On how the receivers have played so far
“You can do everything else right, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t catch the ball when it comes to you. Our guys have made competitive plays during camp. Cedric Tillman is a guy that has made a bunch of competitive plays. JaVonta Payton, being a new guy, is starting to get more comfortable with what we are doing after missing those 15 practices in the spring. He’s getting his feet in the ground and starting to understand what we are doing. His history of having played in this league helps him with the competitive nature of it, lining up, getting off the press, those kinds of things. We’ve seen it consistently throughout the course of training camp. There are some young guys we will continue to push to make competitive plays, because coming down with the 50-50 balls is a huge part of playing that position and will be a huge part of our success.”
On how much of his offensive and defensive schemes have been installed
“We have a huge portion installed on both sides of the line of scrimmage. As you go through the course of the season, you’ll continue to grow, evolve and find ways to attack people on the other side of the line of scrimmage as you game plan. There’s no set playbook that is the only thing you do. You have to continue to evolve as the game and opponent changes and you find out more about your personnel.”
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