the head coach, is ticking.

"I thought yesterday's practice was very good, very spirited. It was the tempo we're looking for," Eric Mangini said at today's noon news conference. "But I thought this morning was not at the same level."

That's more than the coach saying he didn't like the vinaigrette on today's salad. He stressed a few talking points with his team after the morning … More

This morning's training camp practice was a Washington monument of sorts.

Leon Washington returned to uniform and to action after missing the previous two practices due to personal reasons. And the second-year scatback didn't look like he missed a step, especially on a dumpoff from Chad Pennington that No. 29 took darting and speeding deep into the secondary. The crowd of about 1,400 applauded.

The third practice of training camp this afternoon began with a bang. Head coach Eric Mangini called for his first full-contact tackling drill of camp (Friday morning's session was "thud" tackling), and Cody Spencer complied by depositing a major hit on RB Alvin Banks.

The head-on contact separated Banks from his helmet and drew cheers from the crowd of 4,000 at the Hofstra soccer stadium.

Banks… More