Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich addressed the media on Wednesday for the first time since training camp officially opened at the end of July.
Though it was less about football and more about the surrounding topics of working through a pandemic, there were plenty of takeaways from the virtual press conference.
Here are six things we learned from Reich’s presser on Wednesday:
The new normal
As COVID-19 shapes the 2020 season for the NFL—and every other sport—Reich has his team preparing for what will be the new normal. Wearing masks, distancing as much as possible and simply having the mindset that the pandemic is ongoing will be part of this new normal.
“It’s good to see this group, especially good to see this group with training camp upon us,” Reich said. “Obviously, I think we all have been looking forward to this day of getting started back to football even though it will be not a normal training camp and not normal in any way, but it will be what we call a new normal, right? Many times in life and in football you’ve got to get ready and sometimes you have to make adjustments, and get ready for new normals.”
The third-year head coach says the organization has been preparing for a while at their practice facility.
“We’ve all been doing that for a while and we are doing that here at the Indiana Farm Bureau (Football Center) and as the Colts organization,” Reich said. “It’s been really fun to get to see the players, especially the rookies right? Many of them (it’s) the first time seeing them face to face – albeit with a mask on, but it’s been good.”