“Everything we do, we're playing a lot faster than we ever have. We have a better understanding of our zone concepts, our man concepts, our pressure game. Everything just goes a lot faster. The kids have confidence in what they're doing, and if you have confidence, you're able to play fast and you're able to execute.”
“It's our job, and we have to continue to rise to the occasion. We've been through adverse situations, and if we have to do that all year, that's what we're going to do.”
“We have been doing a very good job mixing up our rush calls, and I think our kids are very in tune with what we are calling, and they are executing. They have a good understanding of what is going on and down and distance, and our get up off the ball has been very good because of that.”
“Somebody makes a big play (in practice), there are guys celebrating, congratulating him on the sideline. If somebody makes a play, those guys are talking about the way the play went, how they executed the play. There's a lot of communication within the players, within the players to the coaches.”
“It was great to finally get a chance to get back out there and interact with the players in a practice setting. You could already see improvement in some of the guys from winter conditioning, and we want to continue to build on that progress in spring ball.”
“I would say that in the last three or so practices, we're starting to see some quickness ? quickness in the different techniques he needs to use at that nose guard position.”
