On Brian Maurer’s absence from practice on Wednesday and his status with the team
“I had an initial conversation with him a few days ago as far as the reps and how those things were going to be divided up. There’s no further update on him. We’ll have a conversation with him during the off day.”
On the quarterbacks during Thursday’s scrimmage, specifically Joe Milton in his first time in a scrimmage setting in the offense
“I thought he managed things really well inside the pocket. For Joe, Hendon (Hooker) and Harrison (Bailey), some of it’s tough because you’re not in a live situation, either you have to make a play or you have to get out of the pocket in those types of scenarios. But I thought all of them did a great job of taking care of the football, being efficient in calling it. For the most part, I thought their decision making in what we’re doing in the run game and controlling the pass game was pretty solid. At the end of the day, I don’t think we collectively offensively strung things together the way that we need to. Some of that is just 11 guys all doing their job at a really high level. It’s not just one position and one guy, it was a little bit of everything at all points. Through the first seven days, I thought all those guys have competed really well and been really sound decision makers.”
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