Bills
Bills RB LeSean McCoy said he’s looking forward to being more involved in the passing game next year in Rick Dennison‘s offensive system.
โThe running backs getting the ball in the passing game,โ McCoy said, via Pro Football Talk. โThatโs something Iโve been a part of, but itโs been a while since Iโve actually got the ball a lot in the air โ we do a lot of that. [Rick Dennison is] big on that, you look at all the successful running backs thatโs been in his offense, from Arian Foster who Iโm a big fan of, he did it on the ground and in the air.โ
McCoy said he really likes that the offense is designed so that most of the offense looks the same and creates some deception for opposing defenses to deal with.
โEverything looks the same,โ McCoy said. โActually talking to Sean [McDermott] about why he hired [Rick Dennison], the biggest thing is โ he said that itโs harder to defend because everything looks the same, as a defense, they look for alignments, they look for different cheats, different formations, and everything looks the same in our offense and itโs hard, if itโs a pass or run, you canโt tell. Being a part of that, is special to me because you donโt know what it is, and then the ability to get the ball to you running backs in open field with routes against linebackers, itโs an easy win.โ
Jets
Connor Hughes of NJ.com takes a look at 10 players on the Jets’ roster who could steal a roster spot this summer.
- Some of the notable names include DT Mike Pennel, ILB Connor Harris, WR K.D. Cannon, and OLB Corey Lemonier among others.
Packers
New Packers TE Martellus Bennett says he’s making a concerted effort to get know QB Aaron Rodgers and his tendencies on and off the field.
โIโm always talking to him on the field, too, trying to see what he wants,โ Bennett said, via theย Wisconsin State Journal. โ(Iโll say), โHey, how did that look?โ or heโll give me the thumbs up. Or if Iโm in another group, I always look back at him, โHey, is that what you want? Is there something different you want on this?โ Always trying to figure out, just trying to have those conversations on and off the field, trying to get know each other as players, and as people.โ
Rodgers mentioned that they’re excited about what Bennett brings to the team.
โHe can get down the field. He can make plays in the passing game. But he can really run-block as well. Weโre excited about having him here,” Rodgers said. “He brings a different type of attitude. He is a very interesting person. Heโs got a lot of great interests. He cares about football. He cares about dominating. He brings that grit and that attitude to the field where he wants to dominate the guy over him whether heโs blocking or catching passes. And I think heโs going to bring some extreme confidence to the locker room, which we need.โ
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