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Bills’ second-year C Sedrick Van Pran-Granger got an opportunity to practice with the first team in minicamp with Connor McGovern out with an injury. Van Pran-Granger is trying to emulate McGovern and make sure “everybody else is confident” with him on the field.
“I think the biggest thing for me is just making sure that I make everybody else confident,” Van Pran-Granger said, via Joe Buscaglia of The Athletic. “You don’t want to come in, and they’re different, and they’re trying to learn about you. No, you need to learn how to do it the way that Connor does it. You learn how to make those guys feel safe, feel comfortable. So it just keeps running like a well-oiled machine.”
Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel said WR Jaylen Waddle‘s production this offseason has reinforced faith within the organization that he is what they drafted him to be.
“I think he’s shown his teammates who he really is,” McDaniel said, via ESPN. “I think one thing that you can’t really minimize is from a receiver’s perspective, having quarterbacks that you didn’t even practice with in training camp — that’s a difficult task. The way he worked on his game during the season has transferred into what we need to see from him, from every player.”
Waddle admitted that he didn’t accomplish what he had hoped to last season.
“After watching the film, definitely a lot of hand-eye (coordination) — I feel like I’m trying to move without the ball too much,” he said. “And just the simple things, just timing, getting smoother in and out of my routes. Pretty much that.”
McDaniel is impressed with Waddle’s willingness to accept accountability for his shortcomings last year and has a plan in place to improve upon them.
“I think therein proves who he is — where he doesn’t make it a thing because it wasn’t,” McDaniel said. “His game is growing and he is going to find ways to exceed each and every year as he knows to be the standard now. … It’s kind of like a badge of honor in that he doesn’t see it that way, nor should he, and he’s a secure player that is working on his craft and the returns on that, he knows with his life wisdom that the returns will be very favorable.”
Jets QB Justin Fields said he is focused on bringing energy to the team and being a more vocal leader.
“I try not to get too high, too low. And kind of what I want to work on is getting hype,” he said, via the team’s website. “*I think today out at practice I was...
