"You know the guy is a gamer," Philbin said of Gaffney, who produced a career-high season in 2011 with the Redskins, catching 68 passes for 947 yards. "He's got production on film."

Gaffney continues to work with the starting unit in practice and the coaching staff acknowledged they've seen improvement from the former Florida Gators standout.

"He can get gassed up pretty good, so we definitely have to push forward and move Gaffney ahead of the learning curve at this point. I think he's getting there," Sherman said.

"I thought his last practice before we broke (for the bye) was probably the best practice. ... I guess he's got to go 100 miles-an-hour, but they have to process and, as they're processing, they don't go quite as fast. Now, he's stopped the processing and he's going faster and making plays."