On the physicality throughout camp and during the scrimmage
“I like the mentality that our players have stepped on the practice field every day with, certainly leading up to the scrimmage. I think that’s been one of the positives as we have gone through camp. Our competitive strain is completely different than it was during the course of spring ball. The ability to put back-to-back days together. I thought today, physicality-wise, just on the sideline, not getting a chance to watch the tape, I thought the defensive side of the football was extremely physical and changed and disrupted the offensive front, played on the other side of the line of scrimmage and again, they tackled extremely well. You didn’t see many missed tackles in the course of play.”
On if he can see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of the offensive tempo
“Yes, absolutely. At the end of the day with offensive football—I don’t care what tempo you’re playing at—you’ve got to be efficient. That means 11 guys have to do their job. If you don’t, you’re going to be on the wrong side of it, whether it’s a dropped ball, busted protection or creating negative plays. You’ve got to be able to string things together and we’ve seen that throughout training camp. Today, you didn’t see it consistently at the level that we certainly want it to be, but we absolutely feel like our guys our continuing to progress as we’ve gone through camp. There’s some really good things out there from today, too.”
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