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To try to combat any nervousness before their debuts, Daboll met with the rookie class where he had several of the team’s veterans talk to the first-year players on what to expect this Saturday.
“I had a meeting with those guys two days ago and had a number of vets talk to them about their first game that they played in,” Daboll said. “A variety of people – maybe a guy in the second year, a guy that’s played a long time, they gave them good messaging. Again, football is football. But I think it’s important for those guys to hear from the guys that have actually went out there and played and remember their first game. Usually you remember your first game, even though it’s a preseason game. And they all delivered good messages to the players that talked to them.”
Daboll said he’s researched different approaches to preseason playing time and concluded there’s not “one right formula.” But there is an undeniable benefit to getting players action in a live setting before the season starts.
“There’s no substitute for playing the game,” Daboll said. “You have to tackle. You don’t do a whole lot (in practice). There’s no substitute for a quarterback when he knows he can get hit. There’s no substitute for an offensive guard cleaning the pocket or being very physical in the run game in gang tackling.”
“He’s been able to get his hands on footballs more, I feel like, this early on in training camp,’’ Bowen said. “More so than what it was last year. He’s working. He’s working. He’s competing for the job. He’s trying to earn it, just like everybody else is trying to earn their play time. I thought Flott was doing a really good job. From the spring to now, he was probably one of the guys that had the most pass breakups. So just continue that competition.’’
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