Bears
Bears ST coordinator Richard Hightower said rookie WR Rome Odunze may be the teamโs punt returner.
โRome is an every-down player. Romeโs a first-down player, a second-down player, a third-down player and a fourth-down player,โ Hightower said, via PFT. โHe had three returns on the books and one of those three returns was a house call.โ
Hightower is keeping his cards close to his chest.
โI would never discuss that in the open,โ he said. โHeโs in contention, just like everybody else. Best man will win, cream rises to the top.โ
Lions
Lions HC Dan Campbell said sacks arenโt a huge deal so long as the team is creating pressure.
โWe watched a couple of clips this morning in front of the team,โ Campbell said, via PFT. โQuarterback is wanting to step up. He canโt step up, the throw is high. Heโs flipping to his right, and he canโt get his hips around. Throw a pick. These things that end up in negative plays as incomplete, as turnovers, whatever, Iโll take those all day long.โ
Vikings
Vikings HC Kevin OโConnell has been impressed by WR Jordan Addison going into the second year of his career and thinks heโs shown โreal growthโ this offseason.
โJordan Addison had as good of an offseason program as really you can ask for,โ OโConnell said, via Kevin Seifert of ESPN. โ[He is] a guy that had a ton of success in Year 1. And really, from a standpoint of getting a little stronger, getting a little bit more comfortable playing through contact and still playing with that great burst and transition that he has, you saw some real growth there [this spring].โ
Addison mentioned he didnโt feel totally confident in his releases as a rookie and needed to be more decisive when approaching the line of scrimmage.
โ(Iโve) taken my game to the next level in one year,โ Addison said. โLast year I wasnโt as confident in my releases. I wasnโt being decisive. I didnโt have a plan when I was coming up to the line. I was just freelancing trying to make something work.โ
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