Paul Haynes and Brian Rock on the first day of camp

By Paul Haynes

Head Coach

We just finished our first practice of camp. I thought it was a good day.

I liked our tempo and I thought we saw a lot of good things for the first day. There were still a lot kinks that we'll get ironed out. But we came out here with a lot of energy. That's what we look for as coaches. Our guys were excited to get back out here and they will continue to get better every day.

These first couple of days are all about putting in the system. We'll put in our concepts and continue to talk to them about the type of tempo we want.

After these first three or four days we will start to get into situations.

I'll be back on here regularly to update our work in camp. We'll also have some of our coaches and players on to write, so check back regularly.

By Brian Rock

Offensive Coordinator

We had a lot of guys who were obviously very excited to be out here on the first day of practice.

It wasn't a well-oiled machine by any means. We still have a lot of work to do, but we have a lot of building clocks to build from. That's the part that has me very excited.

I saw a lot of the older, veteran guys who understand how we practice and the tempo we expect for practice go and reach out to the younger guys to explain what that's all about. That's always encouraging.

It's day one, and on day one everyone is always excited. They are tired of talking and doing all of those kinds of things. It was fun to be out here and be together again.