“If we have to take guys off the field, we’ll do it”. “The idea is to work”.
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Rivera said the Panthers will show formations with Thompson that they normally wouldn’t in front of another team, reporters or fans because “we’ve got to see what they look like”.
Philbin said there were conversations about doing it last summer with the Atlanta Falcons, but the timing didn’t work for the Dolphins head coach because the teams’ preseason matchup was the opener and Philbin prefers for his team to work on its own at the beginning of camp.
“In the heat of the moment, you never know what your reaction’s going to be”, Panthers defensive end Frank Alexander said.
“This is a great opportunity for our football teams to grow”, Rivera said.
Gil Brandt, the former Dallas personnel director, said joint practices were common in the 1960s when the Cowboys and four other teams trained within 60 to 90 minutes of each other in southern California.
A player typically gets 90 to 120 reps a day counting installation and practice, and there are only about 22 practice days between now and the opener. Let’s be honest, that’s going to be a key to our season, we’ve got seven out of nine games away from Sun Life Stadium to start the season. I think it fits us on both sides of the ball. It doesn’t make much of a difference that he didn’t get hit on the play, as this could be a huge blow to the team either way. He has started on a path toward becoming one of the best receivers in the league, and NFL analysts have already been predicting big things from him this year.
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“I don’t have to deal with (Suh)”, Brown said, smiling.
