It was kind of like old times. I'm proud of the way the guys are practicing and the way they're playing so hard. They're bringing the wood and that goes a long way in football. |
It's a great opportunity, though, to teach our guys, and I think that's what it really is. If it was going to happen, it couldn't happen at a better time, the first preseason game. So, you just take it as an opportunity. There is no greater teacher than experience. |
looks OK, but again, I don't think he's at 100 percent. So that's still part of the process, whether he'll be active or not. It looks like he has a chance, but he still has to get better. |
No question about it, |
Sean is our punter today, |
That's one of the options. |
The best way to get confidence is to play well and to make plays, |
The first thing we're looking to do is change the way we're playing. Play better, block better, be more physical, do a better job of scheming. That's what we need to do. |
The main thing is winning. Stats aren't that important, but I think in the end things will work themselves out. |
The thing about special teams - and I think football in general - is sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you, |
This is really their last chance. A guy has a last chance to make a team, runs down there and makes a play, and all of sudden shows up. It might swing it one way or another. |
Three words. 'Scoop and score.' I was joking with Matt that I thought the kicker was going to get him for half a second. He didn't appreciate that. |
We just couldn't get ourselves out. We couldn't punt ourselves out, or cover ourselves out. Until you can do that, you're not going to playing downhill. So we've got to find a way to make a play. And I don't think our problem is personnel. Our problem is our personnel are not playing well. |
We need to block better and do a better job scheming, |
We're going to have to start doing a better job with our coverage teams. It's not so much that we aren't tackling. We're not staying in our lanes. All our guys are moving inside, and they're jumping to the outside. |