49ers
Ramsโ T Andrew Whitworth says that 49ersโ DE Nick Bosa has the ability to be a special player in the NFL.
โI think heโs a special rusher,โ Whitworth said, via Chris Longโs podcast. โI think feeling him as a rookie, heโs one of the most powerful kids Iโve ever felt that young. Really, in the run game, pass game, everything, heโs got some serious pop. And so I think thereโs youth strength and then thereโs like, Man, when this guy kind of hits his stride, if heโs that powerful now โฆ wow.โ
- Adam Schefter makes a correction pertaining to the 49ers not having their OTAโs taken away by the league, due to the fact that they had already voluntarily canceled their final OTAโs and mandatory minicamp.
Cardinals
Cardinals WR Christian Kirk said QB Kyler Murray continues โgetting betterโ each season and is fully adjusted to the NFL.
โ[H]im going into his third year, you just kind of see him taking that next step every single year. And he just keeps on getting better,โ Kirk said, via NFL Network. โWhen you first come into the NFL, youโre still trying to learn how things go and just be a pro. And I think heโs made that adjustment really fast.โ
Kirk doesnโt think that Murray puts โtoo much pressure on himselfโ despite sometimes showing emotion on the sideline.
โSo I think for Kyler, he doesnโt put too much pressure on himself. But the main thing is he just wants to win so bad and thatโs why you see him getting a little fiery on the sideline, and you see that emotion coming out, just because every time we step on the field, he just wants to win. And thatโs what you want from your quarterback.โ
Seahawks
Seahawks HC Pete Carroll said heโs been impressed with new OC Shane Waldronโs command of the playbook and the creation of Seattleโs offensive system.
โHis command of the entire notebook, and his sense for creating the system, itโs really accessible to the players where we can do a ton of stuff, but yet they are understanding the principles and understanding the continuity of how things fit together in marriage, thatโs really talking about the run game, the pass game, the perimeter game, the tempo stuff that we do, he just knows it really well,โ Carroll said, via John Boyle of the teamโs official site. โHe knows it really well and heโs packaged the teaching part of it. I say that because thereโs a lot of code things that they have to know and there are a lot of systems that are within the format thatโs in advance of where weโve been in years past. And the reason weโre able to do it is because he knows it so well, he can teach it really well. Some of the guys say this seems easier than it was in the past, and weโre doing more.โ
Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett added that heโs been โvery excitedโ learning Waldronโs offense and thinks the coordinator has done a โgreat job.โ
โI think the things that he brings to our team are going really help us out a lot,โ Lockett said. โAnd when it comes to just learning his offense, once you study it, youโre able to see exactly what type of offense weโre going to be. Youโre able to see everything that weโre going to do. Since Iโve been, here Iโve been really excited about it. Just kind of picking his brain understanding that heโs also a coordinator that wants to learn, and itโs really cool when you have that. Iโve had that with the others as well. And so when you have people that are willing to learn, that are willing to continue to get better each and every day with you, youโre able to grow with that person. As soon as Shane came in everybodyโs been picking it up, everybodyโs been doing a great job.โ
Lockett thinks Seattle will still have an โexplosiveโ offense but they will be โa lot more balancedโ going forward.
โThe explosive part of itโs not going to change, itโs just the fact that weโre going to learn how to be a lot more balanced, to where whatever teams decide to give us, thatโs what weโre going to take,โ Lockett said. โIf teams decide to play as deep, then weโre going to take everything short, and weโre going to be able to run our offense all the way down the field and control the clock. If teams try to take the short stuff away, we going to go deep. So at the end of the day, Weโre just learning how to be able to build our offense up as a hole to where we donโt have to depend on one thing, but we can be able to depend on different types of phases of our offense. So whatever people give us, weโre just going to take. and weโre not going to be greedy, weโre not going to go out there force things to happen, weโre just going to naturally let the game come to us.โ
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