“I told him, he sees one of our guys out of line, I’m going to tell the team Coach Rivera is in charge of that field, and he said the same thing to me, if I see someone out of line on the field I’m on”.
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“You can plan not to be in one of those altercations, but you never know. It’s just taking care of each other and let’s put in a couple good days of work together and hopefully we’ll both benefit from it”. We’ve talked, and the idea is that they’ll manage the whistles.
“This is a great opportunity for our football teams to grow”, Rivera said. Rivera said there will be live contact up front, but defenders are not supposed to take ball-carriers to the ground.
As has been the case for the practices in Davie, things will get started bright and early, with the two Carolina practices scheduled for 8:30 a.m. “Hopefully, it will get taken care of”, Rivera said after Tuesday’s practice at Wofford College. “The truth of the matter is we have to find out where he fits and how to best utilize him”.
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For his career, Kuechly has played in 48 games, recording 473 combined tackles, 295 solo tackles and 26 passes defensed. Fights can be hard to avoid during joint practices where two teams are measuring themselves against one another. The Lions cut Delmas after the 2013 season because they questioned whether he’d be able to stay health, and although he got off to a good start with the Dolphins last year, his torn ACL seemed to justify the Lions’ decision.
